1968 Chevrolet Caprice Estate

For sale on eBay. Loaded with options including hidden headlights and lamp monitors.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968...8352867?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item27c7f390e3

 

A buddy from HS's dad, US Air airline captain, had one of these with the 396 and hide a ways. His was that beautiful medium metallic Lemans blue. Maybe all the hide a way cars were big blocks?

 

I've NEVER seen dual rear sway bars on anything!
I was in Chevy Parts at Nickey in Chicago, and we did some switchery, but never dual rear sway bars!
Anyone else?

 

Less than 3 hrs left in auction, 11,219 bid.......reserve still not met. Auction ends abt 230PM EDT Sunday 6/17.

 

This car was made pre Jan 1, 1968 btw as I believe all subsequent car production required the head restraints?

 

Next bid gets it, as he lowered reserve - read the text!

 

That's a smart move I think, he's getting good money for that car in that condition.

 

Yep, while the car is loaded, it needs quite a bit of work to bring it up to excellent condition.

 

The car is being sold by a broker ( vulture )

For what they are asking for it, needing things, for 11K .....

Its nice but not that nice.

 

Agreed, needs a good bit of work according to ad, and prolly more work to be discovered.

 

The hideaway headlamp system bumps the value up. The kids will buy a run of the mill 68 Impala which is essentually the same car , and then snatch up a Caprice with the hideaways and put them onto their Impala. The hideaway system is rare. It was a factory option and less then 11,000 Caprice's got them. Including Estate wagons.

The hideaways also got put onto the 69 Caprice , but in 1969 the whole body style changed. That was all, after the 68 and 69 model years the Caprice hideaways went away.

My neighbor has a 1968 Impala SS Convertable and he and I have been hunting for a Caprice with the hideaway system even if the rest of the car is a basket case. The guy bought the Imp back in 1980 , before the flippers and brokers gobbled them up. Christ he got the car used for 1200 bucks back then. That was a lot of money for the time. I think 1968 was the last year for the Impala SuperSport

 

There was a '69 Impala SS, but I believe it was the last one until the 'oughts' front drive Impala SS



$11+k seems to me to be a bit pricey for this wagon, but I guess all the options makes it highly desireable....

 

Reserve not met - no sale.

 

I just learned something .... thanks.


About the No sale on the estate wagon. I didnt think it would sell. Aside from the work it needs, ot was priced way too high. In this day and age where nobody has a job, or the ones who have one are fearful they will be next on the chopping block, Europe going into financial ruin as we speak. Only the 1% has disposable income like that.

 

My dad had a '68 SS 427 Impala. Wish I had that car.