1968 435HP Corvette with Air Conditioning - Available?
Last week I purchased a 1968 Big Block Corvette Coupe (body build Feb 16 1968) that was listed for sale by a farmer in Iowa who owned it since 1982. The price was right whether a big block or small block so I purchased it. The farmer stated that all he did was drive it very rarely and do a little maintenance on it since 1982. However, he decided to sell it when the tires started falling apart because they were completely dry rotted from sitting. I was able to verify that he indeed was the owner of the car since 1982 with an original registration receipt. Its looks to be a very original corvette showing 43,261 miles (could be 143,000 but the interior seems to be in to good of condition). It does need total restoration from sitting on concrete floor and being banged and scratched. It is a Red on Red with the Original Interior but was repainted once at some point.
The farmer purchased the car from a small local car dealership who had installed a small block after it was traded in by another local guy who blew up the BB. Several things intrigued me about the car, It had its original Red interior, showed a 6500RPM tach (dash appears to be untouched), the transmission matches the VIN and has been untouched, the transmission ID tag was still attached #3915031, transistorized Ignition is intact #111296 and is working well, sway bars both measure out to a Big Block, single fuel line, and it has the heavy duty rear U-joint caps. The farmer replaced the gas tank back in the late 90's so the tank sticker is not available. It does not have power brakes but it does have power steering.
My question to the group is - was factory Air Conditioning an option for the 435HP BB? This Corvette has factory A/C. Could you buy a 1968 435HP with Air conditioning? Currently the compressor and brackets are missing but everything else is there so I wanted to get the groups opinion.
The farmer purchased the car from a small local car dealership who had installed a small block after it was traded in by another local guy who blew up the BB. Several things intrigued me about the car, It had its original Red interior, showed a 6500RPM tach (dash appears to be untouched), the transmission matches the VIN and has been untouched, the transmission ID tag was still attached #3915031, transistorized Ignition is intact #111296 and is working well, sway bars both measure out to a Big Block, single fuel line, and it has the heavy duty rear U-joint caps. The farmer replaced the gas tank back in the late 90's so the tank sticker is not available. It does not have power brakes but it does have power steering.
My question to the group is - was factory Air Conditioning an option for the 435HP BB? This Corvette has factory A/C. Could you buy a 1968 435HP with Air conditioning? Currently the compressor and brackets are missing but everything else is there so I wanted to get the groups opinion.
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