68 Chevelle

[josh98bird]

Re: 68 Chevelle

that was my dad's first car... i'd love to find one

[cam98aro]

Re: 68 Chevelle

whats wrong with 71

i like the sidemarkers on the 72'

[1994camaroV6]

Re: 68 Chevelle

I believe the wheels are off a Second gen also. More than likely from the 1975-1981 range. i remember on midnight club dub edition i always built that '81 camaro cause it looks so close to my '79 and it has those "type" wheels on it. I would tell ya what the stock wheels on mine were but it already had drag wheels. ANYWAYS.........Very nice find for a project car, shouldn't be a pain to restore. Good luck w/it.

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

Re: 68 Chevelle

that was my dad's first car... i'd love to find one

Same here except it wasnt his first, but he had that all popular red w/black racing stripes lol

His first car was a TRANS AM!! I told him he should've kept all his old muscle cars, because he had I know 3

[IICODECll]

Re: 68 Chevelle

awesomeness... one car that GM should bring back

this is GMinsiders, dream chevelle

I'd get that over the new camaro-concept :o

[Fbody3400]

Re: 68 Chevelle

I'd get that over the new camaro-concept :o

Its not much of a concept anymore, more of a reality

[cam98aro]

Re: 68 Chevelle

that was my dad's first car... i'd love to find one

my dads first car was a 69' chevelle ss

[DAS BOOT]

Re: 68 Chevelle

that car is awesome, how much did you pay?

[CamaroJeff™]

Re: 68 Chevelle

sweet find. now turn her into something nice ;)

however from the looks of those pics id buy ospho by the gallon till youre ready to cut into those panels.

[IICODECll]

Re: 68 Chevelle

Its not much of a concept anymore, more of a reality

I know.. but it's still not out yet ;)

[joshbrown38]

Re: 68 Chevelle

I paid 3,000 It took me a long time to find one in this good of consition for that price. It does need work, but it will be fun, there is very little rust, none under the car. I am a teacher, and I also run my the schools car club, so I have plenty of kids to help me along the way.

Thanks for all your input

[Niko97RS]

Re: 68 Chevelle

why does everyone think he is gunna have a hella time restoring this..the body appearsto be in decent shape from what i can see

[Den69RS96]

Re: 68 Chevelle

Josh congrats on the chevelle.

Niko, there is way more to restoring a car than body work. Even with a solid body, it still will cost $$$. You have to order a lot of stuff from restoration companies and it adds up quick. Before you even get into the good stuff like rebuilding the engine, you be replacing shocks, springs, bushings, ball joints etc. Then the rear suspension, brakes, brake lines. Then you'll want to put in some gears in the rearend, but while your at it, give it a complete rebuild etc. Then you'll want to add a new cam, heads etc. It adds up. Then all those missing trim pieces and/or screws you'll need, not to mention fixing all the little hack jobs someone performed years ago before you bought the car. I have 15 g's into my 69 camaro and I haven't painted the car yet.

You'll probably be in touch with the folks at ground up

http://www.ss396.com/

Here is a good chevelle website

http://www.chevelles.com/

[cam98aro]

Re: 68 Chevelle

why does everyone think he is gunna have a hella time restoring this..the body appearsto be in decent shape from what i can see

my 69' camaro looked great until the paint was sanded off, the quarter panels were made of putty, not metal

[joshbrown38]

Re: 68 Chevelle

Thanks for the good notes; It will be a ton of work and money. There is body work to be done and some rust to get rid of; Thats what I can tell before we get the paint off, we will see. I have to do the brakes first, they are bad.