- Seller: john g (Contact)
- Location: Bainbridge, New York
- Mileage: 99,758 Shown
- Chassis #: 1E37R4B503318
- Title Status: Clean
- Engine: 6.6-liter 4-barrel V8
- Transmission: Automatic
There is something appealing about a classic that doesn’t need to spend another decade in a garage before its next owner can enjoy it. This 1974 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna Type S-3 recently emerged from roughly ten years of storage, fired up after the battery was charged, and has already returned to the road. With 6.6-liter V8 power, swivel bucket seats, a floor shifter, and Cragar SS wheels, it has plenty of old-school personality without pretending to be a freshly restored show car. Located in Bainbridge, New York, it is offered as a Barn Finds Exclusive with a clean title and an asking price of $9,500.
The seller describes this Chevelle as an estate-sale barn find showing 99,758 miles. Its exterior wears an older reddish-orange paint job with a contrasting black vinyl roof, while a set of Cragar SS wheels gives the car the unmistakable street-machine look that was so common when these cars were simply inexpensive used muscle. The photos show an honest driver rather than a polished restoration, and the seller notes that the vinyl top is showing its age.
The seller claims that there’s a 6.6-liter four-barrel V8 paired with an automatic transmission sitting under the hood. There aren’t any photos of the engine to verify the claim, but after sitting for approximately ten years, the battery was charged, and the engine reportedly started right up. The seller subsequently had the car registered, completed a New York State inspection, changed the oil and filter, and installed two new front tires. It is currently being driven on the road. That said, a decade of inactivity shouldn’t be ignored. The seller notes that there is still some old gasoline in the tank and recommends a thorough inspection because of its time in storage. For a buyer who enjoys sorting an old car while using it, that may be preferable to taking on a completely dormant project.
The cabin adds another reason to look twice. Swivel bucket seats and a floor-mounted shifter are exactly the sort of wonderfully 1970s touches that separate this Chevelle from a basic spec coupe. Combined with the long hood, Laguna styling, vinyl roof, and Cragars, the overall presentation feels like a survivor from the era when personal-luxury styling and muscle-car influences were beginning to overlap.
This isn’t the Chevelle for someone searching for a concours restoration, and the seller makes no such claim. Instead, it is the sort of classic you can potentially improve a little at a time while actually enjoying it. The hard part of awakening it after long-term storage has already begun, it is inspected and back on the road, and at $9,500, it offers a relatively affordable way into a V8-powered 1970s Chevelle. The real question is whether to restore it or simply address any major issues and start enjoying it right away. What do you think?
I never understood, when someone is selling their car, they fail to put a little enthusiasm into the advertisement. Take some good, detailed pictures, write up a good description, as if the reader is actually putting eyes on the car. There is not one pic of under the hood or under the car, just generic photos. Put enough info and pictures in the ad, so there should be very few questions.
Good looking Laguna!! Probably a 400 small block in this one!!
Yes, nobody referred to them as 6.6 litres in 1974.
Featured on this site 7/26/2026, there is a picture of the engine, it is definitely a small block.
Steve R
Tempting. Very tempting. I’ve always liked that body style, and the price seems reasonable. If it wasn’t half a continent away I might be on the phone with this guy.
Suuuuuuuuure.
From what you can see it looks very clean. I like the period correct Crager SS rims on it.
Clean??? Wow…not even close.
Missing the trunk lock cylinder. Why? Still has bad gas in the tank. Why? I might like this, but the gas tank should be drained at least, after 10 years.
So right off the bat it needs a new battery,gas tank drained,probably got some dry rot tires after sitting 10 years and a small block and not a big block.
the small block is a might mouse, and weighs 200lbs less.. plenty power
The original swivel front bucket seats have been replaced with a pair that are not original equipment.
hey if they still swivel, probably and ergonomic improvement over ‘strato buckets’ , and probably have adjustments; so better.
One of the few body styles I actually like after 1972.
Those HVAC controls are definitely not from the factory. Probably aftermarket AC.
Nice Chevelle here with a 400 engine. I agree with other comments. Needs engine pictures and undercarriage pictures. Also clean out the fuel tank.
If this is an original New York car, the seller might not want you to see the bottom side.
This is a pig in a poke…enjoy the rust! All of you saying how “clean” it is, lol. Remind me not to ever have you inspect a car for me.
When I was 17 in 77, I bought for my first car a 73 Chevelle SS & I thought I was so cool having the swivel buckets, lol
I bought one of these new in the fall of ’73, White with red vinyl top, and the red lower body stripes, 454/THM 400. The 454 was incredibly anemic by this time.
why is here again? it has not improved. 9500.00 if it were all factory, maybe.
Trunk lock missing. Repaint.
To me that’s just another Malibu without the real S-3 header panel (not sure what year had the more aero style I remember seeing raced in ASSCAR) too bad, nice car though. I wouldn’t have wanted to crank it over before oiling up the cylinders and how’d it start right up with all that varnish in the tank and carb? Also saw it on C/L.
She’s due for new hard lines starting at the new wheel cylinders amongst all the other new parts you’re putting on. Asking price a couple grand too high for all the work it’s gonna need.
Doesn’t look like a black contrasting vinyl roof or swivel buckets to me
Cool ride, I’m just not understanding the “still has bad gas” comment? It sat for 10 years, ya got it running, and didn’t even burn through a whole tank of fuel?
thank you car was sold to the very first person who looked at it on its way to clinton iowa