I love the 68 chevelle tha most of all,because those skiny tail lights. My sisters husband had this year, and at 11 years old riding in that thing was so cool. He had it jacked up with big wide tires on tha back, thin up front.....on chrome craiger rims. I remember being in the back seat singing songs played on the radio, and his EQ jumpn...red yellow green lights. 6x9s rockn in tha back,5n quarters in tha.doors. those days were tha best ever. Love your videos. Thanks
Yes, agreed! No LS, no 22 inch wheels. Old school and raw is where it's at. Carbbed and 15 inch wheels. PERFECT. This is exactly how I want my 69 to look like.
He said I could and I still held back. He told me to stand on it 1st through 3rd and it’ll lay stripes in all 3 gears. Maybe I’ll get him to show us how to do it??! Come on Dennis!!!
Sweet build. Best chevelle year, 68! Best rear valance and taillights. 69 change was sorry! They ruined the body line. High school buddy had a 68 , 396 bb, posi . Would do the best pb sitters ever!
@@AutotopiaLA hey he never called back. Anyway I found another one and I was wondering if you know what his wheel and tire set up is style and size please. I’d like to run the same on mine! I greatly appreciate all your feed back
Give me the 66 through 1970 Chevelle was one of my favorite cars. It had a full frame and everything bolts to it. There were lots of them around and a plethora of parts for cheap. You could just wait till your buddy stacked his and go buy what you needed off him. You know help a brother out. Big block small block 4-speed sway bars posi steel rims. Dollar per horsepower a better buy than anything else around. Heavy enough that you felt safe at a hundred and ten miles an hour. Strong enough that you could abuse the living shit out of it. My favorite was a gold 66 I had. It always had different engines and transmissions in it. It was like the Chevelle kit. You could put it together all sorts of different ways. Sliding left, sliding right, donut clockwise, counterclockwise figure 8, what a great greasy sled, Smokey toasty, banging gears and fucking with with the radio, just burning tire until you let up. No 12s without cheater slicks or wrinkle walls, Low 13's and that big block come on. The big block lunge. It's like when the weight catches up with the inertia and the RPMs Dancing from 3rd gear into 4th. Hours of enjoyment. Some sloppy loose big block you got from a wrecking yard, with an intake Cam and headers, ready to be beaten to within an inch of its miserable life. Routinely, some big block that came out of somebody's flat bottom boat. Frankenstein Big Blocks. Big Blocks out of Caprices or old Impalas, loose 396 with a 427 cam. Why won't this thing blow? This thing should blow. Maybe you're not beating it right? Quick to the cow fields. Smoking weed, drinking beer, listen to The Rolling Stones, Cross up competition, drifting, drifting, drifting look out for the cow, drifting
Glad you get it. And unfortunately I’m going to keep showing big dollar one off customs a lot cause I’ve got a lot of friends 👊 I appreciate the support. Truly.
I was just explaining that to someone. Building a true muscle car takes time & patience. It's a journey with a story worth explaining behind it. The end result is something to behold. Just listen to how good that chevelle sounds the power it's a beautiful thing.
I'm watching this in 2020 for the first time. My first car was a 68' SS 396 4 speed with 456 gear. That beast would pick the front wheels off the ground. It's now 43 years later and seeing this .. I want one again, well at least for a long weekend ! Woo!! NICE!!!
When I was 18 I bought a Chevelle SS 396 375 horse in Phantom Blue so this video really takes me back in time. I will never forget the sensation and sound from dual glass paks when I kicked in the 4 bbl. It was a great period of time.
That's about as close to perfection as you can get for that car. Nothin outrageous. The power is there but not too extreme. Great sound nice & mild yet you can hear it. This guy knew what he was doin with this car.
Thank you for that drive! Sounds like power from the get go!! The shifting of gears even sounded muscly when you hit 2nd gear, that chirp is music to my ears!! I had ‘71 Chevelle automatic transmission that would chirp 2nd gear, sometimes a light chirp for 3rd gear if I was on it hard and nasty!! Thanks for the walk down memory lane!! I want another one so bad! But due to my money, being on disability and all, might not happen unless “Santa” is feeling like he wants to help me out!? LOL!! This would be my “make a wish” dream come true!! 🙏🏻 ✌️🎅
Now that's a car worth spending 100k on. I LOVE that he kept it old school, that could have basically been done in 68. This is how old hot rods should be restored. To many of these modern builders ruin these classic muscle cars by turning them into resto rods.
