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1968 Chevelle Concours Sport Coupe...mystery Chevy

24 messages,  Last post on Feb 01, 2013 at 10:40 AM

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#15 of 24 Re: a few links [ghulet] by wildbill16

Jan 20, 2012 (4:18 pm)

Replying to: ghulet (Dec 02, 2009 6:44 am)
This car on noneck link below belongs to me. I am the second owner, listed on title as 2dr.malibu, came with concours package. has the buick interior, heavy duty carpet pad, wood grain dash, rear ash trays and all the emblems.Came with 307 2speed power glide. From what i have read, long story short, there was a fire that destroyed a lot of the stock interior that normaly goes into the malibu coupes. They finished up the cars that were on the line with the concours interior package. Also there was a strike going on at the time of the fire, assembly was done by management.

#16 of 24 Another 68 Sport Coupe Concours by 1badassss427

Aug 15, 2012 (2:06 pm)

http://chevellestuff.net/1968/index.htm
 
I found this website to be very valuable and very interesting.
 
http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/7648/img0062wzx.jpg and I am cloning it to a SS 427

#17 of 24 Re: Another 68 Sport Coupe Concours [1badassss427] by 1badassss427

Aug 15, 2012 (2:11 pm)

Replying to: 1badassss427 (Aug 15, 2012 2:06 pm)
obviously the car needs work, and just to show how dedicated I am to getting this car restored, here's what just arrived at my house yesterday.
 
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2533/img0106ye.jpg 68 SS 396 rear clip, with rust free quarters, delivered from Arizona to Minnesota.

#18 of 24 Re: 1968 Chevelle Concours Sport Coupe...mystery Chevy [ghulet] by bubba61

Nov 08, 2012 (8:05 pm)

Replying to: ghulet (Jan 25, 2010 7:44 pm)
I just saw a 68 Chevelle at a Des Moines dealer that looked just like a 69....at least he said it was a 68 Concours. His explanation said that late in 68 Chevy started to equip their 136 cars Concours with 69 badging, grille and tail lights.
VIN said it was a 68.
 
I'm confused here....any help please.
 
Here it is:
 
http://www.admcars.com/inventorymanager.php?action=view&Id=478683

#19 of 24 Re: 1968 Chevelle Concours Sport Coupe...mystery Chevy [bubba61] by uplanderguy

Nov 09, 2012 (5:14 am)

Replying to: bubba61 (Nov 08, 2012 8:05 pm)
I'm not an expert on those cars, but I don't believe one syllable of that guy's story.
 
I never knew the Concours interior to be available on an SS.
 
Although that car looks great, I think it's a 'mutt'--a bunch of miscellaneous parts the owner/restorer liked and threw on one car.

#20 of 24 Re: 1968 Chevelle Concours Sport Coupe...mystery Chevy [bubba61] by texases

Nov 09, 2012 (7:50 am)

Replying to: bubba61 (Nov 08, 2012 8:05 pm)
I agree, a mutt, a nice mutt, but a mutt. With all the resto mod changes, the wierd history doesn't matter, anyway.

#21 of 24 Re: 1968 Chevelle Concours Sport Coupe...mystery Chevy [bubba61] by omarman

Nov 09, 2012 (4:31 pm)

Replying to: bubba61 (Nov 08, 2012 8:05 pm)
This rare Raven Black 1968 Chevelle Concours Hardtop was ahead of its time and had several 69 options installed in 1968.
 
If buyer remorse and litigation set in after the sale, might the seller have to prove that statement above? Or would the overall description of the car having been rebuilt with "upgrades" provide a defense that the buyer had no reasonable expectation that the vehicle equipment/options were restored as new?
 
If I were a resto-mod buyer I'd want it appraised as-is and decide if I liked it enough to make an offer. And if I were shopping for a bone stock trailer queen with correct chalk marks and stickers, I'd just pass because it obviously isn't that.

#22 of 24 Re: 1968 Chevelle Concours Sport Coupe...mystery Chevy [omarman] by uplanderguy

Nov 09, 2012 (6:17 pm)

Replying to: omarman (Nov 09, 2012 4:31 pm)
I don't know, but just when I think I've heard a seller 'say it all', someone raises the bar. I'd ask him what documentation he has to prove any of that. He won't have any.

#23 of 24 Re: 1968 Chevelle Concours Sport Coupe...mystery Chevy [uplanderguy] by omarman

Nov 10, 2012 (10:27 am)

Replying to: uplanderguy (Nov 09, 2012 6:17 pm)
I agree with that. Even when a seller has a nice car which should attract buyers on its own merit they sometimes cannot resist posting a "shovel ready" advert. Someone on another topic pointed out CL car ads for sale "by owner" which clearly showed dealer tags in the pics. D'oh!

#24 of 24 Re: 1968 Chevelle Concours Sport Coupe...mystery Chevy [bubba61] by 396guy

Feb 01, 2013 (10:40 am)

Replying to: bubba61 (Nov 08, 2012 8:05 pm)
The dealer is full of crp. No late 68 Chevelles came with 69 body parts or badging - and no early 69 Chevelles came with 'left-over' 1968 parts. Someone could have simply put a 69 front end on a 68 Chevelle.

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