[Lee Stewart]

Making my post on the Year 1970 got me thinking about my Triple Black 1967 Chevelle SS396. Bucket seats, console, 350HP 396, 4 speed, power steering but manual drum brakes. Whatever the standard rear was, that's what it had. 3.31? It was a posi too. AM radio. No gauge package so I added a Sun Super Tach. Also added a set of Hedman headers. Paid $900 for the car.

When I bought it from one of the students at Babson, it had hubcaps. There was a set of 4 Pontiac Rallye II wheels with F70x14 redline tires in the basement of the dorm. I bought them for $50 and sold my wheels and tires for $20.

LOL - it was the first time I drove a car with 4 speed and shifted into 3rd and 4th gear. I learned to drive a manual trans when I worked at Grossinger's Hotel in Liberty, NY. Parking cars and retrieving them. Over the summer of 1969 I must have driven hundreds of 4 speed cars. But you never got out of 2nd gear. I also drove a mini-bus (which required me to get a Class 2 License) but it had an automatic trans. My first car was a 64 Impala SS convertible 327/300HP with a powerglide. Sold it for $400 after I bought the Chevelle. It served me well.