68 Chevelle/Nova Steering Wheel

[Zman]

My 68 Chevelle has the SS only, and I'm 99.9% sure it is original. The wheel is junk, but the shroud is nice. It's a plain jane, no frills, bench seat 4 speed car if that matters...Don't remember the build date off hand, and I'm at work so I can't go look.

[GTO_DON]

my 68 is a 1 owner car and the wheel has ss396 on it..

[camarojoe]

I think the SS396 vs SS emblem is more of a production timeframe thing than a model thing. I don't think it matters if its a Camaro, Chevelle or Nova as much as WHEN the particular car was built. My guess is that early cars had the SS396 emblem, and was later changed to the SS emblem so ALL models could use the same one, including SS 350 cars.

[Supercar_Kid]

LV's Harrell Chevelle has the plain SS emblem and I think it's a safe bet to say it hasn't been touched, and the rust bucket '68 I posted pics of had the plain SS as well, and I can say for sure it's hasn't be touched. Both cars shared the rare UAW strike interior so I'd bet that the build dates of these two cars are within a week or two of one another. LV...what's the build date on your Chevelle? Let's look at known unrestored cars both before and after these dates, then maybe we'll come up with a time frame for the switch. I agree you'll probably find all later cars having SS only, as it makes more sense to switch to a generic "SS" for all Super Sport models than to have two separate parts for such a trivial application. Wonder if late production SS427 Impalas got the SS427 horn shroud emblem, or if that was done away with too and replaced with SS only?

[camarojoe]

Did they produce an "SS350" emblem for the 68 steering wheel? I have seen SS, SS396, and SS427, but can't recall for sure if I've ever seen SS350.

[SS427]

Kevin,
All original '68 SS427 Impalas that I have documented had the SS427 horn button unless they had the wood wheel. I have never seen an original Z24 car with the "SS" wheel. The only change I have seen has been with the side marker lights.

[jfkheat]

Could it have something to do with what interior package the car got? Maybe bench seat cars got the SS one and bucket seat cars got the SS396 one. The one on my car is not like any of the ones mentioned here. It has the Canadian maple leaves on it. Try finding another one of these!!!
James

[GTO_DON]

my car is a bench seat car that was built the first week of january. does not have the strike interior. i think i have seen a ss350 one also.

[Mr70]

[ QUOTE ]
Kevin,

[/ QUOTE ]WHO?

[camarojoe]

I think he mistook Supercarkid for your buddy musclecarkid.