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I got lucky last week finding this '68 L79 Convertible parked for 48 years. Plates were last registered in 1981 but the last oil change and service receipts were in late 1978 Odometer is hooked up and works and the car shows two miles from the last oil change to where it is currently. Car was purchased off of a used car lot in 1977 by a Ms. Ramsey. She drove the car for about a year and a half and then parked it after some clutch trouble.
It retains its numbers matching drivetrain. It wears one repaint in a non factory blue.
Tank sticker was intact and shows some neat options.
P01 wheel covers
Tinted Glass
N11 Offroad Exh
M20
L79 327/350hp
Std Black top
Std Black interior
Safari yellow.
G81 3.36
Intake, carb, hood and alt are incorrect but the rest of the components are original to the car including the shocks. Seats and glove box i don't think are original to the car due to the headrests not on the tank sheet and no pockets available in '68 glove box. We did find some old grocery receipts from 1969 and a parking ticket that we pieced together from 1972. The car was never full cleaned out so there was some neat paperwork hiding under the seats.
Working on what the plan of attack is, borescope shows two cylinders with some scale and the engine is stuck. I've started soaking it, but with the clutch issues it seems it might be best course if action to pull the engine and trans go through it.
Last edited by silverstonel71; Mar 23, 2026 at 10:53 PM.
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Hello,
Aren't YOU a lucky fellow!!!
What a terrific find!
I hope you have lots of time and $.
This car will take it and deserve it!
Good Luck
Regards......
Hello,
Aren't YOU a lucky fellow!!!
What a terrific find!
I hope you have lots of time and $.
This car will take it and deserve it!
Good Luck
Regards......
Thank you! I assure i am short on both time and $ but the car will get the attention it deserves.
Nice find!
You plan on putting the car back to original?
Thank you, at this time i think the car will be put back original. The way i view it having all of its numbers matching stuff i don't have much choice. I wasn't really after a small block car but it speaks for itself and i think it was reason enough to buy it. Tank sticker, engine, trans, rear, numbers matching etc.
Very nice find. What month was the car built? Looks like someone had access to a 69, as the vent ***** are from a 69, so are the seats and the passenger dash has a map pocket. What carb and manifold are on the car? Keep the master cylinder. That is original and difficult to find. Good luck with getting it road worthy. I have had mine since 1972. Jerry
Very nice find. What month was the car built? Looks like someone had access to a 69, as the vent ***** are from a 69, so are the seats and the passenger dash has a map pocket. What carb and manifold are on the car? Keep the master cylinder. That is original and difficult to find. Good luck with getting it road worthy. I have had mine since 1972. Jerry
Thank you! The car was built in October 11th. The vent ***** and radio ***** are 69 for sure, Believe it or not the seats are actually 1st design 68 leather seats. There was a newspaper clipping with a local advertisement for these in the car from the 90s, calling them 69-72, but 68 leather seats still used the vinyl inlay as well low release levers that was later changed in 68 these have both as well as optional headrest, regardless you are correct, they are not from this car, i think i will remove the headrest and have them recovered in the correct vinyl being that they are technically the correct release lever style for an early car.. The car has a torker intake and a Holley 600 vac secondary on it. Thanks for the reply.
Awesome find. The L79 is a super engine and very quick.
Looks like it may be an early car due to the mirror placement. Hubcaps are cool. I tried to zoom but from what I saw they look like actual PO1 covers.
Intake may be a replacement (no biggy).
As someone mentioned if the carb is original that is huge (7028219 DG).
Question; is it my eyes or is your washer motor plastic cover an off-white?
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the reply, the carb is not original. It is an October 67 built car, I have a L71 convertible that is November 14 they both have all the early 68 features.to answer your question about the washer motor cover i am not sure and will have to look into it.
Thanks for the reply, the carb is not original. It is an October 67 built car, I have a L71 convertible that is November 14 they both have all the early 68 features.to answer your question about the washer motor cover i am not sure and will have to look into it.
Chad
Good deal. I was asking because I have a friend who is pretty knowledgeable on 68s, especially early cars. He swears the wiper motor cover was off-white (on early cars). Be cool if you still have that.
Also, looks like the original 68 only wiper boot is in decent shape! Nice find.
The 68 only wiper boot did not have the “flare” or bellow on each end. It was straight. The bellows were in the center section only as seen in the OP. To my knowledge it has never been reproduced.
I’ve seen some peeps try to cut the outer bellow off a later boot but candidly it does not look correct as it becomes too short.
GM (or dealers?) sometimes put a screw in the side of the 68 boot to hold it in place. I’ve seen that on a few very original cars more than once.
I have an original at home. If interested I’ll get a picture. Very hard to find an original.
Have a great day! John
Last edited by avalonjohn; Mar 25, 2026 at 11:30 AM.
...interesting that it has Goodyear Steelgard radials used on '73 to '77 Corvettes from GM. Safari Yellow was a cool color in '68, looks like they tried to make it International Blue?
...would be nice to see another '68 get put back on the road.
...interesting that it has Goodyear Steelgard radials used on '73 to '77 Corvettes from GM. Safari Yellow was a cool color in '68, looks like they tried to make it International Blue?
...would be nice to see another '68 get put back on the road.
Nice looking car, it will get there, I've got an L71 that i need to finish up first and then ill dig into this one, love the white lines btw.
What a nice sports car! No power robbing, weight adding widgets like AC, PS or PB. Gotta love the low optioned cars. The PO1’s added class. I’m looking forward to seeing the cleanup on this one.
'68 L79 parked for 48 Years
