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The decade of the counterculture has brought with it things to make us both proud and ashamed. No matter how you look at it, though, the Sixties defined and reshaped the world for generations to come.
For the American auto industry, the 1960s marked the arrival of performance cars for the wealthier-than-ever-before young people of the country. These performance machines would become known as either muscle or pony cars.
The breed is still around, although the modern incarnations of muscle cars, despite being much more technically advanced that what came before, seem to lack the appeal of their much earlier counterparts.
Take the Chevrolet Chevelle SS in the gallery above for instance. There’s nothing like it currently on the market, and despite being the result of a rebuild that also called for the inclusion of more modern hardware, like a Kenwood stereo system with USB and Bluetooth connectivity, it still retains that 1960s beauty most of us love.
Built in 1968, it packs a rebuilt 396ci (6.5-liters) big block V8 of unspecified power, tied to a three-speed automatic transmission. Originally painted in Seafrost Green, it now comes in a dark gray metallic shade that fits it even better, paired to the stock black vinyl roof.
The shape of it all, the color, and the color-matched 15-inch rally wheels speak volumes about the temporal origin of the car, placing it right in the middle of the golden age of American carmaking.
There are of course things that kind of ruin the pure breed appeal of this car - we are talking about the added noise-making hardware, like the mentioned Kenwood stereo or the Alpine KTP-445U amplifier.
But if you can ignore all that, the Chevelle SS can be had on Bring a Trailer. The bid for it, with three days left on the process, is now at $18,500.
The breed is still around, although the modern incarnations of muscle cars, despite being much more technically advanced that what came before, seem to lack the appeal of their much earlier counterparts.
Take the Chevrolet Chevelle SS in the gallery above for instance. There’s nothing like it currently on the market, and despite being the result of a rebuild that also called for the inclusion of more modern hardware, like a Kenwood stereo system with USB and Bluetooth connectivity, it still retains that 1960s beauty most of us love.
Built in 1968, it packs a rebuilt 396ci (6.5-liters) big block V8 of unspecified power, tied to a three-speed automatic transmission. Originally painted in Seafrost Green, it now comes in a dark gray metallic shade that fits it even better, paired to the stock black vinyl roof.
The shape of it all, the color, and the color-matched 15-inch rally wheels speak volumes about the temporal origin of the car, placing it right in the middle of the golden age of American carmaking.
There are of course things that kind of ruin the pure breed appeal of this car - we are talking about the added noise-making hardware, like the mentioned Kenwood stereo or the Alpine KTP-445U amplifier.
But if you can ignore all that, the Chevelle SS can be had on Bring a Trailer. The bid for it, with three days left on the process, is now at $18,500.
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