{"id":34939,"date":"2020-11-12T13:08:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-12T18:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/?p=34939"},"modified":"2021-02-23T15:51:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:51:59","slug":"tom-hs-1968-chevelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/tom-hs-1968-chevelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom H&#8217;s 1968 Chevelle Malibu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tom\u2019s first nice car was this 1968 Chevelle. He actually bought it from the original owner back in 1970 and he\u2019s held onto it ever since.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis car is my first decent car and I remember being so excited when I bought it. I told everyone that I will keep this car forever. I\u2019ve got a pretty good start on that.\u201d<\/p><cite>Tom<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing as how he was determined to keep this 1968 Chevelle, he hasn\u2019t neglected the upkeep. Tom painted the Chevelle in 1990, which led to him refreshing and overhauling the original 327\/275hp small block during the late 1990s. Over the past year he\u2019s also rebuilt the original 4-speed Saginaw transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom\u2019s 1968 Chevelle retains a great deal of originality, including all of the floor and trunk pans. Interior retains the original carpet and rear seats, while the buckets have new upholstery and the headliner has sagged and been replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom intends to keep driving it until he can\u2019t any longer and would like to then give it to his son for posterity. Thankfully, he loves to take it for a spin whenever he visits. Between his son and 4 grandchildren, one of them will want to take over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom\u2019s first nice car was this 1968 Chevelle. He actually bought it from the original owner back in 1970 and he\u2019s held onto it ever since. \u201cThis car is my first decent car and I remember being so excited when I bought it. I told everyone that I will keep this car forever. I\u2019ve got [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":34942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[195,194],"tags":[238],"class_list":["post-34939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chevelle","category-customer-cars","tag-1968-chevelle"],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tom-Hammond-1968-Chevelle.jpeg",1200,628,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tom-Hammond-1968-Chevelle-150x150.jpeg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tom-Hammond-1968-Chevelle-300x157.jpeg",300,157,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tom-Hammond-1968-Chevelle-768x402.jpeg",768,402,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tom-Hammond-1968-Chevelle-1024x536.jpeg",800,419,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tom-Hammond-1968-Chevelle.jpeg",1200,628,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Tom-Hammond-1968-Chevelle.jpeg",1200,628,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ground Up Content Team","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ss396.com\/cars\/author\/klaclair\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Tom\u2019s first nice car was this 1968 Chevelle. He actually bought it from the original owner back in 1970 and he\u2019s held onto it ever since. \u201cThis car is my first decent car and I remember being so excited when I bought it. I told everyone that I will keep this car forever. 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