Question on 1968 Chevelles with Buick interiors

[442w30]

Hi, what's the deal with this? Plant ran out of proper interiors? Supplies ran short due to riots? Something else?

Do we know how many cars received this treatment?

Thank you!

[Mr. Chevy]

My buddy had a pristine 68 SS 396 car that had a Buick interior that was factory installed.

From what I understand there was a strike at Chevy/GM in 68 which may have created this..

Rich

[tunes]

I have a friend that has a 1968 L79 Malibu that came with the Buick interior. I don't remember the reason but the plants did run out of the standard interior and had to use the Buick pieces to keep production going. It's a well known fact among '68 owners.

[L72Chevelle]

Fire at one of the plants i thought.

[Postsedan]

I for one think it was a Huge Improvement with the Buick Interior.
That interior is stunning :)

Dan

[Sean]

Mine has it. Gm went on strike and supplemented the Buick interiors in the. Pretty unique!

[Mr. Chevy]

68 altogether was a weird car year for GM. I love the 68 Chevelles and GTOs.

Rich

[cheveslakr]

....and 442s! Can't forget them. A '68 olds has such a unique interior while sporting the iconic A-body exterior. With the right stance, they look just plain wicked.

[TAR6569]

Labor dispute at the interior plant. You can read about it here. I solved the mystery a few years ago and Dale posted the letters I found about it!

[fsc66]

Looks lie there were quite a few non-Chevrolet interior codes for the 68' Chevelle. If we know the codes I can check production.

Paul

[442w30]

https://www.chevellestuff.net/1968/interiors/index.htm