I have a few questions about a car I recently purchased

Are the coupe and convertible doors the same?
Are the exhaust pipe outlets available (quarter panel exit)?
Does anyone make the seatcovers for these cars?

Regards,
Tad

 

I believe you can order generic seat covers for your car from companies like Kanter. Of course, this will just be a standard street rod tuck and roll.

 

I also have a 65 Starfire---Having a hard time finding trim parts--as far as the exaust parts, I'm having them made now if Fort Lauderdale will give you the info if they turn out well

 

Thank you

 

Just how rare are these cars? I located another Blue green 65 Starfire conv. 4spd car 2.5 hours away from me. The car is in a body shop getting restored.

Tad

 

Starfires are still around, and I see some for sale online regularly. However they are far from ubiquitous. They are rare enough that finding some Starfire-specific parts can be impossible.

If it helps any, here are the 60's-era Starfire production numbers I scraped off the internet:

1961 (convertible only): 7600

1962 (coupe): 34,839
1962 (convertible) : 7149

1963 (coupe): 21,148
1963 (convertible): 4401

1964 (coupe): 13,753
1964 (convertible): 2401

1965 (coupe): 13,034
1965 (convertible): 2226

1966 (coupe only): 13,019

So you can see that production decreased after 1962. Just to put those in perspective, there were 187,097 Cutlasses and 1,046,514 Chevy Impallas sold in 1965 (according to Wikipedia).

 

from what i have heard the 4 speed is very rare

 

I've heard 2 different numbers on the 4-speed '65's

either less than 150 or less than 120 total built.

The other number I've heard is the 4-speed convertibles were less than a dozen total. I've found forum posts that suggest there may only be 3-4 of them running around anymore, and one is a clone.

Pretty rare. If you can find one for sale, hop on it quickly.

-Jeff

 

either way rare or not a great car to have most of those cars are going for eighteen thousand and up especialy a convertable