1966 Chevrolet Chevelle

396 360 HP

138176Z140898

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This is a rare numbers matching Marina Blue '66 Chevelle SS factory 4 speed car restoration project. I call it rare in that it is an incredible solid and rust free example with all original sheet metal including the quarter panels, fenders, hood, doors, tailpanel and not to mention it being numbers matching. The trunk lid however has been replaced by a very straight original from another '66. The car has never seen an accident and the frame is perfect. I am an avid car collector and take pride in the vehicles that I own. I don't usually take on project cars, but this one had such a nice body that I couldn't pass up. I have sold 3 of my vehicles in the recent past to happy buyers here on ebay, please view their comments in my feedback. I have owned this particular car for car for about 5 years now, I had every intentions in restoring this one, but don't have the time nor space. The car has sat along time disassembled, I bought it from a gentleman that did some work to it and basically lost interest and let it sit in his garage a long time. He rebuilt the axle and rear end, All new bushings front and rear. This is an original dry Nevada car that really shows in how solid and rust free it is. The quarter panels are completely original with no patch panel whatsoever and still retain the partial VIN stamp (see photo), they are rust free and don't even require a single patch panel whatsoever, not even on the lower most corner like about 95% of Chevelle out there need or have had been replaced. I have never seen a 60s GM car that has not ever needed cheater panels or patch panels of some sort on the lower quarters. The wheel lips are perfect as well. The inside of the quarter panels are as clean on the inside as the out, zero rust with the original factory paint still there. The rear tailpanel is original with the a patial VIN stamp (see photo). The floors are impeccable with zero rust, not even surface rust top or bottom ever. The doors are totally rust free as well, the bottom door edge corners that are usually rusted, are perfect. The inner cowl and lower cowling are rust free where there is usually a cancer spot on the lower cowl (see photo). The trunk is beautiful rust free and wont need any patch panels either. I apologize for the redundancy with the rust description, but I just want to get across on how rust free the car is. There is next to no surface rust on the body which is indicative on being from a dry climate. The window tracks are nice and with only a small amount of pitting on the rear. The original hood is super nice and straight, but the previous owner stripped it to bare metal and started to put bondo a dent, but other than that you wont find a nicer or straighter original hood. The front edge is perfectly straight with no dents or rust like commonly found. This numbers matching car including the engine, transmission and 12 bolt rearend. Unfortunately the engine was decked at some point, but the date code is A126 which breaks down as January 12 1966. The casting number is correct as well, 3855961. The muncie 4 speed #s are as follows, casting # 3883010, date code P0219 which breaks down as February 19th, and the VIN stamp of 6Z140898. The 12 bolt casting number is 3875744n with a date code of L95. The suffix code for the rearend is CW which is a 3.31 ratio. The car still has the rear "4 speed" frame supports that tie between the upper and lower control arm bushings. The build date of the car is 04C as in the third week of April. The oringal color is FF code Marina Blue. As mentioned before this is a restoration project, but a very easy one at that. If it were me, I wouldn't do a frame off, the undercarriage is very presentable, the previous owner started restoring the car and disassembled it, and did a very nice job repainting the the firewall and used a high quality paint. The frame is nice and rust free as well. The front end has been completely gone through, control arm bushings, tire rod ends, pitman arm, wheelbearings. New coil springs all around, with new rear control arm bushings, and rebuilt rearend. For those who don't feel as comfortable taking on a project like this, there is a untouched '66 Chevelle parts car available locally here for $1000. The car comes very complete with almost everything needed to put it back together, you get everything in the pictures that pertain to a 1966 Chevelle. Again a parts car would insure an easy restoration. All the wiring is there and all the wire terminations are labeled nicely. The previous owner made a nomenclature that is very easily understandable. He also bagged all the screws and bolts and labeled them nicely. All the bright work is there. Please ask all questions. Happy bidding! On Apr-17-13 at 20:08:25 PDT, seller added the following information: I ran out of picture space, so please let me know if you would like more. I can send pictures of everything that is include. Please give me your email to do so. Thanks.