- Seller: Perry L (Contact)
- Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
- Mileage: 03,307 Shown
- Chassis #: 963W7609
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 389 cui 303HP 4-barrel V8 with Dual Exhaust
- Transmission: 4-Speed Automatic
The first-generation Pontiac Grand Prix helped define the personal luxury performance segment in the early 1960s, and this 1963 example represents a particularly special piece of that history. Offered as a Barn Finds auction in West Palm Beach, Florida, this two-door sport coupe comes from a one-owner family and has been in the seller’s care since 1976, after originally being purchased new by their father. It carries a clean title, and the seller believes the car had covered 63,300 miles prior to being refreshed; the odometer currently shows 103,000 miles.
Finished in Saddle Tan Metallic with a white interior, this Grand Prix was reportedly restored back to its factory-original state in the mid-1980s. The seller states that the car retains its original sheet metal and all-original interior, and it is described as a numbers-matching example. Besides the desirable optional color combo, it was also equipped with the rare rear-window defroster. For collectors who value authenticity, those details are especially important, particularly in a model that has often been modified over the years.
Under the hood is the 303-horsepower, 389-cubic-inch V8, equipped with a four-barrel carburetor and dual exhaust. Power is routed through a Hydramatic 4-speed automatic transmission with a floor shifter, maintaining the factory-correct driving experience Pontiac intended. The 389 remains one of Pontiac’s most respected engines from the era, offering strong torque and a distinctive character that helped establish the brand’s performance reputation.
This Grand Prix is also well-equipped with factory options. Notable features include Kelsey-Hayes 8-bolt wheel rims, an AM-FM radio with factory reverb and power antenna, power trunk release, rear defroster, and a 4-way power driver’s bucket seat. Additional touches such as the trunk trouble light, original Pontiac mats, Safe-T-Track speedometer option, and factory tachometer reflect the car’s high level of original specification.
The combination of documented family ownership, numbers-matching drivetrain, factory options, and a restoration completed decades ago with preservation in mind makes this example particularly appealing. It’s not presented as a recently over-restored showpiece, but rather as a well-cared-for classic that has remained within the same family since new.
With a reserve set at $19,900, this 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix offers a rare opportunity to acquire a first-generation example with a clear ownership story and strong originality. For enthusiasts of early 1960s Pontiac performance and luxury, this is the kind of car that checks the right boxes. Would you keep it as a preserved family heirloom or make it the centerpiece of your own collection?
Bid On This Auction
Roverray bid $3,000.00 2026-02-27 00:06:53
Lyn bid $1,700.00 2026-02-26 15:52:02
joelvscars bid $1,200.00 2026-02-26 13:26:30- Lyn bid $500.00 2026-02-24 11:30:36
I’m confused about the milage. It reads 03,367, the add says 63,367. Is it 103k or 63k?
If all words in the write-up are accurate, then if someone swapped a 4 speed automatic in it, my guess would be 103K.
Maybe the father drove the Pontiac 40,000 and the other family members added 63,367 miles
Does it really matter ??
That is one exceptionally fine machine !
My regards to the steward of this charriot, and im sure a sad parting for him/her.
“They tool around town in their big Grand Prix’-strapped in their bucket seats shooting’ the breeze”. The little old ladies of the Anaheim, Azusa, and Cucamonga Sewing Circle, Book Review, and Timing Association, that is! (thanks Jan and Dean)
Why can’t someone completely removed the car cover when taking pics of the exterior ??
They are either too lazy or the rear end is totaled.
Are you gonna buy it ??
Cause if you are, a simply contact the seller; but your not, so ..
Looks like a “slim jim” roto hydramatic shift pattern.
The true Hydramatic also has the PNDSLR shift pattern as well, but according to my reading, only the Bonnie came standard with it that year. All the other models used the slim jim, unless the original owner spent the extra cash?
In ’63, Pontiac’s full-size tranny’s were: the 3-speed Roto Hydra-Matic 375 was employed in the short-wheelbase Catalina & Grand Prix, & the long-wheelbase Star Chief & Bonneville utilized the 4-speed Super Hydra-Matic.
My older brother had a friend down the street who had a brand new black one… with a 4 speed. He replaced it with a new ’67 GP. Very sharp looking cars. At the time, I was nuts about Olds. Starfires Our next door neighbor showed up with a brand new 63 Buick Wildcat convertible. Down the street was a new 63 Tempest Le Mans 326… It was great to be a kid then…
These were cars you aspired to owning because they were cool…. Try that today….
My first non-family hero drove a 59 Pontiac Convertible. Those were the days of beautiful cars. Loved the Pontiacs all my life.
Late 50s were great for alot of cars.
I miss the ’60s and Pontiac.
