Question regarding trunk lids.

[Greg Reimer]

Gotta question, guys. On a '61 Impala sport coupe [bubbletop] , does the trunk lid from a 4 door post car interchange with the hardtop?Seems with an overall shortage of these cars any more, it's difficult to find one for a comparison test. If there were a compatibility of interchangeability here, somebody on this forum would know.Thanks in advance.

 

[64ss409]

The parts book only lists one.

 

[BSL409]

Yes it will !

 

[Tom Kochtanek]

I have the trunk lid from a 4 door Belair sedan (post) that fits on my 1961 Belair Sport Coupe. Even has the two tail lights .

Pretty sure all 1961 trunk lids were the same except for the number of tail lights (and of course the trim package or lack thereof).

Cheers! TomK

 

[Greg Reimer]

Many many moons ago, one of my drag racing buddies had a bunch of cars at his house. One was a '61 Impala 2 door sedan (post car) and the other was a 2 door Bel Air post car. Both are pretty rare today. Impala Sport Coupes,( bubbletops) were still around in available quantities, but I thought recently it would have been fun to get a bubble top Impala, use all the stuff from the Bel Air sedan and make the bubble into a Bel Air, and switching the stuff taken from the Impala into the Bel Air. Would have been fun. Sounds like it would have been a doable arrangement. Now, if I had that option,I would have used the Impala sedan for what we did with the Bel Air. We put a legal 283 into it, a bunch of gear, a race Powerglide into it, and ran it at Pomona for the Winternationals one year. It was a very low dollar car, but it proved that a hobbyist could still get into Stock Eliminator on a barely affordable level. You still can, it just costs more. Doesn't everything else?

 

[1958 delivery]

They did make bubble top bel airs, 61 and 62
The one car that was around our area for some time many years ago was a 1961 Bel Air convertible. Looked georgeous. Guy claimed it was original but no such thing supposedly ever existed. Use to be at Pomona swap and the Twilight cruise

 

[62BillT]

Right, in '61 all the Trunk Lids Interchange. The only difference is the Tail Lights and Trim. Three of them will work correctly. The Impala for Impala, Bel-Air for Bel-Air and Biscayne for Biscayne, although you can use a Biscayne Lid on a Bel-Air if you drill holes for the moldings.

 

[327]

This is true for the '62 Trunk Lids too.

 

[Rondecurtins]

Would the trunk Lid be the same on a convertible? 1962.

 

[327]

Yes

 

[pvs409]

All 1961 to 1964 Chevy trunk lids are the same and will fit on any 2 door, 4 door, Hardtop or convertible.
The only difference is -that belair and biscayne trunk lids had only 2 tailights and all impalas had 4 tailights.

Paul

 

[Rondecurtins]

Thanks Paul

 

[327]

Yes as I knew as well pvs409.