97ramsst

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This is my new "project"! I found today just out side of Plains, GA (home of Jimmy Carter ) under a equipment shed on a large farm. It had been sitting there since 1991....no motor or trans but a super straight body and next to no rust anywhere! I am not sure what I am going to do with it but I suspect a LSX and protouring set up are in its future!

97ramsst

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BTW...these are its garage mates:






and gone but not forgotten (among others):

1BadElky

I need to meet you (again), lol.

Rancor352

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Solid looking '68. What was it supposed to be, 350 with auto? How did you find her any how?

97ramsst

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I dont know...it was a V8/auto car but thats as much info as I can find. From what I have found online all the VIN will tell you is if it was a V8 or I6...correct? And the tag on the cowl wouldnt tell you anything either would it? The hood is not the original...its an OLD aftermarket fiberglass hood. I am sure it was probably just a standard 350/auto car though. The farmer I got it from said it had a locked up SBC in it when he got it.

I did pull all the seats and carpet out of it today and there is zero rust on the floor boards and very minor rust in the floor of the trunk. The frame is clean as hell too. Infact I washed it and it cleaned up fairly decent all over.

As far as finding it. A friend from church (he sells farm chemicals) had told me about it a few years ago but that he wouldnt sell it. And honestly I had forgot about it. And to make a long story short he was out there again last week and asked him again and he said he might as well sell it he wasn't ever going to do anything with it. He told me about it again at church Sun and said I should go look at it....so I did. Stopped and talked to the farmer and not only got the car but invited back to come deer hunting this fall with him! Not bad for $750!

ads_99ta

that body looks great, especially for $750, good luck with your build.

Black FormulaLs1

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i hate you i really really truly do...no seriously...lmao great find ...and nice collection!!!

Black FormulaLs1

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can we make a suggestions for the color/ engine trans build?

Captainofiron

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nice find man, looks like a 350 model,

My 68 began life as a 350 H.O. model but the guy that owned it before me put a 454 in it and hacked up the firewall supposedly to make it fit, but mine has a ton of rust that I will eventually have to deal with.

so you are going the LSx route eh? I am going to make mine a pro touring bird also, except I will be putting an EFI Pontiac 400 and a T-56 in mine.

Good luck with the project

WS6Formula99

I'm glad the owner was honest with himself and realized that he'd never do anything with it. Too many classics rot away while their owners refuse to sell them to people that actually have the time and resources to do them justice. Good find, and nice collection.

IRONFIST

Nice find, I have both an LS1 and an old Pontiac engine, I think either one would be a good choice...

97ramsst

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I am leaning toward the LSX motor because they are fairly cheap and I have the knowledge to make it work. If I had an original Pontiac motor I would go that route, but since I dont I figure a fairly low mile $4K drop out is the only way to go.