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In Ohio, Frank's offer for a 1963 split window Corvette keeps going up and up and up in this clip from Season 20, "Say Sohio." #AmericanPickers
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I'm convinced it will sit another 30 years
It will. Apparently the son don't share the same sentiment as it has been sitting there for quite some time. My neighbor's Ford Expedition has been sitting there for 6 years. You've enjoyed it, now have it bring joy to another. Take the Money and Run otherwise put 40 Grand into restoring it. Otherwise don't show it if you're not going to sell it!
Yep
Yeah.. talking without action kind of guy. If he that kind of sentimental guy, he definitely restore that stingray to honour his dad.
@@kakiwayang508
Perfect candidate for a resto-mod car.
Brand new 2021 in and under, all original outside.
@@armandoortiz9114 they walked by it....its not something one avoids looking at
i'm 72 and lived in north east Ohio for most of my life. my buddies and i all had hot rods in the 60s. my buddy Greg had a 63 split window (gray) just like that one. I had a 67 olds 442. what a great time we had!!!
That 442 would be really cool to cruise in today!
It's amazing how people would rather let these beautiful cars rot instead of selling
I want my kids to have the same experience with this car as I had, looking at it rot in the garage under a sheet.
Tanker1106
That’s the ones that are most valuable, matching numbers or not, original paint can do you good.
👆🏼🤦🏻♂️
Tanker1106
A split barn find in 20 years, he’s not gonna touch it. Interiors usually go anyway, sometimes if they are in average condition for a used car they are kept, but most of the time they are replaced, the car is not matching numbers so there’s no point in saving it’s engine. If it can be fixed, great, if it can’t, it’s no big deal. That car is waiting to be bought and restored, but Mike and Frank just don’t have the time or money to do it.
MUHROMATIC , now run along.
Tanker1106
Are you just salty because you are wrong?
Dude's son has no interest in the car, otherwise he'd be pushing the old man to get it up and running.
If it were a Honda Accord though.... LOL!
I was shocked to see how well this model held it's value..There are currently 63's with low miles going for up to 300 K mostly about 120-140K which is still high!
It's because they only made the split window for one year, after that, they switched back to a single window, because people couldn't see well out of it. That's why it's so desirable, not many out there.
The ones you are talking about are numbers matching. Numbers not matching really kills the value.
@@stevepoulson5867 Thanks for the info...
@@godbluffvdgg the number frank offered was really paying up for a numbers not matching. I really don't even like the look of it. It's only worth that much because of the one year production though.
@@stevepoulson5867 I've read that it was as much about the cost to assemble two rear windows vs one as anything else.
the guys a hoarder, not a restorer, should have sold it and let someone else enjoy it
My thoughts are why show it to them then 🤦
Tink Tink we show them cause we're proud of what we own.
the owner didn't seem at all enthused about the car , iv'e seen people more enthused about their favorite machbox car
The owner just wants more. Somewhere a guy with a huge wallet will see this and he will get his price. The family talk is just bs. The car would not be in that condition if he really was into it.
That’s what’s so upsetting. I understand a lot of these guy collect cars, it’s their money, they can do what they please. I wish someone could explain to me why you would have such an amazing car and just let it sit. Share it with the world. Frank wanted to use it as a daily driver which would have been amazing. Take it out and show it off. In 40 years it will probably be in a barn roached out without 10 more miles on it.
My friend Rick's step-father has a 1953 Corvette that was passed down from his father. The car has been garaged for 25+ year's and it still has original paint that looks like it just came off the assembly line. There's less than 20K miles on it and has been featured in a couple magazine's. The car is immaculately beautiful.
It will sit there for another 30 years untouched.
I have a feeling your son will not fix it up either, it will just sit there and rot until the garage burns down
Agreed. These hoarders
no ima steal it
,,, yup more mold ... What a waste...
Exactly. The seller was full of it. Tosser.
that's why the idiot that now owns it should just grab a cheque, or check, and bank the "huge coin".
Back in the 70's you couldn't give split windows away.
Or the Superbirds!
Really surprised that Frank did not offer to haul it away for a small fee.
I love how Costello tells him it's going to cost me so much for shipping. That's your problem not the seller. I sold my Chevelle SS 454 to some guy and first thing he says to me it's going to cost me 1000.00 to ship to my home. So i told him you should have rented a tow trailer from u-haul . Not my problem.
HA!HA!HA! Your response was so funny!!! I gotta remember that one!
That Corvette will sit right there till he passes then the kids will sell it at auction.
Looks like an unheated garage...that mold will destroy the interior. That Vette deserves better than that and I'm a Dodge guy!
The interior already has mold on it. It won't take long for the rest of the car to catch up. In that cold damp garage, it's not going to take long. What a shame...😔
Frank is always tight, Mike smoozes alot‼
Sick of people saying Frank is tight. It's s business ffs.
