"Parts is parts"

[balthazar]

RE the recent '66 Impala discussion.... these seats recently sold on eBay.

They were from a '61 Starfire, but (pattern aside) are correct for '59-60 also (of note; they have full metal backs).

There were 5 pics, but you absolutely get the picture of their condition. No tricks.

Without checking the link / eBay, what would you guess a pair of '59-61 GM buckets, in complete but worn shape, would go for?

Edited June 15, 2012 by balthazar

[daves87rs]

Knowing nothing about the price of classic car parts (sad, I know), I'm guessing a tad over 500 bucks?

[Camino LS6]

I'd say that they could go for three times that when the right restorer wants them.

I've been watching the prices on 'vette seats...

[Intrepidation]

I be you could get even more if you put some time and Leatherque into that.

[balthazar]

Ahh, these actually sold for $3,000.

I was pretty amazed at that, but they are super rare.

[G. David Felt]

Ahh, these actually sold for $3,000.

I was pretty amazed at that, but they are super rare.

WOW, That is amazing, as I figured like the others maybe $500 for the frame so they could be rebuilt for a restore job.

[Camino LS6]

Damn!

That's quite the premium.

[balthazar]

Also saw a pair of buckets from a B-60 Invicta Custom, well torn up, sell for $1800. The early buckets are worth huge coin.

[Camino LS6]

Also saw a pair of buckets from a B-60 Invicta Custom, well torn up, sell for $1800. The early buckets are worth huge coin.

Makes me wish that I had stashed a batch back when these cars were in the yards.

[balthazar]

Yep, tho it may have been tough to accumulate 'a batch'.

I've read the estimated '59 Eldo Biarritz's with buckets was around 100 units, and that is likely the most frequent installation.

[Camino LS6]

The pricing phenomena extends through the musclecar era.

Just check the pricing on Chevelle or Corvette buckets up to about '75 or so, for example.

[G. David Felt]

WOW, I remember when my dad took me to the junk yard to get parts and I would sit in all the old late 60's to mid 70's muscle cars and pretend to drive. If I only knew that the value of keeping these seats around would be worth so much.

[balthazar]

I sold a set of '66 Catalina buckets, white, that I bought out of a junkyard for $75 for $325, tho this was the early '90s.