Can you hear this 1964 Chevelle SS convertible whispering “rescue me” from the picture above? Well, someone did, but they are now selling the car here on eBay, where bidding is up to $5,300 (reserve not met). The car can be found in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania if you’d like to take a look before bidding.
We are told the car hadn’t moved since 1983 and there are signed statements from the previous owner to that fact, as well as that they were the second owner of the car and purchased it in 1965. The seller describes the car as “a little rough” and it’s apparent that someone along the line started a refurbishment.
You can see some rust here in the quarter panels, but I’ve certainly seen worse. I hope all the trim that was removed is present!
Although the interior shows a lot of discoloration and possibly mildew (?) it might just be possible to clean it and live with it for a while. The carpet looks like a shag replacement to me, but who knows without looking closer (insert plug for always completing a pre-purchase inspection despite me not having done so for the Lister XJS I’m picking up shortly).
The seller recently added an update to the auction listing that after priming the engine properly, it started and ran off of starting fluid and “sounded good with no smoke.” So there you have it — a desirable 1960’s Big Three V8 convertible project with a running engine; sounds like a winner to me! What do you think?
Looks like Mama is saying to herself, “Yup! Good bye, you piece of junk.” But, one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. She doesn’t look too sad to see the classic car go. It’s gotta be worth something!! Bidding up to $9,400.00 Whew!! Too rich for my blood. The biggest thing I dislike about this car is that it is a convertible…and too costly for me to restore/mod, etc. And she is right, “Fix it or get rid of it.” I still have a hard time believing people let this happen to these once beautiful buggies. Judging from the garage, I wonder what the rest of the house looks like…???
In 1983 it probably a worn out rust bucket. At that point in time it’s lucky it didn’t get sold to some kid and wind up in the junkyard. These were utilitarian cars when new, something bigger and better was coming out every year through the early-70’s. By that point in time most of these cars, which had been daily transportation were used up and not worth repairing. It wasn’t until the mid to late-80’s that interest spiked in these cars. Most of these cars didn’t survive because that’s the way the world works.
Steve R
When the last time you seen a 1964 Chevelle SS convertible for sale? They all rust in floor pans and quarters. The pictures dont look like it’s that bad I seen a lot worse. ☠️
Invest $75,000 into it, and you’ll have a car worth $50,000. No thanks
Nice car. But very slow.
Up to 9500 ?
Rediculous
I saw one of these a few weeks back on Craigslist for $5,000, it was even in better shape, seems like it was around Biloxi during Cruisin the Coast. I got lucky and found a better deal on a 61 Ventura bubbletop in Thrifty Nickel.
Beautiful ‘61
I’m thinking the minimum entry point for calling a car “stored” would be to cover it with something other than garbage.
The only way anyone would spend $75k restoring this car must be thinking about taking it to one of those celebrity restoration shops and giving them an unlimited budget to play with. This car looks pretty solid, and plenty or restoration parts are available at moderate prices. Roll up your sleeves and put some sweat equity into, and you would have a nice driver for under $20k. If I wasn’t in the middle of three projects already, I might be making the 2 hr. trip to Pittsburgh to check this one out.
Jamie, I think that you better go get that Jag you were so lucky to get ahold of! Winter is almost here, and I don’t think that you want to drag that beautiful car back on a open trailer! Unless of course you have a enclosed trailer to bring it back on! LOL
Sold for $9500.