I'm looking at buying a 52 Chevy Deluxe Coupe. Been sittin for 25 years, last 10 outside. Has the usual body rust, but the floors and trunk are decent. Needs a grille and front bumper, but otherwise complete. Last paint was done aledgedly by Darryl Starbird( pearl white, frenched headlights, antenna). They want $1000 bucks, does this sound like a deal?
Can you confirm the work was done by Starbyrd? If you can its worth that just for history . My ten cents
It's got the straight 6/3 on the tree. Car belongs to my wifes Aunt, she said Starbird painted it. I'll take some pics today.
Jump on as fast as you can before she changes her mind....looks like a real good start for a project....
Well, yep I see a frenched antenna on the drivers side fender. The driver side headlight also looks as if it was frenched. It sticks out at the bottom way too far for it to be the stock headlight rim. There must be more done if you look closer. I'd go for it. Looks like it has a 235 under the hood. Dom
I've seen better sell for less. The last one like that I got that had sat outside with no oil cap on it had a nice mouse nest inside the valve cover. Starbird may have painted it, but it looks like it's going to need a repaint, so that kind of negates that... but it is a coupe. I dunno, from what I can see, especially if it needs some body panels redone, I'd feel better paying less for it. If it needs no sheetmetal work, then $1000 is probably in the right ballpark.
You better get that before I contact your aunt and buy it for myself. Face the fact this is not 1956 anymore. Nowadays that is a great price for a boss little car like that.
Looks like a fairly good old car.....the coupe style is a definite plus. Here's a link to Darryl Starbird's website at his Oklahoma museum. Probably has a phone number and email address. You might contact him - outside possibility, he could remember the car. http://www.darrylstarbird.com/
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