These two guys learned really well from Rick was lowball the guy as much as possible
That was actually a pretty decent offer for what shape the car was in. If it had the original engine it would have been worth double that much, even with the mold, rot and being partially disassembled. All it really had going for it was the split window and nice paint... which wasn't even original paint.
@@livewire2759no it is not, the car is worth $100k in that condition, over $200k, maybe more, with a complete frame-off if it's done right by someone like Junior at Sarasota Classics
Good for him, I hope he restores it. My grandfather bought one and gave it to my father. Someday he’ll give it to me, and if I’m down on my luck and the car isn’t in great shape, I hope I don’t buckle to the pressure of two dudes making a tv show
Yes, absolutely keep the rotting treasure in the damp garage so your children can sell it when you’re gone.
A buddy of mine wife and dtr took him to a Barrett-Jackson Auction in Arizona for his birthday. When the 63 split window Vette came up on stage they announced Pete come up and get your car. Pete just sat there stunned his wife and dtr pre bought the car at the auction for him.
Man, that buyer is so bad at negotiation. It’s about the emotion and appreciation since the guy loves the car. Explain to him how much love the car will get and how much well deserved cleaning the car will get and that it’ll be most likely in the interest of his father to have the car be back in the spotlight.
Good for you Sir . Keep it in the family where it belongs. Fix it and have fun driving it.
This guy is not gonna get it fixed. If he hasn't yet he will not in the future.
Victor Beckler yes we all know his kids will never touch it and it will get moldy and sit for 25 more years.
He wants to sell it he just wants more money, if these guys walked in put $100,000 cash on the hood he’d say sold
Yeah he won’t.... his energy is in other things obviously. He shoulda sold it imo
The only time that car will see the road is when it's on the back of a tow truck going the the salvage yard. That guy ain't fixing nothing.
SRVfan38
A 63 coupe never goes to a scrap yard, no matter the condition.
@@maticstudios not the point
@@maticstudios 5 minutes after this show aired that dude had 4 offers starting at 70k
We have the pleasure of seeing a '67 coupe sit at the end of a driveway near us, guy that owns the shop my brother works at says it's sat for at least the past 20 years and the home owners won't sell the car :(
Unfortunately, you're exactly right 🙄
No doubt.. 63 split window is the best one ever.. I was 18 years old and the guy down the street had one..
in 1984 my friend’s brother bought a mint 63 split window for 6k off a woman getting divorced. original everything. that same year i bought a 389 1966 GTO fir 900 bucks, needed paint. THOSE WERE THE DAYS BOYS N GIRLS!
I used to have one exactly like this with under 10K original miles on it. Only it wasn't silver and it wasn't a 1963. Actually, it wasn't a Corvette either. But, after watching this show and seeing how much it is worth, I wish I had kept it.
petroliana. never heard that term before but i love it
I want my kids to enjoy it the way I did.
Will you take $75K?
Sold!
The car has so much sentimental value to him... that he lets it set in the garage and get literally moldy. I'm glad he kept the car, but hopefully he'll actually get the thing running and driving again. I it were me, I'd sell off all that other junk they collected and use the money to fix that car.
I have a VW Camper that my kids will hopefully take over to enjoy someday - unless the pickers offered me 40k for it. In that case, it would be GONE! lol
The dad hopes the son will share his passion, but car will probably sit. 1 good thing is it is protected inside! One day someone will get a nice Vette!
He is not going to drive that car. Sad R.I.P. corvette
My dad sold his 64 original convertible for $28k, low miles, good condition in 2020. When I heard the deal might happen I told him I'd buy it. He told me the other guy, some nobody, has first dibs. I'll never forgive him for that and it shows his true colors although I always knew he is an ego first rather than family first kind of guy.
Wow. I haven’t seen this show in a while but seeing this episode I see and hear way of negotiating different from when this show started.
That care in an auction would bring 75 to 95 K just to restore.
"sometimes when you let these sit the brakes lock."
"surprisingly this had no issues with it when I left it to sit..."
😂 👍
I cringed when I heard that, too. Frank is not the guy you want to deal make.
Frank was lit this entire episode
He's trying to steal it, at 39K.
Not a matching numbers car 40 is a good offer!
Not at all he is over paying at that........Not even original paint let alone motor. It won't command a better price again its only going down hill from here.
@@scotty193 Have one to sell?
@@stevelane6919 Yeah I have an AMC Pacer with a Corvette badge same thing .
@@kevinmullins4919 not really. We had ours sell above $60k non matching. A 63 with a 66 fuel injection in it
Such a nice dude! All the best to you wherever you may be:))
I’m going through the same thing now with my dad’s 65 corvette.
He says the '63 is the "top of the mountain". There are some guys who have '67 big block cars that would disagree.
