I can actually remember my parents buying a 1968 Estate wagon, 396 and me and my siblings fighting over the rear facing seat on the trip back home. Light green with wood grain siding. I remember thinking how cool the tailgate was and how we could roll up & down the rear window with the switch inside the rear tailgate panel until my dad turned it off in the dash.. Looking at the cars following us facing them in that rear seat, waving and making faces as kids while doing 75mph down the highway without a care in the world.
The sales people that were watching this in 68 would never imagine that you could buy a car from a vending machine in 2021. My dad had a BelAir with manual transmission shift on the steering column, i remember being amazed watching him change gears, and also remember the stark interior of the BelAir.
I can still remember when my aunt and uncle visited my mom and dad sporting their brand new 68 Caprice Estate wagon in green with wood trim. It had the 396 V8, and most all the critter comforts. In April, we ordered a 68 Pontiac LeMans. It was green with a vinyl top, had bucket seats and console. Couldn't let them outdo us.
My dad bought a new '68 Impala, sequoia green with a green brocade cloth interior. 307 with a Powerglide. Nice step up from a '60 Buick LeSabre with an antenna but no radio! I was 14 years old in '68 & I was so happy to have an AM! I talked Dad into putting in a rear speaker so I could listen to WEBC out of Duluth, Mn. That car was as spotless as I could keep it what with Mn. winters & salt. Sadly, my brother fell asleep one Jan. night & it went up a snowbank & over one of those old cable guard rails & tore the bottom apart at almost 20,000 miles. I didn't think about my brother being ok, I was so pissed he wrecked the car! Ended up buying a '70 Impala. An exact twin to that can be found in the center fold of the '70 full-size dealer brochure. But the fetching blonde didn't come with it! LOL! My uncle also bought a new '68 BelAir with factory a/c. pretty rare to have that in any Chev. in N. Mn. but even more so in a BelAir.
I really like your story. My dad bought a brand new '68 Impala Custom Coupe, Ash Gold with black vinyl roof, black cloth interior, 307 with power glide, AM radio. In '74 he gave it to me to take from our home in NJ to college in Boston. It rusted pretty bad, and he got rid of it a couple of years later. I loved that car. So, in 2008 I got a Matador Red '68 Impala convertible, red interior, white top, 327 with Turbo-Hydramatic 400. I still have that car.
@@68chevyguy Edward, my neighbor down the alley from my parents' house bought a new '68 Impala Custom Coupe. Not sure if it had a 307 or 327 but I know it had a "3 on the tree" transmission! Red with a black vinyl roof. Lots of people in my small N. Mn. town bought new cars in '68. Funny story about my Dad's. The '68 had 14" tires are he had to buy snow tires so being the frugal sort he had some almost new 15" snow tires on rims that fit the Impala. So now he has a car with no wheel covers in the back for winter! WHAT? After one winter I spent my hard earned paper route money & solved the problem by finding a pair of 15" 1969 covers at a salvage yard. Sheesh, Dad! Lol!
Growing up I always thought my Mom's old 427 that was promised to me was a Caprice due to the formal roof line, turns out its an Impala Custom Coupe with the Super Sport option.
I agree with Tony. Our '67 Impala, 327 w/PG, drove and drove and drove. Many roads back in the 60's and 70's were two-lanes. My father was no stranger to passing with the PG downshifting and that QuadraJet opening its huge secondaries to suck down half the landscape. Later, when I was old enough to drive it, I'd shift it to "L", take it up to about 40 mph with my high school friends it and then punch the gas on and off to jerk people around in the car. (Stupid and silly? Yep, but hey, I was young and dumb then.) What a testament however to the durability of that drivetrain. When it was sold after 8 years, it ran as hard and strong as the day it was purchased.
+Tony Chavez I once accidentally shifted to reverse on dry asphalt doing 40 MPH. It was a 63 Impala 283 PG. The rear wheels locked up and the engine stalled; it squealed to a halt. I thought I wrecked the tranny, but no. It fired right up and kept on running for years on end (probably forever; I sold it) without any hickups. Some say you can't shift to reverse when driving forward, but I know it can happen from experience.