Awesome car !!!! Late 60s chevelle have been my fav car , this one is really done right. Has it where it counts , Motor, the stance , the rally wheels . So simple , but that’s what makes it so unbelievable . Please show us more of these builds , and keep up the great work man !!! 👍
Don't worry about the people who cry about the builds . The owners are the ones spending cash not the crybabys. Keep up the awesome content and just do what you do brother . Show us bad ass rides and the experience of riding in them . Awesome content and never ever boring. Your channel kicks ass
For years I've said that I was born twenty years to late. I can't stand these newer designs and that's why I own older vehicles. Thanks Shawn for sharing these cool experiences and bringing back some of my childhood memories. My childhood days are the days of which I wish were my young adult years. Who really is crazy enough to pay for these over priced rolling pieces of modern crap these days?
Love how Dennis preserved the originality. The designers in those days really knew what they we doing. This car won't look like a dated build in 5, 10 or 20 years.
I love the Chevelles and this is a cool ride. I totally get the build cost vs the value.. I think any car that you put in $100k isn't really about the money (for resale purposes), it's about the value of the car to the owner. Keep going my man!
Louis Wing, I chose the 1968 Chevelle Malibu to star in my literary work of "An Incubus Behind the Wheel," as a dusty, battered "dark graphite '68 sedan". This work is to be the backstory to "Mineral County," based on a peculiar dream I first experienced in mid-fall(October of 1989) and this work will star a 1968 Chevy Impala custom hardtop sedan as another suspect vehicle. I chose these particular make, models, and year because, for some reason, they have such a rather interestingly eerieness to them. ✍️🏽🪔🔎📘🔦
I had a 67 and 69 Chevelle, boy i wish i still had them. i am 60 years old and still have pictures of the parked in front of my house where i grew up in Philly.
Two words.... Real Car!! I love the whine of the transmission and a lot more than just crazy loud exhaust.... Just something different! I've seen a lot of interior is redone but I'd have to say stock usually looks a lot better look how clean that is!! Just looks amazing... Nice time machine!
1968 was the first year of the second generation Chevelle/Malibu that ran through 1972. '68 & '69 very similar-'70 stood alone-'71 &'72 very similar. 1967 was the last model of the first generation. All are beautiful!
Yea, I'm 59 and been hot rodding since the late 70s, this is how I roll. There is something about a naturally asperiated engine. I'm running a 1975 firebird with a 1973 front clip and ram air hood, 1972 455HO, M-21 4 speed. Very nice ride, thanks for posting, she sounds sweet. 👍👍🏁🏁
That is a beautiful car. I personally would have added A/C for comfort for the family but , yeah . Perfect stance. Perfect tire and wheel package which factory usually looks the cleanest and unadulterated. As Cartman says…. “Shweet.”
I get to take my Grandad's LS5 Stingray one day a week in summer. I just brought it back into the hangar and I GOT THE FEVER! Tell Dennis I like his style.
a beautiful car, i can see where a lot of the $100k went - was spent removing the '68 specific side trim and filling the holes.... could have spent less starting with a '69. that's what i thought it was until i saw the vent windows, don't need A/C with vents. still it's a beautiful car
It’s such a cool ride. His cost was less because he’s a builder but said this is about the real cost for the guy that commissions a build like this with these parts and set up
I really love that model, I test drove a nice one owner teal blue 68 Chevelle in 1975 and wanted it bad! It was a SS 396/325, but it certainly had plenty of power. I can't imagine the same car with double the ponies! The only thing I didn't particularly care for were the bench seats. The muncie 4-speed stick curved drastically around the bench, but shifted very nicely. Like this one, it had manual brakes and steering, and it was absolutely brutal to steer and stop for a 17 year old! I had to stomp on the brakes with both feet which was sort of scary. I would definitely go with the power steering and disc brake upgrade, he did it all right on this build. I wouldn't change a thing, well worth the 100k he invested.
