A rare '69

[cheveslakr]

This is one of those with 2 tone paint, the upper color painted in place of a vinyl top. The fact it's a 300 post sedan with the SS396 option is rare enough, but so few of these have retained their documentation and this one has every bit of it. I personally don't care for 2 tone or vinyl top on a post coupe, but it is unusual. Also, the floorboard rust is all but mandatory with those factory issued rubber floor covering standard on the 300 series cars.

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[kmakar]

Looks to be in pretty good shape.

 

[Derek69SS]

Someone wanted a really cheap SS396!

300 post, L35, MC1 and 3.31 open rear.

 

[cheveslakr]

It has a trailer hitch, so maybe that's the buyer's intent?? It has virtually no signs of kid mods.

 

[Nashville Cat]

Some options are "rare" because almost no one wanted it !

 

[68Chevele]

Wow, that looks just like the '69 SS I had only mine was a Hard Top. Sam color and everything. That car is pretty cool.

 

[Shovelrick]

Think it was the only way to get a BB with a manual trans for pulling something? I almost swapped my 65 Impala with a warmed up 327 & PG for a 65 or 66 Galaxie with a 428 & 4 spd & trailer hitch, guy was tired of a gas guzzler and shifting, he said he got it from a farmer that pulled a trailer and stumps wit it and took the family places in it, I don’t remember why we didn’t swap but remember it was the first time seeing a 7 liter emblem on a car

 

[cheveslakr]

Absolutely accurate. The fact it retains all it's oem stuff, even wheels and has no evidence of the things we did to these cars back then, it points directly to a need for torque, not speed. Truth is, 325hp motor would likely be beat by the L48 sbc of the same vintage.

 

[Shovelrick]

I was remembering a little more about that Ford I almost swapped my Impala for, it was a Custom not a Galaxie and IIRC it didn’t have a radio

 

[L78fanatic]

Some options are "rare" because almost no one wanted it !

Ha! You actually said what I was thinking! But, it must be worth $25k to somebody. I can appreciate originality but even for a purist like me I'd look the other way on this one.

 

[cheveslakr]

I'll buck the status quo here and stick up for the post cars. A '69 Biscayne, '55 150 and the '69 300 post sedans represent a huge successful effort on the dragstrip. I'm still searching for a worthy L72 '69 Biscayne or Belair. ..... and the interiors on these cars were unique and arguably the coolest representation of "less is more". ......I now return you to your hateful selves.

 

[Nashville Cat]

I'll buck the status quo here and stick up for the post cars. A '69 Biscayne, '55 150 and the '69 300 post sedans represent a huge successful effort on the dragstrip. I'm still searching for a worthy L72 '69 Biscayne or Belair. ..... and the interiors on these cars were unique and arguably the coolest representation of "less is more". ......I now return you to your hateful selves.

LOL Frieberger bought a 66 Chevelle 4 door post and went on and on talking about how the body was more rigid and quieter with the post between the windows.
It sounded like a guy defending his homely-looking girlfriend

 

[cheveslakr]

My oldest brother's best bud in highschool had a 64 belair 4door and was the resident taxi service. I got to ride along several times in that thing and had an odd appreciation for it when I should have been focused on camaros and Firebirds.......it even had all it's dog dishes and the rear bumper was several inches lower than the front. Cool car for what it was.