MY FATHER HAD A 1968 CHEVY CAPRICE 2-DOOR BOY WHAT A NICE CAR THAT WAS ! THAT WAS BACK LIKE IN 1975 IT WAS LIKE A 7 YR CAR I WAS 11 YEARS OLD SO LONGAGO:(
Alan, I grew up in N. Mn. & went to a Chev. dealer one day as a 14 year old (as I was prone to do almost daily back then) & there in the service dept. was a new '68 Caprice Cpe. This car was so loaded it had two window stickers. Mist green with a white vinyl top, bucket seat interior, rally wheels with white sidewall tires, hideaway headlights, & probably a stereo radio at least. Think it had a 396 motor. But the most unusual feature was a rear power antenna. It only went down to about a foot above the fender but it was definitely a factory power antenna, much like the Corvette one. What a pretty, awesome car! I'm 67 now & still remember it.
My friend has his late parents one owner 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Wagon. What a beautiful historic automobile. He also has their 1962 pop up nimrod camper which also looks like new. I know that this is about a 68 Chevrolet but I thought of his 69 wagon. Mom's 68 two door hardtop Impala is literally getting ruined sitting in the barn by mice. Probably going to have to junk it and it's sad, been in family since new. It has a 327 V8. No power brakes.
In this time period, my mother was always annoyed at station wagons that had the raised-up bulging beltline over the rear wheel. She hated it and only would consider buying a car that was styled with a straight one. It didn't end up mattering because she kept her '63 Chevy II wagon up till 1972 and then got her father's second-hand 1967 Mercedes as a gift from him.
A buyer back then really had to do their homework, because the amount of models and options was mind-boggling. And it was easy to order a few options on a low-end model and have it actually be more expensive than a higher-line model. For example, you could order a fully loaded Biscayne and it would cost more than an Impala.
@@johnbeer5242 Today's cars are better in every measurable way than cars from that era. The poorest car you can legally buy today is superior to anything in this video.
I 'm 72 got my dad's '68 capriceup here in canada last appraisal $23400.00 dad paid $4400.00 cash all original mint no winters purrs so well i feed it cat food now & then the difference with todays cars is THE STYLE TODAY CARS ARE TECHNICALY BETTER BUT LOOK LIKE A BOX ON WHEELS ( JUNK) & WILL NOT LAST THE TEST OF TIME WELL!! IT'S CRUISE TIME BOYS PARDON THE DUST CHOW
Totally agree! Every SUV today is a cookie cutter of each other---whether its Honda, Chevrolet, Toyota, Subaru, Ford---they all look alike! Only difference is the size! Back in 1968, you had variety! Different shapes and sizes to fit your taste and budget within one model---Chevrolet!
Paul Arthur, amazing years! And difficult too! That cars of 50s 60s and 70s were big cars and of course hard to park or dont hit anothers cars (by today young drivers). I made my driving test on a patetic car, maybe a honda civic '09. The actual cars are small and plastified. I have a impala '69, and i impacted 2 times to actual cars, and of course, my impala didnt get damage and the anothers were like trash. I like your mentions in these videos, grtteings!
My Grandma had a '68 BelAir, which I ended up with. Four-door pillared coupe with a six-cylinder and two-speed powerglide. They tended to rust a bit, however.
@@wagonmaster1974 --I was always puzzled by that terminology, too, until I finally looked it up. Here's what I found on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe#Four-door_coupe_/_quad_coupe
If I'm not mistaken, those side lights at the front and rear were not some new feature that Chevrolet offered on its own, but were mandated by the federal government.
The 'optional front fender lights' the narrator talks of, are the little cells above the corners of the bumpers. In most '68s, they were chrome plated pot metal or something. The option had them as lamp holders with a little white light.
hebneh That is correct . It is an easy way to identify a pre 68 car . In 69 all had to have steering column mounted ignition switches for the same reason .
My 1st car was a 68' SS427, Muncie M21 4 speed, 3:31 positrac, factory air conditioning. Power Steering. Dual Exhaust No Impala badging anywhere. Still wish I had it.
Yes, but GM is slowly dying out. No more Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles or Saturns after the economy tanked in 2008. Buick, GMC and Chevrolet aren't far behind. In 30 years, GM will be gone, or it will merge with another car maker, like Ford.
+collegeman1988 General motors I hate to tell people is never gonna fade away especially the Chevrolet brand....just in the last 2 years alone chevy has brought out the best looking cars yet...and btw the Camero and Corvette I doubt they will ever let it go...people were saying the same thing 10 years ago...so I think the best cars built will be here a long while (just my opinion)
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I can actually remember my parents buying a 1968 Estate wagon, 396 and me and my siblings fighting over the rear facing seat on the trip back home. Light green with wood grain siding. I remember thinking how cool the tailgate was and how we could roll up & down the rear window with the switch inside the rear tailgate panel until my dad turned it off in the dash.. Looking at the cars following us facing them in that rear seat, waving and making faces as kids while doing 75mph down the highway without a care in the world.