I want to know the tire size too they are definitely offset. It might be 245/60 up front 275/60 out back. Usually guys go with 275/60 on rear when they run 3.73 but he has 3.55 though.
AutotopiaLA thanks for the reply. 67 impala is featured in very famous TV series Supernatural. Cool car. I guess not many 67 4 dr impalas are on the road
Thanks. And I know guys that have built with friends too. I just love what the big dollars builders do with creating custom parts, fab work, etc. I’m just a hardcore fan of great cars. $5 or $5 million if it’s cool it’s 😎
Great looking car. If all the labor is sourced to do the build it would probably be 100k easily. If one does the build himself he could save substantial amounts of money. Labor is very expensive.
You Sir are, 100% correct about how much it costs to do these cars. I did a stock 1930 Model A Ford Coupe....that car stood me close to $18,000 and I did not pay for the finished body work or the paint , a very dear friend of mine did it for free in his shop. If I were to sell that car, I would be lucky if I could get $16,000 for it.
Excellent video & recording angles, thank you! Hearing the whine coming out of the 4-speed as your going down the road reminds me of the ‘55 Chevy in “Two Lane Blacktop”, that noise was very obvious in that car as well. Gotta love the old school combination of a 4-speed behind a carbureted Rat Motor! Good Day Everyone!
anybody thats ever had a car built knows the budget can get as high as the owners money can go, i wouldve guessed more than 100k for that build depending on what they started with
Umm... no, he’s not on this one. I’m questioning the horsepower and the cost to build it... BUT, most chevys in the late 60s had 4 wheel discs. I know the 69 Camaro does. I’d bet the 68 Camaro did too. My 68 mustang had discs brakes on the front, from the factory, with the GT package. You all do your homework before runnin yer flappers! Lol
David Oliver Wrong. Most late 60's chevelles had 4 wheel Drums. Standard. Front disc brakes & front only - were a option. No Chevelle ever came off the assembly line with rear disc's. Ever. Show me an rpo code. Show me a factory part #. This Chevelle may have rear disc's but through aftermarket parts only
Wrong, my 69 Cutlass is a high option big engine car and it has 4 wheel drums. Discs were only a front option. Camaro rear discs were an option bred from Trans Am racing and the Z/28.
Your face when you see the cops....kkkk. Bro, you are amazing man, i tell it forever. Show to us all this cars. This old school with this transmition....👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Make me remember when i drive a V8 car for the first time. Congratulations to the Chevelle owner and to you buddy. Thanks again.
"Plain" or "simple" is a style not a budget. It's probably still a complete nut and bolt frame off restoration and there goes your 100 grand. Sure you could build a car for a lot less that on the street or on camera looks pretty much just like it but see them up close in person and you'll see where the money went.
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I love the 68 chevelle tha most of all,because those skiny tail lights. My sisters husband had this year, and at 11 years old riding in that thing was so cool. He had it jacked up with big wide tires on tha back, thin up front.....on chrome craiger rims. I remember being in the back seat singing songs played on the radio, and his EQ jumpn...red yellow green lights. 6x9s rockn in tha back,5n quarters in tha.doors. those days were tha best ever.
Love your videos. Thanks
Sounds like the golden years
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Leaving high school sideways each day in the late 70’s 🤘
Awesome!! 😂
Same from 83 to 86 for me at my school
Haha I use to do that with my 1979 400c.i. pontiac trans am in the 90's...those were the days! Cant believe it's been that long..
Hvac sales1 🤘
Michael Smith 🤘
Stanced perfectly. 15 inch GM steelies. Amazing.
Yeah, this thing is beauty and beast together
Less is more. THIS is how I like my musclecars. Another great video.
Thank you. I like the new builds as well but this is just a pure raw muscle car. Badass!
Yes, agreed! No LS, no 22 inch wheels. Old school and raw is where it's at. Carbbed and 15 inch wheels. PERFECT. This is exactly how I want my 69 to look like.
Hector E. Rodriguez Jr. yeah it’s badass
That build is just like a '32. It's TIMELESS.
Agreed
I like this more then the 500k builds... you aren’t scared to drive it and do burn outs in it...
