How many original 64 to 72 Chevelles are left these days?
Anyone care to venture a guess? For all the ones which were crashed, beat on and abused, left in farmers fields to die a rusty death ect. It would not surprise me if its less than 10% just curious.

64-72 velles! I'd guess more like 15-20%. Original 64-72/ I'd say less than 1%

I'd say it is a very hard question to ask. There have been many discussions concerning "original", if you mean untouched/unmodified I'd have to agree with with the less than 1%. That is honestly a broad question including all the years. I would bet if you went by year the same numbers might apply. take care Andy

There are five just on my block.

11 or more.

6 that cruise with me weekly!

There were about 15 out of about 300-400 cars at the Hastings MN cruise last Sat night.

I've got one if that's any help?

1,000's left, just all in Barns rotting away. LS6 cars anyway.

1,000's left, just all in Barns rotting away. LS6 cars anyway.

and Z-16s

I would say 300% of the "Original" LS6's still exist.

Most likely only one Malibu exists although it is not stock and I own it ...however there are more SSs around now than were ever built. :yes:

i've often heard about 20%, there are probably more out there that you think. If they weren't collectible I would say it would only be 10% now, but in the last 10 or 15 years, people are saving cars that 10 years earlier they would have laughed at

I'll say 43...plus or minus 7!:D

i've often heard about 20%, there are probably more out there that you think. If they weren't collectible I would say it would only be 10% now, but in the last 10 or 15 years, people are saving cars that 10 years earlier they would have laughed at


I agree, a few years ago I read that out of the 1,100,000 Corvettes produced 1,000,000 were still actively registered. The rebuilders will save a Corvette no matter how badly damaged due to the value, so most live on. The Chevelles and Camaros have a lot of value so the ones that should be parted or crushed get rebuilt hence a large percentage are still with us..

I did some reading on survival rates of classic cars not long ago and most articles and sites I found agreed from registries and other methods of accounting for surviving cars that most cars from the 50's on with any collector interest at all were around 10% or more, if it was a model like 55-57 Chevy's, 55-57 T-birds, 65-66 Mustangs were believed to be closer to 20-30%. One of the more complete registries of a large group of cars out there is the Shelby registry and if I remember right there were over 70% of the original production accounted for in the registry so the rare cars are much higher. Just another example of a small segment of cars in the Pontiac world is a '71 Judge Convertible, 17 made and 12 currently accounted for and probably another one or two overseas or hidden somewhere so the more coveted a car was from it's origin, the higher the survival percentage. Of course as said above, with the lack of just about any factory paperwork, the Chevelle SS holds the record for all collectable cars with its survival rate somewhere above 300% and climbing.

I agree, a few years ago I read that out of the 1,100,000 Corvettes produced 1,000,000 were still actively registered. The rebuilders will save a Corvette no matter how badly damaged due to the value, so most live on. The Chevelles and Camaros have a lot of value so the ones that should be parted or crushed get rebuilt hence a large percentage are still with us..

If that figure is true, that is ****in amazin!

I will say there are a lot more Chevelles and Elkys on the road than there are VEGAS!
They were popular new, popular as used cars in the later 70s and 80s. Not a lot of 4-door or wagons survived due to them being less sporty.
(edit) and used as parts cars

Correct, there are probably 300% of the SS cars surviving....

I'm going to say 20-25% of the whole production run is still around.....

I knowledgeable Corvette Club lady told me that of the 1968 models, some 28,000, only 4500 or so survive. 17%
Chevelles being more practical.....think my estimate is close

I will say there are a lot more Chevelles and Elkys on the road than there are VEGAS!
They were popular new, popular as used cars in the later 70s and 80s. Not a lot of 4-door or wagons survived due to them being less sporty.

Correct, there are probably 300% of the SS cars surviving....

I'm going to say 20-25% of the whole production run is still around.....

I knowledgeable Corvette Club lady told me that of the 1968 models, some 28,000, only 4500 or so survive. 17%
Chevelles being more practical.....think my estimate is close


Yeah, I agree. I've read that a 75% attrition rate is about average when they get to be this old.

The Chevelles and Camaros have a lot of value so the ones that should be parted or crushed get rebuilt hence a large percentage are still with us..

What you say is true today but back in the 70's they were just old cars worth little. Around here early Chevelles were cheap and plentiful so many were raced on "stock car" tracks and were thrown away when beat up because you could get another one cheap.

Verle