The cheapest split windows that is drivable and for sale in the US is $89.000 asking price.
I also would not want to sell it for less than half of it.
Yes, restauration would cost also 20k but still would be more than worth it and would easy fetch between 100k to 120k
6k for one's in 1980 wow
Shoulda done the deal, Frank is paying up!
Maybe one day you'll find it on the curb. You find some great stuff.
Stacks vloger i love your channel and History the pickers
More storage units, followed by more flea markets! Cactus 🌵🌵🌵 Coby
Yep which is a rarity in it's own right.
Happiness is being 🇨🇿 Czech sign on the wall 👍🏼
They should have searched the place for the original engine, I'm convinced his dad kept it somewhere near.
Always bugs me when pickers say “gonna cost $1000 to ship it” like it’s the seller’s responsibility to give you a break because you have to ship it. You want it, Pay up!
Penwinn - 100% agree. I’d counter and say “well I’ll just sell it locally and only haggle $200-500. Not this ridiculous $1000.”
Seriously , I could find a shipping company that wants to charge me $10k to ship. Does that mean the seller should eat the $10k?
@@dericksmith2137 comment said 1k. read comment properly b4 commenting at it
i agree, frank makes me mad with all his negativity, i like robbie better than mike as well, mike always lowers his voice to sound tougher, if you know what i mean, if he triedto rip me off here in australia i would tell him to nick off
@@dalebaby1 that's a $100,000 car
I was glad he didn't sell it to Frank.
Yeah, he's always trying to low-ball everyone.
That's 'cause he's short.
I wouldn't of sold it to that low balling fool either.
That's crazy high for a numbers not matching. Wow. Even numbers matching, that's a good price.
yep, caught Frank do a classic hike up on jeans at end of clip.
2:32 If everything was in good running order, why is it sitting in the garage in this condition?
Love that color
my dream car with a splint window,the exhaust on the side and it's 3 pron for Wheels
Cash in hand always helps, when you see the money rather than say it changes things
I used to detail cars for a local wholesaler who taught me that nothing changes someone's mind like a stack of 100's... lol
I'm in love! This split's better looking than Marilyn Monroe!
I own one and Frank's offer of $37K is puke-worthy. I've seen roached out split windows going for $72K just for the body to build a restomod...
Ridiculous offer.
Really? 72k for a roached out numbers not matching? Numbers matching means everything.
You're delusion, dreanof ! A non matching numbers car is worth a fraction of a fully restored, numbers matching car!
@@georgekouts I'm not doubting the reality, but wondering why the obsession with the numbers matching if it drives the same?
@@johng4093 Because all matching numbers means the car is all original... factory! Which is rare! And which obviously makes the car more desirable and lucrative to car collectors.
1975 my dads colleague told him he had an old Vette that he wanted to sell. My brother was 16 I was 15. The price was $1500. The goal was to buy the car, get it running and driving. Then sell it and use the proceeds to buy us both cars. We went and looked at the car parked in a garage. It had been sitting and was covered with junk and dust. All 4 wheels were locked up and it had been in a minor accident. But it was all there. As I recalled it was a 63 or 64. We ended up passing on it and of course years later they are worth big money.
Wait til his son sees this , he would rather have a sweet cut of that bundle 💰 than fulfilling his POPS Cruise dream
Naw I'm gonna keep it in the family till the mold totally overtakes the interior.... smh
Mold is nothing to fix... A little elbow grease and she'll shine right up.
@@violentdawg ya it's a little more than that...
I paid 40k for a wrecked split window coupe with no front end on it... and sold it for 60k. That car is worth a min of $75 as it sits all day long.
You can't buy a running driving split window with nice paint and interior in a 4 speed with option engine even non matching for less than 85-90k
Those offers are insulting.. 40k will buy you a low horsepower 64 or 65 roadster with bad paint.
With original drivetrain, but not with non matching numbers
I don't know if this is just made up drama for a tv show, but I've seen 63's with not running that went in the 50's. This car is easily worth 100k. If he wants to sell it he can, for a real price, not on a tv show for peanuts.
TODAY, not a decade ago, prices on American muscle cars have gone back to the early eighties.............for SHOWROOM examples. Corvettes are probably an exception as they usually weren't driven like McQueen in Bullet: IROCS, Camaros, Chevelles" lot of parts..........in the wrecking yards......as they were wrapped around telephone poles. IF you could buy this car for 40 dad could put another 10 as we know our uphostelry, body, glass, chrome, and other shops, while OUR SHOP would do the DRIVETRAIN, so basiclly no cost for us on the mechanical. NOW you have a car. DEAL with selfl appointed wannabes on body and you'll cause more damage than improvement. It's 'worth" forty grand IF YOU HAVE A SHOP and DO YOUR OWN WORK. if not, you need to but it for 25 "kash" NOW, TODAY. not twenty years ago prices.