The sales people that were watching this in 68 would never imagine that you could buy a car from a vending machine in 2021. My dad had a BelAir with manual transmission shift on the steering column, i remember being amazed watching him change gears, and also remember the stark interior of the BelAir.
A neighbour back in the day had a Biscayne . . . it was pretty bare bones! :o)
I can still remember when my aunt and uncle visited my mom and dad sporting their brand new 68 Caprice Estate wagon in green with wood trim. It had the 396 V8, and most all the critter comforts. In April, we ordered a 68 Pontiac LeMans. It was green with a vinyl top, had bucket seats and console. Couldn't let them outdo us.
That's what GM counted on; avarice! Lol
Can almost smell the stale cigarettes in the overflowing ashtrays.
The Schiznit : Right?
I'm all trained up and ready to sell Chevrolet for 68.
Awesome Edward. My dad had a 68 Bel Air wagon with third row seat!
My dad bought a new '68 Impala, sequoia green with a green brocade cloth interior. 307 with a Powerglide. Nice step up from a '60 Buick LeSabre with an antenna but no radio! I was 14 years old in '68 & I was so happy to have an AM! I talked Dad into putting in a rear speaker so I could listen to WEBC out of Duluth, Mn. That car was as spotless as I could keep it what with Mn. winters & salt. Sadly, my brother fell asleep one Jan. night & it went up a snowbank & over one of those old cable guard rails & tore the bottom apart at almost 20,000 miles. I didn't think about my brother being ok, I was so pissed he wrecked the car! Ended up buying a '70 Impala. An exact twin to that can be found in the center fold of the '70 full-size dealer brochure. But the fetching blonde didn't come with it! LOL!
My uncle also bought a new '68 BelAir with factory a/c. pretty rare to have that in any Chev. in N. Mn. but even more so in a BelAir.
I really like your story. My dad bought a brand new '68 Impala Custom Coupe, Ash Gold with black vinyl roof, black cloth interior, 307 with power glide, AM radio. In '74 he gave it to me to take from our home in NJ to college in Boston. It rusted pretty bad, and he got rid of it a couple of years later. I loved that car. So, in 2008 I got a Matador Red '68 Impala convertible, red interior, white top, 327 with Turbo-Hydramatic 400. I still have that car.
@@68chevyguy
Edward, my neighbor down the alley from my parents' house bought a new '68 Impala Custom Coupe. Not sure if it had a 307 or 327 but I know it had a "3 on the tree" transmission! Red with a black vinyl roof.
Lots of people in my small N. Mn. town bought new cars in '68.
Funny story about my Dad's. The '68 had 14" tires are he had to buy snow tires so being the frugal sort he had some almost new 15" snow tires on rims that fit the Impala. So now he has a car with no wheel covers in the back for winter! WHAT? After one winter I spent my hard earned paper route money & solved the problem by finding a pair of 15" 1969 covers at a salvage yard. Sheesh, Dad! Lol!
A nice trip back to the good times.
Growing up I always thought my Mom's old 427 that was promised to me was a Caprice due to the formal roof line, turns out its an Impala Custom Coupe with the Super Sport option.
with a 427. It was a Corvette in the form of a sedan!
we rode around in a 68 Impala in our teens. 327 motor with powerglide trans was a bullet proof drivetrain!
I agree with Tony. Our '67 Impala, 327 w/PG, drove and drove and drove. Many roads back in the 60's and 70's were two-lanes. My father was no stranger to passing with the PG downshifting and that QuadraJet opening its huge secondaries to suck down half the landscape. Later, when I was old enough to drive it, I'd shift it to "L", take it up to about 40 mph with my high school friends it and then punch the gas on and off to jerk people around in the car. (Stupid and silly? Yep, but hey, I was young and dumb then.) What a testament however to the durability of that drivetrain. When it was sold after 8 years, it ran as hard and strong as the day it was purchased.
+Tony Chavez I once accidentally shifted to reverse on dry asphalt doing 40 MPH. It was a 63 Impala 283 PG. The rear wheels locked up and the engine stalled; it squealed to a halt.
