The
1971
Chevrolet Chevelle SS
represented Chevrolet's great
muscle car. In
1964 Chevelle SS and
1965
Chevelle SS had
a Chevelle SS Malibu SS badge on the rear quarter. The
Chevelle SS, which became a regular series of its own in 1966 called the
Chevelle SS 396,
was the high performance version and had its own line of engines and
performance equipment.
Two prototype
Z16 were built at the Baltimore plant and all regular
production Z16 Chevelle SS were built at the
Kansas City plant.
Whether these 2 prototypes and the 1 reported convertible are included in
this 201 figure isn't known. The 1 convertible was reportedly special built
for
Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen
but is commonly called the 201st Z16
1972 Chevelle SS
The performance engines available included
Chevelle SS 396 in³ V8s The 1966
Chevrolet
Chevelle SS and
1967
SS model years also saw the limited run of the 'strut
back' 2-dr sport coupe with its own model number, 17, as opposed to model
number 37 used on previous and later 2-dr sport coupes. The
1968
Chevelle
SS model year was the first and only year of the SS396
El Camino
with its own series/model identification of 13880. Almost all the goodies
(big block engine, suspension, transmission options, etc.) of the SS396
could be ordered on the 1966 and
1967
Chevelle SS
El Camino but, sadly, the SS396 series
El Camino was not
available until (and only in) the 1968 model year. As with the 300 Deluxe
and Malibu in 1969 and only the Chevelle SS Malibu from
1970
Chevelle SS
to 1972 Chevelle SS, the
SS option could be
ordered in
the El Camino as well.
