Car Spot: ’67 Chevy Chevelle 2-Door Wagon SS 396

Quite the grocery-getter …

I know what you’re thinking, I didn’t know Chevy made a Chevelle 2-door wagon, or hey, wait a minute, what’s going on? Chevy didn’t make one. While there was a 2-door wagon in the ’64-65 model years, it was dropped after 1965. It took a lot of welding, wrenching, and painting for one industrious car guy to come up with this week’s spot, a ’67 Chevelle 2-Door Wagon SS 396.

While the 1967 Chevelle SS 396 is a famous muscle car, a “2-door wagon” configuration was not standard, or a factory option, for this model. The 1967 Chevelle SS396 was offered as a 2-door coupe, 4-door sedan, and 4-door station wagon, but never a 2-door wagon.

This car, which I spotted at an event in Green Bay this past summer, started out as a ’67 Chevelle 4-door wagon with a straight 6 and was built in GM’s Fremont, Calif., factory. The builder took quarter panels, doors, and B-pillars from an El Camino and also added the rear side windows from a ’64-’65 2-door wagon. Then all of the SS trim and 396/325 hp V8. That’s a lot of work!

Additionally, the customizer added Flowmaster mufflers and exhaust, Sanderson Headers, Griffin aluminum radiator, MSD ready-to-run electronic distributor, tilt and power steering, power rear window, power disc/drum brakes, and 15×8 Rally Wheels 245/50-15 & 265/50-15 tires.

Originally introduced in 1964, Chevrolet created something special. It could be configured in a four-door sedan, station wagon, or even a coupe utility, El Camino, and was one of the most successful Chevy models of all time.

The two-door coupe was the coolest, though, and fastest, and led Chevy into the classic muscle car era. 1967 was the last year for the first-generation model, and it came with a new contoured “Coke bottle” body style, replacing the boxier pre-’66 cars. It didn’t make any difference if it was equipped with the standard inline-six or the 396 V8; it was a solid, reliable car, many of which are still on the road today.

In 1967 the 2-door version was a car you didn’t mess with when it came to street racing. Motor Trend reported a 0-60 mph time of 6.5 seconds for the L78 Chevelle SS and it ran the quarter-mile in 14.9 seconds at 96.5 mph. 

So what are they worth now? Well, this one was up for sale for $60K but a ’67 2-door SS 396 with the 8-cyl. 396cid/325hp 4bbl L35 in #1 Concours condition according to Hagerty is valued at $115,000, while a convertible in #1 Concours condition with an 8-cyl. 396cid/350hp 4bbl L34 will sell for $126,000.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out the spot I found in Green Bay. Come back next Sunday for another one of my catches along with some of its history. If you have a few extra minutes I have tons of other spots on our site. Have a great rest of your weekend and good week ahead.