I thought I wrecked the tranny, but no. It fired right up and kept on running for years on end (probably forever; I sold it) without any hickups.
Some say you can't shift to reverse when driving forward, but I know it can happen from experience.
Ronald van Kemenade
Nowadays you can't that's for sure.
That combination always was.....my '68 Impala Convt. Had the same set-up.
I just remember that the Biscayne with the underpowered 6cyl and powerglide sucked!!
MY FATHER HAD A 1968 CHEVY CAPRICE 2-DOOR BOY WHAT A NICE CAR THAT WAS ! THAT WAS BACK LIKE IN 1975 IT WAS LIKE A 7 YR CAR I WAS 11 YEARS OLD SO LONGAGO:(
Alan,
I grew up in N. Mn. & went to a Chev. dealer one day as a 14 year old (as I was prone to do almost daily back then) & there in the service dept. was a new '68 Caprice Cpe. This car was so loaded it had two window stickers. Mist green with a white vinyl top, bucket seat interior, rally wheels with white sidewall tires, hideaway headlights, & probably a stereo radio at least. Think it had a 396 motor. But the most unusual feature was a rear power antenna. It only went down to about a foot above the fender but it was definitely a factory power antenna, much like the Corvette one.
What a pretty, awesome car! I'm 67 now & still remember it.
I love my 68 impala ss custom coupe green with green ivy gold interior
At 2:52---Sexiest station wagon ever! More style than most modern SUVs!
"All new styling", but nearly identical to the '67.
Precisely. The sure fire method for discerning the two years was where the wipers were.
My friend has his late parents one owner 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Wagon. What a beautiful historic automobile. He also has their 1962 pop up nimrod camper which also looks like new. I know that this is about a 68 Chevrolet but I thought of his 69 wagon. Mom's 68 two door hardtop Impala is literally getting ruined sitting in the barn by mice. Probably going to have to junk it and it's sad, been in family since new. It has a 327 V8. No power brakes.
Hope I'm not too late,DO NOT junk that car, nothing mice can do to ruin that car, someone will restore it.
Leaf springs for your riding enjoyment.
Nope...4 coils.
"Jet Smooth Ride"
In this time period, my mother was always annoyed at station wagons that had the raised-up bulging beltline over the rear wheel. She hated it and only would consider buying a car that was styled with a straight one. It didn't end up mattering because she kept her '63 Chevy II wagon up till 1972 and then got her father's second-hand 1967 Mercedes as a gift from him.
you must have had a miserable childhood.
hebneh should've kept the washing chevyll
Aqui no Brazil só tinha Fusca e Kombi e aero Willis .aí chegou o Ford galaxi foi um arrasso .só rico podia comprar .
De nonne voiture solide et bell et puissance
A buyer back then really had to do their homework, because the amount of models and options was mind-boggling. And it was easy to order a few options on a low-end model and have it actually be more expensive than a higher-line model. For example, you could order a fully loaded Biscayne and it would cost more than an Impala.
justsomeguytoyou and now what the fuck do we got😂 shit cars
@@johnbeer5242 Today's cars are better in every measurable way than cars from that era. The poorest car you can legally buy today is superior to anything in this video.
@@jamesw1659 Except style.
@@jamesw1659 Then why aren't you watchimg a video about one of your beloved modern cars? Oh yeah, because no one gives a shit about them.
The meanest best looking grill bar none no doubt.
I 'm 72 got my dad's '68 capriceup here in canada last appraisal $23400.00 dad paid $4400.00 cash all original mint no winters purrs so well i feed it cat food now & then the difference with todays cars is THE STYLE TODAY CARS ARE TECHNICALY BETTER BUT LOOK LIKE A BOX ON WHEELS ( JUNK) & WILL NOT LAST THE TEST OF TIME WELL!! IT'S CRUISE TIME BOYS PARDON THE DUST CHOW
Totally agree! Every SUV today is a cookie cutter of each other---whether its Honda, Chevrolet, Toyota, Subaru, Ford---they all look alike! Only difference is the size! Back in 1968, you had variety! Different shapes and sizes to fit your taste and budget within one model---Chevrolet!
Took my drivers test in a 68' caprice
Paul Arthur, amazing years! And difficult too! That cars of 50s 60s and 70s were big cars and of course hard to park or dont hit anothers cars (by today young drivers). I made my driving test on a patetic car, maybe a honda civic '09. The actual cars are small and plastified. I have a impala '69, and i impacted 2 times to actual cars, and of course, my impala didnt get damage and the anothers were like trash. I like your mentions in these videos, grtteings!
