1968 Chevrolet Camaro

Prestige Imports is delighted to offer this 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS RS for sale! In 1967 Chevrolet introduced a stylish new coupe that, along with the Corvette, would come to define the brand's successful foray into motorsports and performance. And, as we've all come to know, the Camaro, backing timeless 2-door style with an array V8 powerplants, was a legend in the making. DRESSED TO KILL An authentic L89 Super Sport that's rolled its whole life as the pride and joy of one loving family, this epic pony car is the beneficiary of a detailed, ground-up restoration that's clean, mean and ready to drop jaws. During that precise reboot, mostly original sheetmetal was stripped, massaged into great alignment and layered in correct Sequoia Green two-stage that's streaked with suave Super Sport Stripes. And today, one close look at our high-resolution photos reveals a handsome payoff in the form of one exceptional Chevrolet muscle car. In a world of lightning-quick showroom specials and lights-out resto-mods, traditionalism has become a tough line to hold. But anyone who casts even a passing glance at this sublime monster would have a hard time arguing that this isn't EXACTLY the way an old school Motor City brute should look! At the front of the car, a correct Rally Sport grille hangs a timeless SS badge between a polished bumper and ornate Camaro header branding. Behind that grille, a familiar Super Sport hood leads satin wipers, which clear a correct, Z21-spec greenhouse that's capped in correct Black vinyl. At the sides of that glass, a factory mirror reflects factory door handles between bright emblems, bright markers and correct door edge guards. And at the back of the car, a second polished bumper frames a Satin Black Super Sport valance amid ornate Camaro deck branding and correct Rally Sport taillights. EQUIPPED TO THRILL If you know bowtie history, you know that only 272 of all 235,247 1968 Camaros were gifted with Chevrolet's lethal L89 396. These cars were the true performers of the Camaro world, often screaming up dragstrips and beating their way through daily stoplight squabbles. That said, living a fast life often foreshadows a fast demise unless you're talking about this fully documented beast! As the story goes, this Chevy's original owner decided his F1's L89 was just a bit too much to live with. So, sometime in the first few years of the car's life, the mighty mill was removed and put on a stand in favor of milder small block motivation. The rare engine sat in wait while the car bounced around the same family for roughly 45 years until, during the restoration mentioned earlier, it was fully rebuilt, carefully reinstalled, and dyno-tuned to a very respectable 582 horsepower and 581 lb./ft. of torque! Under the sculpted hood, oxygen and fuel enter the big mill's combustion chambers through a polished air cleaner, stainless fluid lines and a correct Holley 4053 4-barrel. Below that carb, a Winters aluminum intake feeds aluminum Winters heads, which have been blended, port-matched and finished with COMP springs, COMP retainers and COMP pushrods. A rowdy roller cam plays well with a steel crank, SCAT rods, Keith Black pistons and solid lifters. MSD 6AL ignition sequences spark between a Blaster 2 coil, a Pro-Billet distributor and loomed Super Conductor plug wires. Those wires thread beefy Hooker headers under mirrored valve covers. Tight belts spin an aluminum water pump beside a retro alternator. That pump fills a factory radiator that's cinched to pliable GM hoses via tight tower clamps. Those components are, in traditional fashion, seated in a slick, Satin Black frame. That pigment is complemented by first-class detailing, like a correct brake booster and a spry mini starter. And naturally, the numbers-matching mill displays a correct 3916323 casting number behind an L89-spec 396 (MT) suffix stamp and a matching 394899 partial VIN. BUILT TO RUN Under this impressive F-Body you'll find a fully sorted chassis that, lik