1967 Chevrolet Chevelle SS review from North America

The Chevelle had only a few things wrong when I bought it.

The brakes needed adjusting, did that myself, took about 20 minutes.

The transmission crossmember loosened up, tightened it back down, took about 15 minutes.

My Chevelle SS was a restored car when I bought it. The car only needed a few minor items to finish the restoration.

The car gave no trouble. The work done to the car was very good and it was like driving a new 1967 Chevelle. My only gripes are the brakes - 4 wheel drum brakes with no power assist made the car hard to stop quickly.

It went very fast however. The 396 had some high performance parts added to it during the engine rebuilding. A performance cam was added and that gave it somewhat of a rough idle but, once the car was rolling it really went. Nothing could give my Chevelle a decent run on the street. 5.0 Mustangs had no chance with it, left them in the dust scratching their heads wondering where did that Chevy go to?

Late model Z/28s didn't come any closer to outrunning the Chevelle, the 396 big block shut em all down. The gas mileage was about 11.5 but, so what. A 396 big block won't ever get mileage like a Geo Metro. That's just the nature of old muscle cars. So I never held that as a problem. I wish I had enough money to another one.