Before you guys go out of control on this, it was pointed out to me by a fellow list member (who can remain nameless if he chooses ), the Price Guide is necessarily based on recent sales of vehicles. Two or three Belvederes have crossed the Barrett- Jackson auction and have scored huge sales prices, while in the same space of time no Sport Furys have been seen; these sales tipped the scales making Belvederes appear more valuable than Sport Furys.
Sport Furys came standard with various features which could be added to Belvederes, making the two models more or less equivalent in the final analysis. Only the interior fabrics and the exterior stainless trim differentiate the two..
Check out this item on Ebay, fairly close to you. Like Roger explained there is not much difference betwen the Sport Fury and the Belvedere, I know you have the fabric for a SF and now you can have all the trim too Pardon Our Interruption...
Ron
PS John, if he falls for this your car will be even more desirable as it is one of the very few Belvy’s
Well thanks…I am so far from Tom’s car. I am already planning a repaint in a year or two with all the little mini-dents and wrinkles I see.
I wanted a Cruising car and I have that but after all the time I spent on it, I should have done a better job on the body work and paint. But at least it is almost done.
I have seen the work you do Dick and maybe I should send this car to you for the finishing work!
5,063 Belvedere convertibles were built, while 5,990 Sport Fury cvts were built. By the numbers, Belvederes were rarer to begin with, and because more SFs were probably taken care of/preserved, topless Belvederes are the rarer model.