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1963 Pontiac Grand Prix on 2040-cars

Year:1963 Mileage:82799
Location:

Carroll, Iowa, United States

Carroll, Iowa, United States

For sale here is a good running 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix.  Has a very strong and smooth sounding 389 V-8 with an automatic transmission and console shift.  The brakes are pretty good.  Tilt steering wheel.  Factory vaccum tach.  This '63 GP has the fairly rare factory A/C.  The compressor does turn nicely and all of the belts are on and appear to be in good shape.  All of the A/C componets are there.  The system may work, I have not tried it.  This one also has power seat and power windows.  The power windows work well except the driver's door window.  The car has nice white-letter radials on it and and nice-looking 8-lug rims. 

 The body is very good with the exception of the driver's rear quarter panel and trunk floor.  There are a few rust through spots on the trunk floor and also some on the rear floor pan.  The rear floor pan can be nively repaired and the balance of the floor is really quite good as seen in the photos.  I have extra underside photos if you need to see them.  A driver's side quarter repair panel (full-length,new) will be included.  The chrome is good and the stainless is also good.  Nice glass and the rockers (in and outer) are good and solid.  I have nearly all of the trim missing in the photos.  Missing: passenger's door panel chrome strip, passemger's side "Grand Prix" lettering, 1 rocker outside molding, 1 vent window crank.  These are the missing pieces to the best of my knowledge. 

New carpet will be needed.  One of the headliner panels will need to be resewn at the seam.  The dash is very nice and the guages are clear.  The starter switch was bypassed with a button on the lower dash.  The seats and door panels are original and in great condition.  It will need some wiring hooked up for lights and guages.

This very sharp looking '63 Grand Prix starts right up and revs strong.  This is a great one to further along while you drive.  This one can be a truly impressive cruiser with just a little work.  These 63's are getting hard to find in this condition.  I will consider trades.

Please feel free to ask questions.  Sold in as-is condition.  Personal inspection is available.

 

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