He said I could and I still held back. He told me to stand on it 1st through 3rd and it’ll lay stripes in all 3 gears. Maybe I’ll get him to show us how to do it??! Come on Dennis!!!
When the car is nice and simple you're not afraid to drive it and get on it I like these low-budget build
Sweet build. Best chevelle year, 68! Best rear valance and taillights. 69 change was sorry! They ruined the body line.
High school buddy had a 68 , 396 bb, posi . Would do the best pb sitters ever!
That is how I would prefer to own a car no modern upgrades keep it classic.
man - that car is freakin boss. the stance is perfect - the ride is simple and clean. its damn near perfect.
Yes it is. Love the simplicity and the power and the TRANS!
@@AutotopiaLA hey he never called back. Anyway I found another one and I was wondering if you know what his wheel and tire set up is style and size please. I’d like to run the same on mine! I greatly appreciate all your feed back
That Chevelle is absolutely beautiful and the straight-up steel rally wheels look badass! Love it!
Sometimes less is more. I love the simplicity of this car. No fancy chrome wheels or over the top interior. Just plane Jane muscle.
Give me the 66 through 1970 Chevelle was one of my favorite cars. It had a full frame and everything bolts to it. There were lots of them around and a plethora of parts for cheap. You could just wait till your buddy stacked his and go buy what you needed off him. You know help a brother out.
Big block small block 4-speed sway bars posi steel rims.
Dollar per horsepower a better buy than anything else around.
Heavy enough that you felt safe at a hundred and ten miles an hour.
Strong enough that you could abuse the living shit out of it.
My favorite was a gold 66 I had.
It always had different engines and transmissions in it. It was like the Chevelle kit. You could put it together all sorts of different ways. Sliding left, sliding right, donut clockwise, counterclockwise figure 8, what a great greasy sled,
Smokey toasty, banging gears and fucking with with the radio, just burning tire until you let up. No 12s without cheater slicks or wrinkle walls, Low 13's and that big block come on. The big block lunge. It's like when the weight catches up with the inertia and the RPMs
Dancing from 3rd gear into 4th.
Hours of enjoyment. Some sloppy loose big block you got from a wrecking yard, with an intake Cam and headers, ready to be beaten to within an inch of its miserable life.
Routinely, some big block that came out of somebody's flat bottom boat. Frankenstein Big Blocks. Big Blocks out of Caprices or old Impalas, loose 396 with a 427 cam. Why won't this thing blow? This thing should blow.
Maybe you're not beating it right?
Quick to the cow fields.
Smoking weed, drinking beer, listen to The Rolling Stones,
Cross up competition, drifting, drifting, drifting look out for the cow, drifting
This comment is awesome!!! 😂😂
I always said, "if it looked good from the factory, why change it?"
I keep coming back to this video. I LOVE how he built this Chevelle. Perfect!
ignore the internet haters...they dont understand how expensive a real car build is cause they are just honda kids that think all cars start at $5000
Glad you get it. And unfortunately I’m going to keep showing big dollar one off customs a lot cause I’ve got a lot of friends 👊 I appreciate the support. Truly.
I was just explaining that to someone. Building a true muscle car takes time & patience. It's a journey with a story worth explaining behind it. The end result is something to behold. Just listen to how good that chevelle sounds the power it's a beautiful thing.
Agreed
I pefer a oldschool musle car than a car that sounds like a trumpet and goes as fast as a model T
traded a dune buggy for my 68 and put it on the road for 1800 got about 10k in it now and it rolls smooth and would put this one down no problem
I'm watching this in 2020 for the first time. My first car was a 68' SS 396 4 speed with 456 gear. That beast would pick the front wheels off the ground. It's now 43 years later and seeing this .. I want one again, well at least for a long weekend ! Woo!! NICE!!!
What a nice build. Prefer this over those over the top builds. Thank you Shawn for showing us this beauty
if u freeze around 8:32 you can see the tire sizing, 275's in the rear and 235's in the front
Thanks, came here for some wheel info for my own Chevelle and got annoyed they almost didn't talk about wheels at all.
Any word on the “offset”?