Ha! .. took mine in a ‘72 Sunfire Yellow Plymouth Fury Sport Suburban wagon!.. and yes! .. I parallel parked it too!
Don’tell Gucci hahha😂👏👏👏👍👍🍻
i got on a high-speed chase in a 64 impala 😁
far better than any suv
Indeed
Styling was a lot nicer than the 66-67 Impala . Went. Back to the round taillights that they started in 58 !
The tail lights weren't really round. They were horseshoe shaped.
Jesse Mag Yes you are correct , but they went back to the triple for Impala , and doubles for the lesser models . Round , but flat on top !
They don't make them like that anymore those were the days
My Grandma had a '68 BelAir, which I ended up with. Four-door pillared coupe with a six-cylinder and two-speed powerglide. They tended to rust a bit, however.
Must have been some machine. "Coupe" is traditionally reserved for a 2 door car. Never saw a four door coupe...
@@wagonmaster1974 --I was always puzzled by that terminology, too, until I finally looked it up. Here's what I found on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupe#Four-door_coupe_/_quad_coupe
@@wagonmaster1974 --Oh, the other side of that was the two-door sedan. That didn't make anymore sense to me than a four-door coupe. :D
on my second 68. my first won 68 caprice was stolen. miss that car.
could you order a 4speed with this '68 427? If so that would be rare I assume and right about now worth a fortune.
What's the buying price for this year now
50 yrs ago
If I'm not mistaken, those side lights at the front and rear were not some new feature that Chevrolet offered on its own, but were mandated by the federal government.
The 'optional front fender lights' the narrator talks of, are the little cells above the corners of the bumpers. In most '68s, they were chrome plated pot metal or something. The option had them as lamp holders with a little white light.
That is correct . It’s an easy way to identify pre 1968 cars .
hebneh That is correct . It is an easy way to identify a pre 68 car . In 69 all had to have steering column mounted ignition switches for the same reason .
@@richardcawalla1148 and head rests.
Astro Ventilation came a year later with the ommision of the front side vent window and addition of two dash vents or three with a/c.
I want a 68 Chevy Station Wagon with a 427. I'll leave a stop sign turning right , hit the gas a fishtail that shit. LOL
Me gustan
Isn't that Bob Barker?
No.
I always thought the 68 should have been a 67,and the 67 should have been the 68.Look at the front end of both those cars,and see if you agree.
If only one could order individual options rather than interconnecting option groups today! What BS.
EX-SELL-RATE wouldn't that mean selling cars in a slower rate that now?.
sim61642 no they were fast with a 396 or 427 big block
My 1st car was a 68' SS427, Muncie M21 4 speed, 3:31 positrac, factory air conditioning. Power Steering. Dual Exhaust No Impala badging anywhere. Still wish I had it.
Always pissed me off that they couldnt keep the same style for more than one damn year
peterdaniel66 yeah they did 😂 stupid😂
These are 65 Impalas with slight changes...
Now you get the same design for 5 years. O my can tell the year by the wheel covers
What's the price for this year 2020
They might as well have just one model since they only have slight differences between them!
Bunch of old Rattle Boxes, compared to today!
What do a dinosaur and GM cars have in common? They were both huge, unable to adapt to the changing environment, and became extinct.
+collegeman1988 last time l looked Gm was still around.
Yes, but GM is slowly dying out. No more Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles or Saturns after the economy tanked in 2008. Buick, GMC and Chevrolet aren't far behind. In 30 years, GM will be gone, or it will merge with another car maker, like Ford.
GM is still the number one car maker in the world,they still have some of the best engineers in the world,and i'm a ford guy,sorta of.
+collegeman1988
General motors I hate to tell people is never gonna fade away especially the Chevrolet brand....just in the last 2 years alone chevy has brought out the best looking cars yet...and btw the Camero and Corvette I doubt they will ever let it go...people were saying the same thing 10 years ago...so I think the best cars built will be here a long while (just my opinion)
Idiot... and back in this time Chevrolet was selling several hundred thousand more cars than all of
Ford..
full size beauty. to boxxy bull in sizxty nine n up. they didnt know that was the d zine. i had a sxty seven rag my dad had a new sixzty eight mine was thirteen y o when i got it dollar a gallon vs twenty fiv a gall wowwee