Equipment
12 bolt rear end, black steel wheels with chrome hub caps, Firestone red line tires, bench seats, knee knocker tach, dash clock, cassette stereo.
Condition
#3 Good
Runs and drives well. Flaws not noticeable to passersby. Most common condition.
An all original car top to bottom. Paint has lots of chips on the nose, numerous small scratches and crazing on the tail. Chrome is dull and pitted. Undercarriage is clean. Engine bay is maintained and dressed up a bit but mostly original and also reasonably clean. Excellent original interior with only worn seat belts betraying its age and 95,259 miles. Shiny restored Chevelles are a dime a dozen at any given Mecum sale, so survivor examples like this really stand out.
Market commentary
This Chevelle sold for $41,040 at Mecum's December 2014 Kansas City sale after being bid to $54,000 at Chicago in October. The seller must have been counting on barn find mystique to snag a few bidders in Kansas City, but it wasn't to be and the reported high bid of $40,000 was more than enough to take an L35-powered SS 396 in this condition home, as it was back in December.