My 68 Chevy Impala Came With An In Line 6?

Question

What type of engine is this? Is it the original 327? And how hard is it to find parts and restore?

Well the emblem on the fender say's 327 but it's a straight 6 under the hood so i was/am hoping that its the original?

Answer 1

an in line 6 would be the 250 six cylinder,those were real good engines,and a lot of those cars came with them,they were extremely good on gas also,i owned one a long time ago,they were dependable vehicles,and finding parts isn't hard at all for those cars,good luck on it.

Answer 2

Okay here is the straight (pun intended) scope on your Imp. Starting in 68 Chevy came up with some strange COPOs. Probably the most strange was there “have it your way” campaign. Basically you could order your Imp any way you wanted it including have an engine put in that belonged to a different option group. For example some option groups, such as ps/pb with front disk, vinyl seats, floor carpeting and exterior chrome trim, might have come standard with the 327 and optioned down to the 250 inline. The 327 emblems would still be installed, as it was part of the original trim package. In later years the engine number on the fender came to mean a complete option package. For example the Caprice 400, which in fact had a 454 under the hood. Then of course there was the famous opps mistake between 1969 and 1972 where so many 396 emblems were ordered in 1968 that when Chevy switched to the 402 they decided not to change the emblem, as it wasn’t cost effective to do so.

To find out what you car came with you need to decode the VIN.

Chevrolet 1965 to 1971

1st digit - Make. (1) Chevrolet
2nd digit - Series/Model. Code partially dependant on digit 6. (0) Corvair, Monza or Corsa, (1) Nova or Chevy II, (2) Camaro, (3) Chevelle, Malibu, El Camino, Monte Carlo or Nomad, (4) Vega, (5) Biscayne, (6) Caprice/Impala, (9) Corvette.
3rd digit - Engine. (1) 4 or 6 cylinder, (3, 5 or 7) 6 cylinder, (2, 4, 6 or 8) V8
4th and 5th digits - Body Style. (11) 2-door sedan, (35) 4-door station wagon, 2-seat (65-68), (36) 4-door station wagon, 2-seat (69-71), (37) 2-door Sport Coupe (65-66 Impala & SS) or 2-door coupe (1969-70 Impala), (39) 4-door Sport Sedan, (45) 4-door station wagon, 3-seat (65-68), (46) 4-door station wagon, 3-seat (69-71), (47) 2-door coupe (66-71 Caprice, 68-71 Impala Custom), (57) 2-door coupe (1971 Impala), (67) 2-door convertible, (69) 4-door sedan, (87) 2-door Sport Coupe (fastback) (67-68 Impala & SS)
6th digit - Year. (5) 1965, (6) 1966, (7) 1967, (8) 1968, (9) 1969, (0) 1970, (1) 1971.
7th digit - Assembly Plant. (A) Atlanta, GA, (B) Baltimore, MD, (C) Southgate, CA, (F) Flint, MI, (G) Framingham, MA, (J) Janesville, WI, (K) Kansas City, MO, (L) Los Angeles, CA, (N) Norwood, OH, (P) Pontiac, MI, (R) Arlington, TX, (S) St. Louis, MO, (T) Tarrytown, NY, (U) Lordstown, OH, (W) Willow Run, MI, (Y) Wilmington, DE, (Z) Fremont, CA, (1) Oshawa, ON, (2) St. Therese, QC
8th to 13th digits - Sequential production number.

Answer 3

Could of had a 250 straight 6, or a 327 v 8, mine had the doggy 307.v 8

Answer 4

Not the engine that came with it--the 6 is a 230 high thrift... the v8 - 327 would be in there--someone put in a new engine or added the flags on the fenders.

Answer 5

My best guess is that the car is a stock 6-cyl. with a new front clip that happened to have the '327 v-8 'emblems on it. By new I mean a donor front clip that probably came off a junk yard car. I've never-ever seen a factory '68' misbadged from the factory.

Answer 6

If it is a 6 cylinder it is probably the 250. (The 327 is a V8)

Mechanical parts are readily available for these classics but body parts would be rare and hard to find.

Answer 7

I had one of those,it was stolen...sweet car..yes,327 would be the original straight 6 motor it was manufactured with,that's not to say someone didn't replace it sometime but it came with the straight 6,327...parts are simple to change and repair,for instants..the starter slipping a bit can be taken apart and have the disk sanded and be good as new..but sorry,I bought the last carb rebuild kit in the store...just kidding..there are some classic car magazines out there and web sites where you can order classic parts as new or check your junkyards for good deals..love that car and it will love you back.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

No, In sixty 8 all Pontiac engines have been made by or for Pontiac. right here is the deal. The 4 hundred Pontiac replaced into between the 389 which replaced into in GTO and the 421 interior the completed length Catalina and Bonneville.The actual length of the Pontiac block is longer subsequently the crank and camshafts do no longer interchange. i think of the cubic inch length 4 hundred could be ringing a bell to you. Chevy built there is in mid 1975. for %.-up truck use in trouble-free terms. They have been a issue baby of kinds using fact of block cracking between the siamesed cylinder bores and head cracking issue. right this moment all of us and there brother's are casting new and more desirable 4 hundred inch chevy blocks, Dart and newly casted racing Chevrolet blocks could be properly be bored to 4 3/sixteen inches.

Answer 10

68 was 327 but also some sixes. you are sure the six was not orig equipment.