68 chevelle Sedan

[PeteLeathersac]

Hey Willy....cool car! . I've always loved the post cars more than hardtops, sadly the rest of the world is catching on? . Although not necessarily rare at the time, Post cars were the cheapo of most car lines and w/ basic standard equipment always the price leader. . With many models, they've a lighter roof structure since the post helped w/ support so no options, less total weight and lower price made it the choice of racers also the b-piller made it less vulnerable to body twisting. . Although rare, Chevelle SS post cars were even offered in '69 but I don't think '68....anyone? . There's a few members here w/ '69 post L78 cars too, Keith Tedford who also has a Copo Chevelle for one and I think Lightfoot has one too and his is an L89 to boot? . Not avail after '69 on Chevelles, GM went in and out of offering these on their other mid size models when you look at availibility of Cutlass, Skylark, Tempest etc through '72. . '73 models introduced the semi-hdtop 'colonade' styling or whatever it was called which was basicly a hdtop door and post body although a few variations of the old type of post cars were offered later like the '77 Caprice coupe. . I had a '68 300 6-cyl 3-tree back in the late 70's....paid $200 for it and used it as a winter bomb for one year only. . If you fix it, skip the fancy wheels and run w/ the steelies and dog dish caps! ~ Pete

[mockingbird812]

In 1969 only, the SS option was available on the 300 Deluxe (both post coupe and hardtop models). Some folks (myself included for awhile) thot that 300 DX SS's could only be post coupes, but Chevrolet also make a hardtop model (no B pillar or vent window) that initially looks like a standard Malibu SS until you investigate closer. Unique to the 300 DX SS's (coupe and hardtop) are non-hidden wipers, shorter stainless trim at bottom of windshield, no center attach point for visors, unique door panels, taxi grade (tough) bench seat covers, and rubber mats. According to Dan Carr, the post coupes were a tad more rare with the L78 option at about 140 produced and the hardtops were produced at approximately 184 copies.

[jeff morocco]

sam...thanks for the link. got it all de-coded.

[mockingbird812]

Your welcome Jeff. So what does it decode out to be?

[jeff morocco]

build date of nov, 2nd week,300 deluxe,bal plant, palomino ivory with black imitation leather bench......THANKS again. very cool site.

[mockingbird812]

Jeff, so what does that beast of yours have in it? Motor, tranny, rearend. What is the goal of this post car? Any times yet? What class are you racing?

[jeff morocco]

the car is going to be a bracket car. its a 468, 14:1, aluminum d port heads, .768 lift roller cam, dart intake,quik fuel 1150 dominator,turbo 400 w/ trans brake,12 bolt rear w/ tubular adjustable control arms, air bags in the coils. i mainly need interior parts for it. door panels,window trim pieces, windlace and b pillar moldings.it hasnt been run yet until i get the interior pieces. should run somwhere in the low to mid 10s.