• Comedic and character actor John C. Reilly is promoting the ’68 Chevy Malibu convertible he is owned for greater than 30 years.
• Largely authentic other than the turquoise repaint, this Malibu is a pure SoCal cruiser with a 307-cubic-inch V-8 and a two-speed Powerglide transmission.
• The public sale ends on Tuesday, June 27.

Maybe greatest often called the “Shake” to longtime collaborator Will Ferrell’s “Bake” in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, actor John C. Reilly has appeared in dozens of roles since his movie debut in 1989. Someday in 1992, he purchased this 1968 Chevrolet Malibu convertible, which he is owned all via an extended and storied profession.

Now, it is up for public sale on Convey A Trailer, which like Automotive and Driver, is an element Hearst Autos. It is your likelihood to personal each a machine that is the proper convertible for cruising sluggish on California’s highways and has additionally been anointed with only a contact of superstar standing.

New for 1968, the second-generation Chevelle might be ordered with some critical firepower beneath the hood. At present, it appears most survivors have a 350-cubic-inch V-8 or perhaps a 396, typically with a couple of efficiency elements bolted on. This ’68 Malibu convertible, nevertheless, is the furthest factor from a would-be dragstrip hero. It nonetheless has the bottom V-8: a 307-cubic-inch engine good for simply 200 horsepower paired with a two-speed Powerglide transmission, together with 14-inch metal wheels carrying 205/75 whitewall tires. The paint has been modified from Ash Gold to Tripoli Turquoise (a period-correct Chevrolet colour), however this Malibu is principally true to what it was when it was new.

This can be a pure California automobile—fairly actually, because it was assembled at GM’s Fremont Meeting plant close to San Francisco. When Reilly purchased this automobile, he would have already appeared in Days of Thunder and will have been seen on-screen in a supporting function in Hoffa.

Not like the Rolls convertible Reilly drove as workforce proprietor Jerry Buss in Profitable Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, this Chevrolet convertible has a contact of the understated about it. Drop the highest on this traditional Chevy, load the soundtrack to Stroll Exhausting: The Dewey Cox Story into the aftermarket Alpine stereo, and head for the seashore to catch the final rays of that California sundown.

Contributing Editor

Brendan McAleer is a contract author and photographer based mostly in North Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He grew up splitting his knuckles on British vehicles, got here of age within the golden period of Japanese sport-compact efficiency, and commenced writing about automobiles and other people in 2008. His explicit curiosity is the intersection between humanity and equipment, whether or not it’s the racing profession of Walter Cronkite or Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki’s half-century obsession with the Citroën 2CV. He has taught each of his younger daughters the right way to shift a handbook transmission and is grateful for the excuse they supply to be perpetually shopping for Sizzling Wheels.