I swapped a Bonneville engine and Hydromatic into my ’62 Grand Prix, I had to enlarge the floor tunnel so it would fit, I did use the original shifter.
looks to be all there. interior is extremely moldy but should clean up. i would have left out the pics of it being towed and with the different covers on it. if runs well from sitting all that time and cleaned up it would be a solid ride. i do see some rust on the left lower 1/4 panel. see where the bids end up
I reacted the same way to the flatbed pic lol
On a tow truck. Does it run or not?” (Is it turnkey?)
I was wondering that too. Looks like the pulley sheaves are rusty from what I see.
This one reminds me of my 63 Bonneville I had when I first started driving. If this puppy had factory air I would drive across the state to check it out. Living in SW Florida, I refuse to own and drive a car without A/C. Call me picky.
Are we sure that’s a factory tach, and not a factory vacuum gauge? It looks like the vacuum gauge I had in my 63 Bonneville. I can’t expand the picture enough to tell
A factory tach would be on the far left side of the dash. Just below the dash pad in the corner. They were standard on 4 speed cars. The gauge on the console is a vacuum gauge, which would be a terrible location for a tach anyway!
That was my thought, too. Stupid place for a tach.
As I read the write-up, I pictured a beautiful clean well preserved interior, not a mold ridden afraid to touch anything preserved interior…(!)
Probably was someone PoPs pride and joy . Looks like who ever inherited it cannot wait to get shut of it . Taking ” FOR SALE ” pictures of it before it is even hauled off. So Sad ! Was a super looking car at one time .
Geez – take the freaking cover off the car before taking the photos! How hard would that be??? — And they couldn’t wait for the little guy to get out of the frame before snapping away??? — Nice looking ’63 GP – from the outside — but that mold all over the interior is very alarming! Obviously the tarp they covered it with – inside mind you – did not breathe at all – and that’s when that much mold develops – and it grows everywhere – and you do NOT want to breathe it into your lungs – unless you want to it be there for the rest of your life – causing a lot of problems as you age. Getting rid of ALL of it completely is going to cost big bucks, and since mold will deteriorate seat covers and door panels, it may be looking at a complete interior rebuild, especially if interior maintenance people don’t want to get close to that mold – which would be even more expensive. That’s really too bad, because otherwise this Poncho would be a great find and buy. As it is – you need to be ready to drain your bank account to get it safely driveable.
Looks like mold by the power switch on the side of the seat.
Mold is all over the interior! For those that know how dangerous it is, it may sit a lot longer under that suffocating tarp growing more and more of it. A total shame they let that happen to such an otherwise beautiful Poncho.
can’t believe there are barely any bids on this. good solid project for sure
The interior is full of black mold – and when you can see that much of it – it’s everywhere! It would be dangerous to be inside the car without a wearing a sealed air supply. It will take a LOT of money to get rid of it or have the interior replaced. That’s most likely why there are no bids on it and probably won’t be until that issue is completely resolved.
Florida? No A/C? No surprise about the low mileage. Any mold remediation involving opening a container of something, putting it on the floor and keep it closed up for a couple of weeks?
Or park it in the Nevada sun for a few weeks with the windows down.
That will NOT get rid of that much black mold. It will need to be thoroughly cleaned with a black mold killer/remover, and since it’s everywhere – in places that are very difficult to get to, that’s going to be a huge dent in a bank account to get it done – if they can find someone to do it.
Or park it in the Nevada sun for a few weeks with the windows down.
No pictures of trunk that’s what is usually rotted out I had a couple of them
Flood car?
That’s entirely possible. There a LOT of flood cars floating (pun intended) around Florida.
Sure does look like it had a “teeny bopper” tach mounted to some odd bracket to the left of the speedo almost into the door. GM had one like that for a REAL tach and maybe theirs was stolen ?? Kind of explains the Vacuum gage debate. If you really WANT to sell a car—don’t take pictures of the area where it looks like a biology experiment.
Can’t believe there aren’t any bids on this car? Maybe it’s because the reserve is 20K on a car worth maybe 15K. But this listing doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. Some photos show rust around the rear wheel openings, and some don’t. That’s confusing. Is there rust? Has it been re-painted?
The seats look like some awful moldy mess that nobody bothered to get a bucket and a rag and some cleaner and clean up before listing it. But like others have mentioned, the mold could be even worse.
It’s an odd presentation.
I suspect that the possibility of flood damage is spooking folks away.
The money these people think that this car is worth makes sense for a running and driving car where you know that the engine, transmission, electrical system and brakes are all in working order and where you have good pictures of the underside of the car. This car looks like it might clean up but the mold throughout the interior may mean that it all has to be redone to get the stink out. The rot around that wheel well and the small hole in the leading edge of the hood speaks of other hidden issues. I made an offer on the car, and I might go a bit higher. But there is no way that this car is worth $20k.