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Features: Power Steering, Bucket Seats, Power Windows
1968 SS 396 convertable - automatic - 80,000 miles

I'm thinking about buying this car; the guy wants around 35,000. I don't know yet if it is documented or numbers matching.

But if it is and if it isn't - all original - what would it be worth in either case? The Vin does start with 138.

I woundnt pay that much for it but its your money.:D:D

but how much would you pay?

I've not seen it yet in person and we've only left each other messages.

I want to make a fair offer, but I've only been restoring 1970 caminos, and I don't know its worth.

I thought Super Sports didn't have the chrome trim running down the length of the car from fender eyebrow towards the rear of the car. Do 1968 138 cars have this trim? Or was it added as part of the convertible package? Never the less, still a lot of $$ though.

If you willing to spend 35000$ you should look around can probably get a lot nicer. from the pics it looks like it need repainted maybe some body work and thats just by looking at a pic so it probably needs even more than you can see. have you ever heard it run 35000$ is a chunk of change for a car you never even seen in person.

Try to get the cowl tag/vin number info. Nice thing about 68 and earlier is you can tell by the vin if its a true SS396. Im not a 68 expert by any means so ill leave that to the 68 owners to comment, but it kind of seems to me that 35K is a tad high for a 68.

35,000 is out of my league, but without even seeing it, I didn't think it was worth that much either.

It appears to have remote mirrors, and it was stated to have electric windows. I don't know any other options yet.

It does look like the usual rust on the front fender areas may have been repaired - maybe - so, yea it needs paint - there's another 8,000 or so.

Rechrome and buffing the stainless about 2,000 to 3,000.

And that does not include any mechanicals.

If it was totally restored, numbers matching, and documented, What would it be worth approx?

I'd rather have the 35 dimes

There is no way to know what its worth without a lot of pictures under neath of the body panels, or look at it yourself in person, it could be pretty bad under there, the door is a different color, plus it doesn't look like they hung it right, because the trim is off.

There is no difference between looking at a $8000 car or a $35000 one, they can both look the same from that distance, but just judging on the door deal, I would say he's at least $20000 to high.

Its the body panels that beat a guy up, if theres a lot a rust, you have to frame off the car, then its big bucks wether you do it yourself or not.

You say you have been restoring elcaminos, then you must know about body work, if you don't understand exactly what you are looking at, go and get a good body man and have him go over it really good.

You took the time to post these pictures, and thats a good thing.

Repeat here, if you're not sure you know what you're looking at, get some help, I thought I did one time, found out I didn't, until you frame off a car yourself or you do bodywork by trade, watch out.

Good luck

Rob

Thanks for the advice from everyone. I'm not a body guy, and my first camino was a bad deal rust wise, and I've learned plenty from that one the hard way. The guy I bought it from lied about about so much of the car, and I didn't know better. But now I've had three (still plenty to learn), and I've done most everything on them, minus body, rear dif and engine bottom end - I paid for all those. If it has lots of rust, then I'm gone.

The problem is that I know only 1970, so I'd better bring a friend that has a 67, and a 68.

I might go look just to see the condition, but unless he drops the price significantly, then it's not going to happen. Cause my pockets aren't that full.

Find an expert bodyman (not one from Maaco or Earl Scheib either) to look at the car.

Any bodyman that is an expert and knows what he's looking at/for will be able to pin point any hidden issues.