1965 Chevelle SS Convertible on BAT -- Sad fake VIN tag, and BAT censorship

[jeffschevelle]

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Yeah, looking at the two auctions, and the Seller's attempt to "play dumb", and the handling of this one by BAT, there is definitely more to the story somewhere.
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Originally Posted by Bill Pritchard

Just FWIW, was a console standard equipment on a 65 Malibu SS? I know years ago I saw a very original appearing 64 Impala SS 6 cyl with 3 speed manual column shift and it had a console with a block-off plate where a shifter could have been.

64-65 Chevelle SS's came standard with buckets, but a console was only included if you ordered a powerglide or a 4-speed (unlike 64-67 Impala SS 3-on-tree's which came with an automatic console with the block off plate over the shifter hole as you noted).

I presume 64-65 Chevelles were not done like Impala SS's because there is no storage compartment in a 64-65 Chevelle console, so you were not gaining anything. And the automatic console would look sort of dorky with no shifter in it, the way it suddenly gets much taller right behind where the shifter would be.