There’s one thing about faculty sports activities that I merely don’t get. The place I’m from, there was no fervor that I used to be conscious of however, once I moved to Tennessee for faculty, I encountered all these UT people within the airport with their obnoxious orange and white regalia. Mix that allegiance with cars and also you’ll get our Choose of the Day, a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396. It’s listed on ClassicCars.com by a dealership in St. Charles, Missouri. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

For 1969, the SS 396 turned a efficiency bundle, having beforehand been its personal mannequin. Now the bundle was out there on low-line Chevelles just like the 300 Deluxe, in addition to the Malibu, which was a trim degree that the SS 396 had shared since 1966. Why did Chevrolet try this? If I’ll make a guess, it could have been a response to the Plymouth Street Runner, an econo-muscle automotive that took the market by storm. Now, Chevrolet followers may go for a 300 Deluxe-based SS 396 Coupe (with B-pillar) and Sport Coupe (hardtop). For ritzier fare, the SS 396 bundle was out there on the Malibu Sport Coupe and Convertible. Engines have been the identical as earlier than, with the 396 out there in 325/350/375-horsepower flavors, however new was an L89 aluminum head possibility out there with the 375-horse L78.

In the event you’re not into faculty sports activities, chances are you’ll not know that the College of North Carolina’s college colours are blue and white. Nevertheless it isn’t simply any blue — it’s a light-weight blue. All through UNC’s historical past, there have been a number of variations of sunshine blue, and even completely different segments of the college system (like athletics and hospitals) have used completely different blues. Pantone 278 has been the official shade for the college itself for a few years however, in 2015, it was determined to make Pantone 542 the official Carolina Blue.

There appears to be a handful of traditional Chevrolets painted in a number of variations of Carolina Blue, although none of them have been common manufacturing colours. Are folks in Chapel Hill so rabid that they’d select to color their new automotive at school colours? Judging by the quantity that appear to have survived, presumably. This 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 is a Malibu Sport Coupe-based automotive painted in a light-weight blue that wasn’t a part of Chevrolet’s normal palette, so somebody doubtless spent near $100 to acquire the colour of his/her favourite workforce. Proof of the special-order standing is discovered on the info plate, which reveals a touch for the paint code. After all, discovering a automotive with no paint code could possibly be nearly any non-RPO shade, however this specific Chevelle options 90 % of its unique paint, in response to the vendor, plus there are unique docs that mirror a North Carolina origin.

This 1969 Chevelle SS 396 encompasses a numbers-matching 396 rated at 350 horsepower, which was the best horsepower you could possibly get with air-con which, after all, this one has. Different choices embody TH400 automated, buckets with console, Positraction, F41 suspension, energy steering and brakes, AM/FM/8-track, full instrumentation, Rosewood steering wheel, electrical trunk launch, engine block heater, engine compartment and trunk lights, and black vinyl prime. Yup, this automotive is loaded and principally unique!

Nineteen sixty-nine Chevelles have at all times been scorching. Mix that with principally unique situation and a special-order shade, and you’ve got the makings of a primo muscle automotive. For $77,995, this SS 396 will value you lower than out-of-state tuition for 4 years. Which do you suppose is the higher funding?

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