Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

There were no factory 427 Chevelles or Camaro's built. In 68. Hi Po dealers like Yenko, Dana etc were doing transplants and Joel Rosen @ Motion Perf & Dick Harrell were doing them in their own shops also.

The '68 COPO Nova was about the closest thing to a factory supercar that year. Ordered under COPO #9738, they were the 1st Chevy's with a 396 big block tied to a special M40 automatic and 4:10 posi rear. Harrell advertised his conversions up to 500hp. Fred Gibb placed the order for all 50 and sold them thru a network of dealers...he felt that these special M40 Nova's could be more competitive with Mopars & Fords running BB automatics

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

Thanks I know a buddy had one years back not SS but had hood and badges, said it was ordered and I saw paperwork just never seen anymore, like FED387 I've only seen one. And there was a Chevelle with a 427 from factory I believe it was 1966 SS427!!

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

Before 1969 they (427's) were all transplants from specialty dealers like Yenko, Balwin-Motion, etc. .

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

not to hijack this thread but how many remember the 67-70 SS427 Impala??? Had a 67 that was in decent shape sold it to a guy that has totally restored it to the tune of about $30-40 thousand looks like a brand new car----

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

Yep....they were a lot larger than the "Pony" cars and Chevelles mentioned here. Love the gas milage.

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

sorry it is 67-68-69 NOT 70

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

69 is the best one....you could get it with a 400 Turbo.

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

Actually, the big car had the 427 available from 1966 until 1969.

Over on Competition Plus, they have a link to the video from the 1978 SportsNationals, Stock came down to S.E Buchanan in his D/S Mustang and Bobby Blankenship in his B/S 66 Biscayne 427/425.

All of the 66 427/425 2 door big cars were natural B cars and stick only. But there were real 66 Chevy big cars with the 427/425 and a 4 speed.

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

Joel Rosen @ Motion installed an L88 in a 66 Chevelle back in the day. The owner drove it to the track, put some cheater slicks on & set a track record. The car was in GA for a while, but recently sold to a collector in NY. Pretty sure that the only 'factory' Hi-Po 427's in '66 were going in Corvettes...but I could be wrong. I'm no expert

Re: 1969 Chevelle COPO 427
 

I had two different friends that bought 68 Chevelle's with the 396-375 HP 4 speed options.
Both had cast iron heads.
Fastest cars around in 1968.
Rick Cates