Rear rims look like 8 inch wide 5 inch back space with 255'S @@procalgarage1792
@@procalgarage1792they're 15" rally wheels, buddy. There is no "offset." This isn't a ricer.
@@procalgarage1792 My guess is a 15x8 with a 4" backspace - thats just my thought.. not sure if it's correct
I had a 1968 chevelle when i was 15 yr old! And I'm still in love with chevelles
I love em too and I really love the way Dennis built this car
When I was 18 I bought a Chevelle SS 396 375 horse in Phantom Blue so this video really takes me back in time. I will never forget the sensation and sound from dual glass paks when I kicked in the 4 bbl. It was a great period of time.
I like these wheels and tires on this car so much better than more expensive bigger wheels!
That's about as close to perfection as you can get for that car. Nothin outrageous. The power is there but not too extreme. Great sound nice & mild yet you can hear it. This guy knew what he was doin with this car.
Yes and yes he does. Dennis has been building cars his whole life and knew exactly what he wanted to do.
I love it! This is a bad ass 68! Beautiful and strong all the way around loward to perfection! Easily worth the $$$ thanks for the view!
Ive been restoring cars a long time and the bread n butter of the restoration buisness is centimental value.
That’s right. I’ve tried letting folks know that it’s not typically an investment of financial return it’s an investment of passion.
Thank you for that drive! Sounds like power from the get go!! The shifting of gears even sounded muscly when you hit 2nd gear, that chirp is music to my ears!! I had ‘71 Chevelle automatic transmission that would chirp 2nd gear, sometimes a light chirp for 3rd gear if I was on it hard and nasty!! Thanks for the walk down memory lane!! I want another one so bad! But due to my money, being on disability and all, might not happen unless “Santa” is feeling like he wants to help me out!? LOL!! This would be my “make a wish” dream come true!! 🙏🏻 ✌️🎅
Now that's a car worth spending 100k on. I LOVE that he kept it old school, that could have basically been done in 68. This is how old hot rods should be restored. To many of these modern builders ruin these classic muscle cars by turning them into resto rods.
Awesome car !!!! Late 60s chevelle have been my fav car , this one is really done right. Has it where it counts , Motor, the stance , the rally wheels . So simple , but that’s what makes it so unbelievable . Please show us more of these builds , and keep up the great work man !!! 👍
More to come I promise and yes...this car is just perfectly set up everywhere you look
Don't worry about the people who cry about the builds . The owners are the ones spending cash not the crybabys. Keep up the awesome content and just do what you do brother . Show us bad ass rides and the experience of riding in them . Awesome content and never ever boring. Your channel kicks ass
Thanks and I agree with you all the way! We’ll keep showing cars that we think are badass and there are a lot of em to show!
Great episode. Your enjoyment of this car was tangible. Genuine & sincere. Nice job.
For years I've said that I was born twenty years to late. I can't stand these newer designs and that's why I own older vehicles. Thanks Shawn for sharing these cool experiences and bringing back some of my childhood memories. My childhood days are the days of which I wish were my young adult years. Who really is crazy enough to pay for these over priced rolling pieces of modern crap these days?
Absolutely love this comment!!
Love the steel wheels.
Honestly, out of all the cars you've driven on this channel, this has got to be the coolest.
Now that the smoking tire is done, this might be my new favorite channel. Good stuff man keep it up!
Thanks Sam. Keeping it going here man
Love how Dennis preserved the originality. The designers in those days really knew what they we doing. This car won't look like a dated build in 5, 10 or 20 years.
It is timeless the way Dennis set it up
I love the Chevelles and this is a cool ride. I totally get the build cost vs the value.. I think any car that you put in $100k isn't really about the money (for resale purposes), it's about the value of the car to the owner. Keep going my man!
You got it. Too many people don’t understand that. Builds are never value based they’re passion based
Louis Wing, I chose the 1968 Chevelle Malibu to star in my literary work of "An Incubus Behind the Wheel," as a dusty, battered "dark graphite '68 sedan". This work is to be the backstory to "Mineral County," based on a peculiar dream I first experienced in mid-fall(October of 1989)
and this work will star a 1968 Chevy Impala custom hardtop sedan as another suspect vehicle. I chose these particular make, models, and year because, for some reason, they have such a rather interestingly eerieness to them. ✍️🏽🪔🔎📘🔦
I had a 67 and 69 Chevelle, boy i wish i still had them. i am 60 years old and still have pictures of the parked in front of my house where i grew up in Philly.