A friend had a 63 split that he drove every day back in the 80's
Insult him just one more time Frank please
41k is not an insult, if he said 30K yes that is insulting. Not everyday someone walks in and offers you 41k cash for something that sat for decades and needs 25k worth of work. I understand the guy not selling it, but the offer was fine based on how the car presents itself.
Worth a lot more then 40K.
@Rusty Shackleford As it sits now yes.
This car is worth way more than what this guy was offered!!!!! anyone on this board that says otherwise doesn't know what they are talking about
Out of all corvettes these are the ones to own and Camaros first gen 67-69
A rare 63 split window has fuel injection I know a good friend of mine has one
You know how lucky you are
That car needs 20,000 to run again.
The owner must be a widower or divorced - a wife would have accepted that offer in a heartbeat; $40K profit on a car that looks like a pidgeon coop, inside...
20 k and 41k. Total 61k... Still too low.. even with a one year newer motor..
That car would fetch 80 to 100 k
The best shifting of all vehicles
That guys never going to restore that car a dreamer , I want my son to drive it he says bollox
Never sell to a flipper
What a beauty
keep it in the family
I remember being there
Glad he declined his offer, 37,500 is an insult!! They were trying to hustle him. You can clean that Vette up little throw about 15-20 thousand into it and sell it for at least 80,000!!
-💰- I agree ... 👍
My dad has the same one but light blue in the 80s
My brother bought a 2006 Ford Mustang with 3.6 Standard engine. It had a issue where it won't start. I told him he should just sell it. But, he said he wanted to give it to his 10 year old son when he get old enough to drive. But his son said he doesn't want a Ford, lol. He wants a truck
Legend has it the Vette is still there til this day 😂
Gotta do whatever your comfortable with. Just remember you dont live forever and your son may not either.
Rick Harris always said let the buyer throw out the first number.
Glad to see somebody would not sell to those rip off pickers.
Notice how he talks it down so he can get it cheaper . I would show him the door
Frank was trying to steal it for $39,000. I would have told him "Don't insult me with that offer." I know it doesn't have original engine, but it's still worth more than $39,000.
@@Atrium512 at least 65k. Easily.
Frank “ I was 14 years old when I first saw one…neighbor down the street had one and drove by with a different girl each time” 1963 corvette stingray split window that’s the car that commands a different girl each time you drove it…it’s that kind of car
Frankie needs to take a hike.
Imagine, someone offers you 41k for a moldy sandwich that you never intend to eat. And you turn it down. Thats what this is
you haven't a clue what this vette is worth. You shouldn't even commit on something you know nothing about.
Agree!! Total idiot IMO!!
Not a fan of Corvettes . . . with the exception of the '63 Split Window Coup.
I see many cars that sit and rot because people keep saying "one day". As far as a lot of power, come on, a modern V6 daily driver has that much power now. I'm trying to buy a class B RV off of my GF's brother's neighbor. It has been sitting in a driveway along with two other vehicles for over 20 years! My offer goes lower and lower ever year.
1963 with the z06 option is a million dollar car.
Wouldn't get moldy like that here in California.
Rick: let me call a buddy of mine....... 🎁
The mould could have been solved with interior cleaning products. I’d have told him to leave. It was a beautiful car
lol my son feel the power lol a civic on this days has more power that Corvette, now don't get me wrong I really like the car, but on this days a lot of cars has power.
Hahahaaa, you're actually comparing a 63 Vette to a civic, you're definitely not American or very bright for that matter.
You think $3-5K is what you’ll have to put in it Frank? I bet it’ll be a lot more.
10k easy...
15K-20K at least but then the car would be worth well over 100k so in essence the 41K bid was a ripoff.
Or do you think the guy wanted to buy it for himself?
No, he wants to buy cheap, invest 20K and sell it with 50K profit.
@Rusty Shackleford i would buy a restored one without original engine all days of the week for 90K. there is one for sale in the whole of the US under 100K, that says enough. Seen two non matching go for around 120k this year and some matching for 170k to 175k.
@Rusty Shackleford that is the whole point, under 100k you can find them but not fresh restored and even then you need patience and luck.
@Rusty Shackleford not a split window 1963, regular or convertible yes.
Could you imagine buying one of those new off the lot 0 miles and sealing it up and driving or selling it 50 years later.
Frank was probably cursing him underneath his breath
That's actually a decent offer. Rick Harrison would offer 20 bucks and a half eaten snickers
Frank: offers a reasonable offer
Mike: We gotta get rid of Frank. So I can grow a beard and hire my dumb brother!!!!!
I own a 65 Roadster.
Stored for 30 years.
327-350
Not for sale
Unlike the 63, my numbers match