By the time I turned 18, I was already guilty of committing many, many atrocities against cars that didn’t deserve their fate. A 1975 Dodge Coronet was jumped, rolled, driven through trees, backed through a Volvo, and when the tie rod broke, gutted for it’s motor and sent away. A grandpa-mint late 1970s Buick LeSabre coupe and a easy-fix Ford Mustang II were parked next to each other and ran over with a well-lifted Blazer. My first car, a 1975 Camaro, was sent to the crusher a couple of months after I got it, I killed a perfectly good Oldsmobile Omega at the urgings of people I trusted, and I sent one of the nicest Chevrolet Kingswood wagons you’d have ever seen to the yard after helping yank it’s 396 free from the engine bay. But one that has bothered me, even more than the big green wagon, was a gold 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle that entered the yard when I was about 14. It was basic, skinny tires and hubcaps, gold interior, and a 307 that had seen better days. The car was to be a parts car for a Bondo-bucket Chevelle, and it was my job to raid the parts. I hated it. But I did it.
As I’ve grown and aged, I’ve come to appreciate the more basic pieces of transportation. Not every Chevrolet was a Super Sport, and four-doors were more common than people my age or younger realize. That, and after watching tons of Australian footage, I start to look at the possibilities of having a four-door muscle car with greater enthusiasm. This Chevelle was never meant to have a muscular attitude…not with that 250ci straight-six sitting in the engine bay. But it’s sitting in a Texas Copart facility, up for auction or straight-up purchase, and I think it’s perfect project fodder. Nothing looks molested, or out of place. The passenger rear pillar might need some attention, but we’ve all seen much worse become better. 
Overall, the interior will need some major attention, but look at the dash, the door panels…that will clean up in a hurry. Surprisingly enough, this is a six-cylinder with air conditioning. Here’s hoping that there isn’t a Powerglide behind that six. Unless, of course, you have some nefarious plans for what was some family’s good, old-fashioned basic Chevrolet. It’s not the everyday normal suggestion for a project car, but as the years move on, there will be less and less of them. Just a fact.
The project cars are still out there. Hopefully someone decides to give a four-door a try before this A-body is gone forever.
Copart Link: 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle
How about building a LS6 4 door with patina,and road racing heritage?.All fake of course..
Sad, it’ll most likely get parted, sadder still is the yard wants 2900,00 for it..
That’s a Chevelle 300 Deluxe; the lowest trim level that year. Lots of rare parts on that one.
I’ve tried to buy a car from copart before,a jeep. It would not let me. How about a little info on how to do it.
$2900…the $900 I get…the 2 has to be a typo?
I’m sure someone would love to save that car but the purchase price needs to be reasonable. Come on yards…scrap metal is not 200 a ton don’t be greedy.
buy it today price 2900.oo
if it was a 2 door, I could see it if it is solid.. but..
If it was 900.oo bones I’d get it,, and then have to find away to get it here.
Junk. $ 2900 ? You’re on Drugs.
Crush ASAP.
What else ya got ?
You can’t save them all. Why spend money and time on a car that will only bankrupt you when you sell it? If you can only afford 4 doors -rebuild a few late models then use the proceeds to buy a decent, yet needs-help car.
Personally, I blame 4 doors for killing more car love then anything else on the planet because 1) they’re never sporty, and 2) people settle for them then never follow up because the financial bloodbath they took when they tried to move up.
I disagree……
I think that 4 doors have helped the car community as of late. They are slowly gaining popularity and that in tern makes the younger generation think is it “kinda cool” to own one unlike before. Keep in mind that I’m talking ’75 and back. If even one kid chooses a sedan instead of an import, I view that as positive point for 4 doors. Also, they are cheap and that also appeals to teenagers.
One last thing…… 4 doors can be “sporty”. It dose not take that much to make them into muscle cars.
I’d give them even more than $2900. yuo kids who never lived in the realm of these cars going to work every day can get your head bashed by lack of pillars. You silly fools. I loved my four doors. Remain my favorite. Now I have wandered off to trucks.. I wonder what you have to say about that in performance history today.