Hate to see this one parted out. Complete car with lots of options...........https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/pts/d/joliet-1963-buick-wildcat/6866284810.html
That car was quite the ride in it's day! Probably too much coin to bring it back, but would make a great parts car just for the options!
That is unfortunately, NOT a parts car but there isn't anybody I know doing restorations any more. Thanks for posting, as a curiosity, but it's a sad indicator of the by-gone days of garage restorations. That car has everything you want from the early sixties "personal luxury" coupe craze that spawned The Thunderbird, Riviera, Olds Starfire, Pontiac Gran Prix and so on. 15 years ago, as 40 year old car, this would have lasted maybe a day on CL before some Buick nut in that area swooped in and grabbed it to restore. Now, they just aren't getting done. Even some GS's are languishing. It's a lot of work and cost, but I always thought it was a good hobby - to restore cars.
I'm restoring my 68 Wildcat! Lots of folks here I assume are restoring Buicks, however, It's not for the faint of heart. If past experience counts for anything, restoring one usually means spending twice the money it will be worth in the end. To me, it's like building the car models when I was a kid, but at a one to one scale and no glue fumes. You have to do it for the fun of it and the learning experience, because it's always way cheaper to buy one done rather than building your own. I would think the hobby was expanding with the amount of resto shows on tv. but serious coin is usually involved and that can be off putting for most (wives) people.
Bryan is right, cars like these aren't getting done that often anymore. If one is a cheque-book restorer, then cars like this are way out of the price point and not worth doing. Now, if you do your own restorations, this one looks pretty nice and as long as the floors aren't air conditioned, it might not be too bad. Both of my cars were done years ago, and my Wildcat basically bankrupted 3 owners before it got finished. When I looked at getting it painted 15 years ago, it was going to cost me $10K for a basic Maaco-like job, one can only imagine what it would cost nowadays.
