2023 Muscle Car Market Review - Chevrolet Chevelle/Nova/El Camino/C10
High and unchanged asking prices for full-sized 1960s Chevs don’t reflect the tightening market, with increasing numbers of available cars.
Owners often try to recover every dollar spent on a restoration or modification and that is rarely possible, so cars remain unsold until panic selling sets in. Four-door, Australian assembled cars in good condition should manage $40-45,000, with very good 4.6 or 5.3-litre Impala two-doors just $10,000 more.
A modified but attractive Impala convertible early in 2022 reached a hammer price at auction of $115,000 and that was probably the peak of the recent market. The couple of 1970s cars we saw were unlikely to achieve $50,000 and by now might have dipped closer to $35,000.
4dr Sedan/H/Top 1961-64 $56,675 [10]
2-Dr H/Top 1961-64 $70,100 [7]
Bel-Air/Impala 4-Dr 1965-72 $50,895 [15]
Impala 2-Dr H/Top 1965-72 $75,100 [8]
Conv. 1965-72 $89,565 [6]
Impala/Caprice 1973-80 $50,000 [2]
Monte Carlo 1969-73 $50,000 [1]
[*] = number of recorded sales
(Note: concours & special cars may demand more.)
Numbers from our 2023 Muscle Car & US Car Value Guide.
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From Unique Cars #473, Dec 2022/Jan 2023