As one of the pillars of the muscle car movement of the 1960s and 1970s, the Chevrolet Chevelle is still held in high regard by car collectors across the U.S. The sheer number of Chevelles currently for sale on the open market is as good of a testimony to that as any other.
Predating Chevrolet’s Camaro by a few years, the Chevelle was one of the carmaker’s most successful nameplates back in the golden decade of the segment. It came to be in 1963 as a mid-sized car based on the A-body platform, and quickly expanded to cover a wide range of body styles and versions.
At the top of the food chain in the Chevelle family stands of course the SS variant. Short for Super Sport, the Chevelle took inspiration from the configuration that debuted on the Impala, and sported performance levels worthy of the segment it played in.
Sporting several engines, the SS was at the top of its game while hiding the 396ci (6.5-liter) V8 under its hood, the largest available for the model at the time. Chevelles as a whole were made in great numbers back in the day, but of course the SS configuration was rarer, and this is why today it is among the most desired by collectors.
One of the sharpest ones currently available is the 1967 Chevelle SS featured in the gallery above. It is selling as part of an online auction in pretty much the same technical form as it was back in the day.
That means there’s a period-correct 396 big block under the hood, mated to a 4-speed manual transmission and rated at 325 hp.
Painted Tahoe Turquoise on the outside, it reveals through the tinted windows a black interior with bucket seats at the front, a center console in the middle, and the car’s original stereo system.
Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies. Full profile
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