61 Impala bubble top

JK98SS · #1 02-05-2007, 09:24 PM

What would one of these be worth in restorable condition without engine/trans? It is a factory white car with blue interior, no SS, but it is originally a 348 car. A friend has it sitting in his garage. I will try to get up there to get some pictures of it soon.

Verne_Frantz · #2 02-06-2007, 01:04 AM

Very difficult to guess value from that description. Options mean a lot. Also, "restorable" can mean the car could cost $10K to do or $25K+ to do. Between '59 & '64, '61s are the most expensive to restore today. There are less repro parts available for them than the later years, but they are more popular than the '59s & '60s, so the cost of original parts is more.
I know this answer didn't help you much..

Sorry.
Verne

JK98SS · #3 02-11-2007, 08:32 PM

Figures, my favorite year is the most expensive. I prefer the 59 over the 60. The 61 is the best and then I like the 63&65's.

**427TJ** · #4 02-11-2007, 08:45 PM

Back in 1980 a school buddy (SF Bay Area, we were 18 then) had an uncle who ran a huge wrecking yard in Richmond. We'd go through that place all the time and check out all the cars. Got lots of parts from that place too and it was better than Disneyland for a day's fun. Came across a dirty but cherry '61 bubble-top one day: blue/blue bench, 348 3x2, manual with white-ball floor shifter, air cleaner and wheel covers in trunk, straight as the day it was built, black CA plates. I fell in love with it instantly and all it needed was a serious day's cleaning and it would look new. $1200. I thought that a set of Cragars and T/A radials was all it needed! My buddy convinced me that it was not the car to have and that I would rather have a Camaro or Chevelle ("cooler" cars in 1980). Passed on the '61 but never forgot it. Duh.