There’s certainly no shortage of cars running around nowadays that used a basic model restored into a clone of a higher-performance offering, with the Chevrolet Chevelle being a popular vehicle to take an entry-level example and turn it into a Super Sport. However, it’s always preferable to find one that left the factory as a true SS, and this 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle here on Facebook Marketplace is one such automobile. It’s also said to be numbers-matching and running, making the $14,999 asking price a reasonable starting point for negotiations, since the seller mentions a best-offer option. If you’re seeking a muscle car project, this one is in Conway, Arkansas, and we’d like to thank Barn Finds reader Terry for spotting it and sending us the tip!
Some Chevy Super Sports are difficult to positively identify, but fortunately, the 1968 Chevelle isn’t one of them. The seller says his is a 138 car, indicating that the VIN starts with those three numbers in sequence, which signifies a factory SS Chevelle. Although the Vehicle Identification Number isn’t provided in the listing, it should be easy to verify once a potential buyer checks the car out in person. This one looks like it’s already had the fenders replaced, and while there will be a few body repairs and some smoothing needed, the exterior seems to be at a reasonably good starting point.
The 396 under the hood is reported to be the original big block, with the good news continuing to the attached Turbo 400, which is also said to be the factory automatic transmission. Another positive is that this Chevelle is running and driving, although there’s no word on whether or not the engine or transmission has even been rebuilt. It’s nice to see the A/C compressor still there, but since it doesn’t have a belt, it may have been years since any cold air was blown inside. The owner also includes a photo from his driveway with two tire marks, which he says is posted to show that this Chevy has a 12-bolt positraction rear end!
It will also need some interior work, as the seats are worn and torn, with the driver’s bucket almost looking painful to sit in. The dash pad is cracked, and the radio is missing, but from what I can tell, most everything else seems to still be present inside. Fifteen grand isn’t exactly a giveaway, but with the factory mechanicals still in place and operating, I’m feeling this is probably a fairly priced 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle SS project. What do you think?
It’s always a good sign when you see pictures in the ad when you see sitting next to a battery jumper, the rust helps, but the prize is seeing where they did a burn out.
I believe I paid less than $3900 including tax for my 1967 396 350hp 3 speed automatic convertible and air conditioned. Those were the days,I wish it was still in the garage in the shape I traded in 1974.
I paid 3,000$ for mine, 396, 325 hp and 3 speed. Sold it when going overseas for 1,400$. Sure do wish I had kept it or at least, had not given it away.
I’d do more like 12 for it
Trade you a 2013 gmc Sierra slt for it !
Hmmm… Why was the nose changed… A lotta rust, or found a tree…
Wonderin’, do all the tree squirrels under the dash and living in the seats come with?
If not I’ll go $2k, not a dollar more..with all the tree monkeys included I’ll go $2k+$1 dollar.
I think its funny that the only guys that care about “numbers matching “ anything are over 60. The newer generation thats intrested in these cars DO NOT care at all and the $$ for a mismatched basket case thats the same value as numbers matching 653 built outa 30000 “survivor”.
not impressed with the driving video. she is rotted and i bet there more waiting to be found. real shame. they do make everything, but this is still a 60k+ redo. it seems that the 68s that i see are all SS 396. i guess all the plain Malibu’s are now SS clones. just want a plain bu.
Yikes. It looks like a real nightmare for restoration. The running part is nice, sure, but wow. Almost everything needs repairs.
When it comes to cars like this and in this condition, I’m starting to lean more towards just doing a fast and cheap restmod. The numbers matching thing is really not that important to me anymore and certainly the prices people ask just because of it are just not justified anymore.
If it were priced reasonable, well under 10k, then you can justify sinking 25-30k into it over maybe a year or so with a nice restmod effort and make it a fantastic show car you could sell for close to 60k.
I got’a laugh at the video, even though I got’a hand it to the guy, for making a brutally honest video of how (bad) the car really runs. LOL.
I paid 600$ for my 66 Chevells 396 4 speed
To Rogue1 About the tree….. that’s for you to find out about after you buy it . (Bent front frame rails) Ya think a seller going to mention it ? It would kill sales .
At least we know what was under that vinyl roof….
I’ve always preferred a 68 over a 69. Very little difference and I know that. Tail light biggest factor for me. I just prefer the ones on a 68. Plus a blunder on my part in the mid 80s sealed the deal about my preferiance for a 68. I was fairly new-ish at body work then. A guy approached me about a sideline job fixing a dented rear quarter panel on a 69. I gave a solid quote of 200. Wasn’t bad in the mid 80s. When I really dug in to start on it, discovered it had been hit in that same quarter before too. The guy that fixed it the first time wasn’t a good body man but he sure was good at sculptering. A bit back from the dent I was fixing I started finding old filler. Jumping ahead now. I found a couple places where the filler was about an inch and a half thick. The really amazing part is that it hadn’t cracked when it took the most recent hit a little ways back. I dug it out because at that point I had to. I pointed that out to the guy that hired me. Way more work involved than I originally thought. His response was…Oh well, a deal is a deal. You quoted 200 and 200 is what you’ll get. I almost backed out of the job but fortunately for him and unfortunately for me I always keep my word. I definitely wasn’t going to use massive amounts of Bondo like the first guy did. I got ahold of a friend that was a veteran body man. Took him a fair amount of work to straighten it where it only took minimum filler to finish. He spoke the truth to me. He said…Live and learn. I definitely found out how true the expression is.
Needs a lot of work…total body
And how bad is the roof..and the pass.side..total inside..looks like 25 k needed to get it on the road..
I thought $10K…..until I watched the video.
I’d offer a half gallon of sour milk and all the change in my dryer lint trap.
RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The floors are shot, etc.
I couldnt fix that car up for wjat I can buy decent looking and running turn key A and F body cars for, they might not be factory SSs or Judges or GTOs or GSs or 442s. But they wouldnt be clones and still can pack in a modern build performance engine and daily or raxe wifhout having a $50-150k investment garage queen or having to cruise a beater like this.