I have a few I wish I still had too. I can relate
That's sick luv it.Just hearing the engine growling give me goosebumps
Yes! Same for me.
Two words.... Real Car!! I love the whine of the transmission and a lot more than just crazy loud exhaust.... Just something different! I've seen a lot of interior is redone but I'd have to say stock usually looks a lot better look how clean that is!! Just looks amazing... Nice time machine!
This is a cool one. Absolutely love the trans on it and the look is simple on point
What a beast, I love this car, she's prefect and how good does it look. Great build 👍🏻
Perfect set up here. I wouldn’t change a thing
Damn, I love this Car. I'm a Pontiac guy, but this raw old school Chevelle is just perfect. The definition of muscle car. Nice vid.
It sure is a badass Chevelle. I love the simplicity and that trans!! Wow
Those transmissions are a blast to drive!
So much fun. Gotta commit for sure!
What make model tranny is it?
Love these beautiful chevys . Thanks for bringing them to us , Autotopia .
I think 68 was best year for chevelle
1968 was the first year of the second generation Chevelle/Malibu that ran through 1972. '68 & '69 very similar-'70 stood alone-'71 &'72 very similar. 1967 was the last model of the first generation. All are beautiful!
@@JT-sl3ui 64 65 is first. 66 67 is second.
I’m 5 years late on this video, but I’m blown away with this built. Very simple But an true muscle car!
That’s one badass ride!
Yea, I'm 59 and been hot rodding since the late 70s, this is how I roll. There is something about a naturally asperiated engine. I'm running a 1975 firebird with a 1973 front clip and ram air hood, 1972 455HO, M-21 4 speed.
Very nice ride, thanks for posting, she sounds sweet. 👍👍🏁🏁
I'd love to see some vintage race cars, drag cars, etc. Anything with race history really interests me.
Cool idea!
Love that trans whine , it sounds so raw . . miss my 68 Chevelle's , this really takes me back .
Hey man. You're a great guy. One of the main reasons I subbed.
Thank you! Just showing my passion for people to love or hate. I appreciate your support and comment.
I wonder why there's controversy? I JUST LOVE SEEING ALL THE CARS!!! And thank you!!
What is the rear tire size. I love Camaros and Chevelles. ✔
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Very nice car and THANK YOU for doing real burnouts and not brake stands like everyone else on UA-cam (which any car can do).
F’ing yes!
🇺🇸💪👊
Definitely reminds me of the street races in the 70's... Love the plain jane look as well...
That car is badass. The transmission is the same as tractor trailer transmission’s. You synchronize the shift points with engine rpm.
Exactly. Was my first time driving this type of trans and it was amazing. Almost like a sequential.
That is a beautiful car. I personally would have added A/C for comfort for the family but , yeah . Perfect stance. Perfect tire and wheel package which factory usually looks the cleanest and unadulterated. As Cartman says…. “Shweet.”
Beautiful car just the way it is.
I get to take my Grandad's LS5 Stingray one day a week in summer. I just brought it back into the hangar and I GOT THE FEVER! Tell Dennis I like his style.
a beautiful car, i can see where a lot of the $100k went - was spent removing the '68 specific side trim and filling the holes.... could have spent less starting with a '69. that's what i thought it was until i saw the vent windows, don't need A/C with vents.
still it's a beautiful car
It’s such a cool ride. His cost was less because he’s a builder but said this is about the real cost for the guy that commissions a build like this with these parts and set up
Wow that old school Chevelle is awesome perfect nothing is missing
Bohemia Lite totally agree with you!
A 68 300 Chevelle with a factory big block and 4 wheel disk brakes..... ooooookay.
