Thread: 56 Chevy Hardtop to Convertible

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As far as cost goes, there was a 56 chevy convertible sold on Ebay for a little over 22,000 about two or three months ago. The auction stated it had to have complete floors and trunk floors, one quarter panel and both bottom door skins. Also the car needed to be completely restored. As of this writing, all metal work on our body has been done, he has nearly all new chrome with just a few pieces to go, he has got the hard-to find converible parts such as pinch weld moldings which we bought NOS, he's got an original Powerglide that is competely rebuilt with a completely rebuilt torque converter, and we are having a 1956 model 265 built to factory specs at present. The frame has been sand blasted and is under primer, all the suspension pieces have been blasted and are under primer and with labor included he has less than 27,000 dollars invested as it sits. The car has been constructed to factory specs and would take a keen eye and a lot of knowledge to know it is a convertible conversion. We estimate he will have a total investment of $50,000 and a "factory-style" convertible built to factory specs with a factory VIN #.