Prices for a '68 Chevelle Malibu can vary depending on the engine option, ranging from $22,100 for the base engine to up to $65,300 for the top-of-the-line L79 engine in Concours condition.

The total Chevelle production for the model year 1968 came down to nearly 465,000 units, and unsurprisingly, the V8-powered cars accounted for the lion’s share with over 382,000 vehicles.

Thus, the 1968 SS Convertible at 2,286 is the rarest of them all during the first three years (66-67-68) of Chevelle SS396 mass production. (I specify mass production for a reason. Please stay tuned).

With the GTO making major inroads in the muscle car era at GM's Pontiac headquarters, Chevy got serious and offered a 350-horse 327 SS in the Chevelle line, which when equipped with a four speed ...

With the GTO making major inroads in the muscle car era at GM’s Pontiac headquarters, Chevy got serious and offered a 350-horse 327 SS in the Chevelle line, which when equipped with a four speed ...

So, it was in 1965 that the hot hydraulic cam, L79 327 engine first appeared in the Corvette and the Chevelle. For the record, the L76, 365hp 327 outsold the 350hp L79 in the Corvette, 5011 to 4716.

Engines for ’68 were relatively unchanged, except for the debut of the new 200 HP 307 small-block as the base V-8 to replace the venerable 283. The 327 was available in 250, 275, and 325 HP ...

Jamis already had a ’68 Chevelle SS 396 at the time, which he says had been abused as a drag car and was bought without an engine. He had to settle for a “tired, salvage-yard 327 from a ’66 ...

Al Smekal of Huntington Beach has owned his 1968 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 Sport Coupe since buying it new at Hovey-Dallas Chevrolet in Gardena. “I wanted a 1967 Camaro,” Smekal, 65, sa… ...