I thought the same thing. That's a solid gold unicorn. Wonder if they will feature a 69 Z28 a/c car next
And I’m having a hard time with those SW gauges being factory (the tach and those three under the dash)
leadslanger I didn’t see anything in this that showed a Chevelle 300 all I saw was a Malibu. 300 car were post cars
@@leeduke9518 you could get a 300 Deluxe 2dr hardtop in '68
I doubt it was a 300. Probably just liked the look and decided to do it that way.
I really love that model, I test drove a nice one owner teal blue 68 Chevelle in 1975 and wanted it bad! It was a SS 396/325, but it certainly had plenty of power. I can't imagine the same car with double the ponies! The only thing I didn't particularly care for were the bench seats. The muncie 4-speed stick curved drastically around the bench, but shifted very nicely. Like this one, it had manual brakes and steering, and it was absolutely brutal to steer and stop for a 17 year old! I had to stomp on the brakes with both feet which was sort of scary. I would definitely go with the power steering and disc brake upgrade, he did it all right on this build. I wouldn't change a thing, well worth the 100k he invested.
Awesome! Glad you're one of the guys that really gets it.
What’s the wheel and tire set up? I want them for mine.
Same here.
It doesn't get any better than this. I find the what ifs using mainly factory parts produce some great looking cars.
Another great video bro! Keep em coming!
Thank you and I promise I will. So much more to show especially in the custom world.
Just a plain and simple Chevelle !!!!! Beautiful nice excellent real muscle and forever!!!!!!
Exactly 👊
Nice car
Could you tell me the tire sizes? This wheels look great on it
I want to know the tire size too they are definitely offset. It might be 245/60 up front 275/60 out back. Usually guys go with 275/60 on rear when they run 3.73 but he has 3.55 though.
@@gerald506 I I agree 275/60 rear and I believe 265 50 on the front.
Compared a lot of pics and it’s not a 235/60 or a 245/60 it’s wider.
Love the color and the original interior
Mr. Shawn, any chances to get your hands on 67 4 door impala with 427 or 454 engine. yes, you know why.
I actually don’t know why...help me out here. And I can do some poking around for sure.
AutotopiaLA thanks for the reply. 67 impala is featured in very famous TV series Supernatural. Cool car. I guess not many 67 4 dr impalas are on the road
@@skullofserpent5727 4 doors aren't worthy
Don't you ever think it's about anything but classics.55 Chevy is my dream car followed by a 69 Nova with a 350-427.😎✌🙏
👊 cool cars and yes, I love these old school muscle cars
Damn good looking car and sounds amazing, nice video bro
I love this car! Simple old school cool
Absolutely love that car yes I’m old-school to. Love color best color for 68 Chevelle
Old School I see you
Dad hade a 68 Chevelle 327,but he was a transmission guy. Loved to hear it chirp. Hell,he made his huntning van chirp.
Friend built 69 chevelle. He is about 32 deep in it. Its 454 4spd. Ground up and some good friends helping. Ok. You got 1 more sub. Great vids.
Thanks. And I know guys that have built with friends too. I just love what the big dollars builders do with creating custom parts, fab work, etc. I’m just a hardcore fan of great cars. $5 or $5 million if it’s cool it’s 😎
First video,I like how straight up this guy is and his commentary flows very naturally.
Thanks Lenwood!! Appreciate the support and I promise there’s so much more to come from our channel.
I'm in love with this one!!
So is the owner and I fell for it immediately. That trans is so damn cool!
I had the 1968 SS396 Chevelle 4speed exactly like that one in high school, wish i never sold it. Now i looking for another one to build! Very cool car
Really cool car. Would love to have this one.
Nice Chevelle bro ☝
Absolute Greatness.. it's perfect.. Stance.. No More, No less..
Notice how it never hit a wall or another car or even some spectators during the burnouts? It's not a mustang...
Lol!!
So the mustang just plows into crowds in its own? Hmmm.
So the mustang drives on its own with nobody sitting in it and drives into crowds ok
Yea I thought the original autonomous human eating car was a Plymouth Fury. As a Mustang guy I'm about tired of hearing this crowd control crap.
TheCulnes Well shit every video I’ve watched on the tube that involves mustangs doing burnouts, shows a lot of wall action 😂🤷🏼♂️
love this car. thanks for showing us the car , defiantly worth 12:37 of my day
Great looking car.
