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How Would You Build It? We Found This 307-Powered 1968 Chevelle Hardtop Sedan Up For Grabs In Vegas!


How Would You Build It? We Found This 307-Powered 1968 Chevelle Hardtop Sedan Up For Grabs In Vegas!

Gearheads are grown best in an environment that supports and nurtures the hobby. Or, in straightforward terms, the kid who is driven to school in the street machine is probably going to grow up spinning wrenches, too. I’m living proof…while the auto scene growing up was pretty much a revolving door where I lived, a couple of cars hung around for a few years. One was a 1969 Chevelle Malibu two-door hardtop. It was a bondo buggy if there ever was one, covered in fresh black paint, but not one kid at my school save my little brother knew the truth. To them, it was the epitome of wicked. The 327 under the hood had a fat lope to it and the car looked sinister hunkered down over Weld Street Lites that had been sized to create a mild Pro Street look. When the other kids learned that the Chevelle was the other family car (we split duties between it and a 1975 Oldsmobile Omega two-door), they would look at Mom’s Caravan or Explorer with a tinge of sickness. Call me spiteful if you will, but most of the kids I went to grade and middle school with in Washington were the type left me savoring their suffering as they hopped into the lap of Eddie Bauer luxury and watched as the black musclecar roared down the lane.

That travel down Memory Lane over, one thing I do remember wishing the Chevelle had was a spare set of doors. Nothing against a two-door Chevelle, but when you are a tall, lanky-ass teenager with a near-copy sibling trying to cram into the backseat, the added room and ability to not weasel your way around the seat back would be welcomed. That, and I’m always pushing the “be different” trend, and a four-door Chevelle like this 1968 I found surfing the Las Vegas Craigslist is a proper mix between known good and different. And it’s a proper hardtop, too…for some reason, not having a B-pillar between the glass seems to help out most people’s viewpoints on a car. This one is a 307ci equipped version with a TH-350 automatic and sports a recently added Yukon LSD and 3.73 rear gears. It still has it’s four-wheel drums, but has new seals and weatherstripping, and a headliner that needs to be installed. The body looks passable and other than a bump in power (383 stroker small-block?) we’d just get some disc brakes up front and drive this sucker. That’s the low-buck approach we are looking at, but take a look for yourself, then you tell us how you’d put this crew-cab A-body together!

Craigslist Link: 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu hardtop sedan


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6 thoughts on “How Would You Build It? We Found This 307-Powered 1968 Chevelle Hardtop Sedan Up For Grabs In Vegas!

  1. Matt Cramer

    I agree, price is a little steep unless the photos somehow manage to make its condition look worse than it is. Looks like it needs some rust repair.

    In addition to disc brakes and , I’d want to do a bit of suspension work as Chevelles didn’t have the best suspension geometry to begin with, and their spring / shock rates aren’t well suited to modern tires either.

    For power, he’s already got the beginnings of a 383 stroker, so that would make sense. But since I’m feeling like not making sense right now, how about putting a 383 Mopar in there to really confuse everyone? Tell everyone it’s got a 383, then pop the hood and it would be clear something isn’t right…

  2. jerry z

    $8K for a more door? Unfortunately they are trying to get them for that price here in NC too. Not for me especially in that condition.

  3. John Anderson

    Being a former TV car from original Hawaii 5-0 show (just kidding, all they used were 4 door htps for some strange reason) there’s a butt for every seat..

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