This 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle is a 2-owner, true SS 396 that has 54K documented miles! It can be found for sale here on eBay with a current bid over $22,000. Located in North Tazewell, Virginia, the car was originally sold new at Elmore Chevrolet in Bolivia, North Carolina. As you’ll see, there is a ton of documentation with the car. If you’ve been looking for a survivor Chevelle, this might be the one for you. Check it out!
The drivetrain is all numbers-matching which includes the original 325 horsepower 396 mated to a 400 automatic transmission and 12-bolt rear end. The alternator, distributor, etc. are all original. Normal maintenance items have been replaced over the years like the brake booster, tires, plugs, and wires. The car also features power steering and brakes along with factory air conditioning.
As mentioned before, the car was sold at Elmore Chevrolet. You can see evidence of this by the bumper sticker located right below the SS emblem. There is quite a bit of paperwork that goes along with the car including the original protect-o-plate. The seller also says they have the original bill of sale, owners manual, broadcast card, carpet tag, and misc service receipts. This documentation is invaluable to document the provenance of the car!
Here you can see the front bench seat looks like it is in great shape along with the rest of the interior. The back seat looks like it’s never been sat in! According to the ad, the 8-track player still works!
The top is the original vinyl and other than a few paint touch-ups, the rest of the exterior is original. You may notice a few aftermarket parts, but the original air cleaner, hubcaps, floor mats, and spare in the trunk. Overall, this is an awesome survivor and anyone should be proud to own this one. What do you think?
Sweet.
I’d prefer a ’69, and buckets with a console.
But this is one very nice car.
@DDB: Came here to say the same thing! :-)
One of the nicest 68 Chevelle’s I have seen.
I like this car, but a couple things don’t add up.
First, the seller claims that it has it’s “original vinyl top”. The bill of sale shown says black vinyl top, but that sure looks like a blue top to me? The bill of sale also lists rally wheels, which the car has on it, but the seller says the original wheel covers are in the truck, and shows what is clearly a set of 68 SS396 full wheel covers? Documentation is nice, but it helps if it matches the car.
This is a lot more like the “muscle cars” I remember running around in the late 60’s and early 70’s. The base 396/325, automatic, bench seat, white walls, no gauges, etc. This is the typical muscle car, and not the biggest engine, 4 speed with buckets and mags, that people today seem to think all muscle cars were.
Heh our neighbor bought a new black one of these. Her teenage son was extremely smart but just plain trouble. Back in 1966 you could buy anything by mail and he ordered stuff to make a contact explosive which he tried out by painting the gas and brake pedals. His mom came out to go to work the next morning and thought all the kids were gathered to admire her new car. She got in, put it in drive, hit the gas and Boom! She freaked and hit the brakes and Boom She slammed it into park practically tore the door off in a rage, jumped out, grabbed her son and literally dragged him to the front door and threw him in. He never did get to drive that car.
My guess is that the original owner had the dealership throw in the rally wheels as part of the deal and that “black” was written instead of “blue” by mistake and it wasn’t worth the time/effort to correct the paperwork.
No 3rd pedal, bench seats? No thanks. Beautiful car, no doubt, but if I’m looking 60’s muscle those 2 boxes being unchecked makes it a no go to me, although the price is very reasonable.
Love this car! Priced very fair for what it is and in original condition. I’d only replace the tires with red line radials and enjoy every single mile.
Winner winner chicken dinner on this one. Low mileage, lots of docs, mostly original paint. The kind of cars very hard to find anymore. Most of them show up badly stored or badly restored. I would do just one thing….tear out the plastic cowl screens that Chevelles didn’t have, but Olds and Pontiac models did so they fit. Other than that 2 minute job…,ready for a nice day cruise.
Reserve not met at 25. That’s fair. You sure can’t build one like it for 30 or 35, IF that is close to the reserve.
Wondering if the slight blue tint isn’t from the blue sky partly clouded over. Mecam’s indoor cameras always seem to make black vinyl look light green. Either way, this is one nice car!
This seems to be a very nice car. There were many cars with similar options like this one in 1968 except they had 327s with the 250 HP and 275 HP engines. The 327s with 250 HP engine had the 8.75 compression ratio and the 275 HP had a compression ratio of 10.0. Both of these 327s both came with single exhaust and it could be debated whether they had the performance of the many cars being produced in 1968. These lower horsepower 327s were not the high performance 327 L79 versions(325-350HP) or even the older 327s with 300 HP with the AFB carb and intake which had a larger dual exhaust system.
The SS396 with 325 HP looks like it would be a natural step up option for anyone who wanted more horsepower than the 250-275 HP 327s. The 396s also came with the 400 Turbo transmissions while the 250-275 HP 327 Chevelles came with two speed powerglides.
Like many people I prefer big block 4 speeds, but I hope the buyer will leave this car alone and drive it and enjoy it. It is rare to find one like this. The bench seat was common in many Chevelles even with 4 speeds. This car has the optional vinyl bench seats which shouldn’t bother most people.