If all the labor is sourced to do the build it would probably be 100k easily.
If one does the build himself he could save substantial amounts of money. Labor is very expensive.
One of the few people that seems to understand customs get expensive.
VH. What do you think, 1/3 for parts and 2/3 for labor?
You Sir are, 100% correct about how much it costs to do these cars. I did a stock 1930 Model A Ford Coupe....that car stood me close to $18,000 and I did not pay for the finished body work or the paint , a very dear friend of mine did it for free in his shop. If I were to sell that car, I would be lucky if I could get $16,000 for it.
You’re one of the few that seem to truly understand. It’s not about resale it’s about passion for driving something you love
That my favorite car old school with I'm so 69 Chevy
This is such a badass ride
Excellent video & recording angles, thank you! Hearing the whine coming out of the 4-speed as your going down the road reminds me of the ‘55 Chevy in “Two Lane Blacktop”, that noise was very obvious in that car as well. Gotta love the old school combination of a 4-speed behind a carbureted Rat Motor! Good Day Everyone!
Really good one hear and the sound of that trans and banging the gears is incredible!
I remember when he first got the car!
Really?? I love that he let me shoot it and drive it. Killer car!
I'd say this Chevelle is done extremely well. Nothing but 1st class OG flavor in this build.
Total OG cool
The noise!
Enjoyed going back and watching this. Clean and simple. I dig it.
Super simple old school Badass
My next project has to be a chevelle or 70 nova
My absolute dream car. 68-69 Chevelle.
They’re so cool and simply timeless
anybody thats ever had a car built knows the budget can get as high as the owners money can go, i wouldve guessed more than 100k for that build depending on what they started with
Dynasty 214 obviously you get it. Have probably gone through the process too. 6 months becomes 2 years and $50k turns into $150k 😂😂😂
AutotopiaLA yep 69 Chevelle that was almost gone. Im about halfway there lol. Not a cheap hobby
Not even close 100k.
The first thing I liked about this car is the stance! Then the color and the simplicity! Very nice!
Same for me. It’s all just simply right imo
Wow factory manual four wheel disc. Unheard of
I didn’t know that existed
It didn't, he's full of sheeott!
Umm... no, he’s not on this one. I’m questioning the horsepower and the cost to build it... BUT, most chevys in the late 60s had 4 wheel discs. I know the 69 Camaro does. I’d bet the 68 Camaro did too. My 68 mustang had discs brakes on the front, from the factory, with the GT package. You all do your homework before runnin yer flappers! Lol
David Oliver Wrong. Most late 60's chevelles had 4 wheel Drums. Standard. Front disc brakes & front only - were a option. No Chevelle ever came off the assembly line with rear disc's. Ever. Show me an rpo code. Show me a factory part #. This Chevelle may have rear disc's but through aftermarket parts only
Wrong, my 69 Cutlass is a high option big engine car and it has 4 wheel drums. Discs were only a front option. Camaro rear discs were an option bred from Trans Am racing and the Z/28.
It just reminds me of highschool. These cars were everywhere! Then all of a sudden they dissapeared.
Yeah, glad he still had this one and drives it
9k already Shawn
Crazy Sam! Love seeing the growth and new people checking it out.
I’ve been spreading the word of this channel. So I may got you a 100 some subscribers😁
Your face when you see the cops....kkkk. Bro, you are amazing man, i tell it forever. Show to us all this cars. This old school with this transmition....👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. Make me remember when i drive a V8 car for the first time. Congratulations to the Chevelle owner and to you buddy. Thanks again.
Lol!!! I'm always a little nervous about getting pulled over right about the time I stand on it a little.
Fathom blue, not Phantom blue
Thanks for the correction
I’m liking this style of build more and more
Heard to believe even a simple build like this still cost 100k very discouraging
Custom cars add up when done right.
"Plain" or "simple" is a style not a budget. It's probably still a complete nut and bolt frame off restoration and there goes your 100 grand. Sure you could build a car for a lot less that on the street or on camera looks pretty much just like it but see them up close in person and you'll see where the money went.
100k don’t go far…..
The sexiest car ever made doesn't need fancy wheels or paint job, it just is