1966 SS 396 Chevelle Barn Find and legendary street racer with 427 

I dated a girl that lived in Woolwine Virginia for years. I remember her dad talking about this car. It definitely was a local legend. It is ironic that all these years later I own a 66 Chevelle. Awesome car!!!

I watch these videos just to see the car. I would never let my car get to this condition .

Bought a new 66 SS 396 Dec 65, marina blue 325hp, 4 speed, 3.73 posi rear ! Had it for 17 months, traded it in on a 67 GTO ragtop ! Wish I still had both these cars ! This is a great barn find and definitely worthy of complete restoration !

Wow ... That fella sure can talk !! lol .

Great story !

I can remember a burger stand with car-hops that all the local street racers hung out at that had a row that was "reserved" for cars that could turn 12 second ets or better. There was an orange '69 Chevelle that was the car to beat, 10.90 with slicks. Not bad for the early '70s.

Listening to these fellows talk just tickled me to death man the old racing and stuff that wood have been a great place to live

I used to have both a 1966 and a 1967 Chevelle SS in my younger days. I found that the 396 had a notorious weak mains and my friend and I used to throw the main bearings. We also found the oiling system was not great. To resolve this the main bearing issue we either used to go to either to the 427 or 454, either that or go find a 396 with a 4-bolt main short block which were not easy to find or simply take the short block and have it machined to strengthen it. To take care of the oil problem was simply install a better oil pump.

I love seeing it with the lesser-seen Bumperettes; very nice!

Cool stories!

I really like the video! Great job!

Man! That car still looks mean just sittin there! Looks like a street fighter! Make it so!!!

Man you come up with some great stories Jerry, subscribed.

I had a 67 SS 396 Maroon black vinyl top. Put solid mounts in it and Doug Thorley Show Tubes on her Hurst Competition Plus Shifter ,Edelbrock 6" rise Tarantula intake manifold the carb sat catty corner can not find any thing like it now and a Scatter Sheild just in case , boy was that the sound the deep crack of the those big side pipes and the whine of the M-22 and big wheel hop burning rubber sliding left then right as you shifted gears down the road as you caught rubber in all four gears . Sooo much fun back in the day the only thing I wish they had was disc brakes ,they would have saved me 3 front ends because drums would burn up so quick

Cool stories

My step cousin had one of these in Kentucky it only had a 327 and a 400 trans with shift kit but honestly it ran like a spider monkey jacked up on mtn dew it was a nasty running car for sure

Well damn.there's my dream car.would love to find one and don't care the condition

It is always such a shame to see such a nice car just sit and deteriorate like that.

I bought one in 75 got it for $550.00! I was very happy with it! Until I found out that the front end would slide before the rear end! 396,with a power slide,& a knee knocker tachometer from the factory!!Would love to have it back,but I traded it for a show room 56 GMC with a 396 & 4speed,biggest chrome front grille you ever seen!!!!!!!!

There are 2 chevelles shown in this video. One has the Crane Cams sticker on the driver side window with mag wheels the other has chevelle no sticker in the window, has winter treads on the rear and no front bumber guards. Several other small details that show 2 chevelles are in this video

I have a 67SS that I bought in 70. It has 50,000 or so miles on the odometer. Ben trying to restore it for 15 years now, always something comes up and the old Chevelle gets put on the back burner till a later day..... Just a few weeks ago it was 20 feet under hurricane Harvey flood water but it don't look like the water did any harm to it. Maybe some day I will get it back on the road.

I have my 66ss for over thirty years pick it up for 800. Dollars did not run and pulled the big block out and put a small block in it I had just totled one had that one for month I put the running gear in this one then 20 years latter I drop in a Ls6 and a m22. Love the car was thinking about selling and buying a 55 Chevy but my wife said I will regret it I think she's right.

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Bought a brand new 1966 Aztec Red SS396 when I came back from 'Nam. Insurance sky high, traded it for an 1967 Impala Super Sport.

Great video! On my third 66 Chevelle currently.. 2 SS cars and a Malibu. Love them! Did they make other year Chevelles? 😁

There are pictures of two different cars in this video.

the money it would take to do a proper restoration would be more than what it would be worth today...shame they never preserved it better..

True American iron needs to be restored!!

Wow

My last Race Car was a 66 Chevelle, which I had to buy from my Brother after, I blew the motor and he want out and got himself a 69 Runner Run with a Hemi so I turn that Chevelle into Track Car.

I would like to see it fully restored.

Where in VA did they find it?

Keystone wheels? I haven't seen those in 35 years.

so, is there a follow up to this story? even if it weren't completed? I am a Ford guy, but love the 66 Chevelle/Malibu Marina Blue is a pretty color, but I like Black also whichever color is decided will be a looker !!

Even the rust is original.

I had a 66 Chevelle. Put air shocks on the back and GTO springs with spacers on the front raising her up and leveling her off. Never should have sold it. The guy I sold it to got drunk and ran it into a parking meter.

Is this in Tennessee? I know where another one is all original inside and out. It's that dark blue color.

Where @ in va are you.had a 67 ss and 73 ss chevelles

Post the restoration, please!

My apologies to Jerry Heasley. I didn't mean to make this video about my car, I should have said something about the 66 he was featuring in the video!

if i found a barn find i would turn it into a tuner

Sounds like it was recorded thru another phone, tough to understand, like CB talk, turn down the squelch

Awesome car Chevelle for sale

how can 79 people dislike this are you people on drugs wth

why they didn't finish this video like when they rebuild it and bring it back to glory.

Once? There was this 58 Plymouth Fury? And it was possessd? And it killed people? And it would crash and burn? And it would fix itself. True story.

Sad it was running

why they didn't finish this video and bring the car back to glory

I never figured out why people just let these car rot to the ground oh I restore it one of these days lol by then it's a pile of rust

This is why we the people are going green

Those are a diff cars .

Left to rot outside under an overhang. Jesus people.....

It's a real shame. This car is Toast. All the sheet metal is trash and rusted through. it was originally a Marina Blue version. Blue over Blue I had one brand new just like this. It has some low buck aluminum wheels and cheapo air cleaner. My best guess after looking over the pictures there is probably some series rust issues in the frame. IMO this car is NOT worth restoring. I love Chevelles and have owned three 66's . But I would pass on this baby. A real shame.

Rats destroy "barn finds"

This guy didn't blow shit up....

Breaker breaker 1 9 krrrck

Something tells me that car has a lot of bondo.

I call this video "bullcrap"at second no 40 you have a dicferent ac that at second no 47...the you have another different car at 6.24.Don't try to sell us hog wash.I true GM muscle car guy can spot a wart on a gnats ass

I call bullshit....The first thing to break if this car was ever even mildly street-raced would be the STOCK MUNCIE SHIFTER & would've been replaced with a Hurst Competition Plus.... usually the ABSOLUTE FIRST mod/upgrade done to EVERY GM vehicle with a Muncie floor shift.

Cant hear the audio some dude ramblin on about? Nothing i give a sh*t about most likely video would be preferable over photos i think the story here is a good one but you need to tell it better. Deleate this video and start over.

Yadda yadda yadda......horseshit !!

junk

Any car videos with “barn find” is an automatic thumbs down And total BS