348/4-speed '61 Bel Air

[SeattleCarGuy]

I was at a swap meet in the Seattle area back in around 2001 and a guy had a barn find '61 348 Tripower/4 speed Bel Air on a trailer that was for sale. We were there early setting up for a car show and the guy had just taken the cover off the Bel Air and it was very dirty, but very untouched original. It was a sea foam green color and looked like a time capsule, just very very dirty, but very complete. I loved the car and the Seller said he had just sold it for $4000 to the first guy that he talked to. I told the guy to call me when he got back over to the area as he was somewhere walking around. I talked to the Buyer and offered him double his money, and escalated to $10,000. Easiest $6000 the guy could ever make, but he wasn't interested. At any rate, this might have been a bit steep for a project in 2001, but it was so cool and you never see these original cars. In the last 15 years of attending shows in the Seattle area, I have never seen that '61 Bel Air pop up again.

[luzl78]

I don't think that price is crazy. That car is very clean, detailed and complete.

[GTO_DON]

Looks like a lot of car for the money. If it had paperwork it would be 65-80k imho.

[EZ Nova]

reminds me of MY '61. BUT it's an CANADIAN Pontiac



And CANADIAN Pontiacs came with Chevy drivelines. So this was a 348 4 speed with 3.36 posi.

But now has this



Nothing like a little 550 Hp pump gas 409 to make things different

[GTO_DON]

That's a bad mfr right there. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]