For Sale: 1963 Oldsmobile Starfire - Two-tone Pink & White - "Runs good, 2-Owners" - Sanford, FL - Not Mine - 9/14 Reduced - 9/15 SOLD!

[6T-FinSeeker]

For sale on Facebook: 1963 Oldsmobile Starfire Holiday 2-door Hardtop in Sanford, FL  -  $12,500  -  Must be a member of Facebook to access Seller's contact information.

 

Link: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1060928118416339/-1963-Oldsmobile-Starfire-PINK!

 

Seller's Description:

1963 Oldsmobile Starfire Holiday 2-door Hardtop

• 2 owners
• Driven 888,880 miles
• Automatic transmission
• Exterior color: Pink · Interior color: Pink

1963 Oldsmobile Starfire. Car has been in storage for 8 years. Car runs good but since it sat in one place for 8 yrs I would check it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by 6T-FinSeeker
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[6T-FinSeeker]

 

 

 

 

[John_S_in_Penna]

That seems like a very good price for this car,

and gives enough room in the budget for reawakening

it mechanically.  The color is distinctive, too.

 

Edited August 30, 2023 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history)

[TexRiv_63]

Looks nice on the outside but that interior makes it a project car.

[rocketraider]

Yup. Antique Rose metallic finished leather is a custom dye job on top of all the missing pieces.

 

Strangely optioned too. GuideMatic and tilt wheel are all I see. The diecast panel between rear bumper and decklid is Super 88.

 

I have to ask. WHY paint the roof white?!😫 63-66 Starfires were never intended to be two-toned.

[B Jake Moran]

I love that color and interior. Obviously needs carpet and some door work. 

[kingrudy]

If you could get it all straightened out for 20K all in. I believe you would have a beautiful car. I like it a lot. 

[6T-FinSeeker]

On 9/14, Seller listed on Ebay:

1963 Oldsmobile Starfire Holiday 2-door Hardtop in Sanford, FL  -  Buy-it-Now Price: $10,000  -  Ebay Seller: 2012paulgreen  No phone # provided. Contact Seller through Ebay Messages.

 

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/256216048902/-1963-Oldsmobile-Starfire

 

Seller's Description: 

1963 Oldsmobile Starfire: Very nice and clean antique car. The car has sat in storage for 8 years before it was aquired.

It's good running car. It has the optional big block with high compression. It has beautiful one year only two tone paint with matching wheels. The car is just as clean underneath. Any questions please ask.

 

[The 55er]

Something's up with that rear bumper, it just doesn't fit properly. 

[rocketraider]

13 hours ago, 6T-FinSeeker said:

 It has the optional big block with high compression. It has beautiful one year only two tone paint with matching wheels.

Seller has just proven he knows absolutely nothing about Starfires.

 

There were no "optional" engines. It was a 10.5:1 CR 394/345 with Roto HydraMatic or nothing from factory.

 

Even though I've seen a lot that have been two-toned, the only year a Starfire could have two-tone paint was 1962. Look at the 63-66 body lines and it's obvious why those weren't offered with it.

 

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I hadn't thought of this in a while but this thread brought it out of the cobwebs of my brain.

 

Even in the mid 80s I was always on the lookout for Starfires, and local paper had an ad for a 62 hardtop, red and white. Called and made arrangements to see it.

 

Get there, and there was a 63 painted white above the side trim and red below.

 

Talked with the 70-ish owner a few minutes and finally asked where the 62 was. "Right there." Sir, this is a 1963. "Naw, title says it's a 62. I knew the man bought it new!" He produced the title and sure enough it was titled as a 62, but the VIN indicated 63. He couldn't be persuaded otherwise.

 

Closer inspection revealed it was originally light metallic green with saddle 😖 interior. There were just too many red flags for me to consider buying it. Paint, interior color, later Olds wheelcovers, and a whole lot of cleaning and detail work. Nothing insurmountable but more than I wanted to get into, especially having to correct the titling issue.

 

The old fellow kept prattling about how a man from Del Rio Texas was coming to look at the car the following week. I told him he might want to get DMV to straighten out the title issue before he sold it out of state. He told me I wasn't old enough to know anything about that car, that he knew the original owner and it was a 62 cause the title said so.

 

I thanked him for his time.

[Jim Skelly]

Hilarious!  When I was about 10, our family was on vacation and we saw an old Chevy coupe.  The old man proudly showed us his '37.  Dad commented that it was a '38 and the old man insisted it was a '37.  I knew Dad was correct since I had recently built a Pyro '37 Chevy coupe kit and the car we were looking at wasn't it!

[6T-FinSeeker]

The Ebay Buy-it-Now listing ended Friday, 9/15 as "SOLD!" for $10,000.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256216048902/-1963-Oldsmobile-Starfire-SOLD!

 

Seller also marked the Facebook ad "SOLD!"

 

 

Edited September 20, 2023 by 6T-FinSeeker (see edit history)