1969 Chevelle COPO 427

[RebelRoad]

Damn, Paul...you really know your stuff.
Maybe you can help me find some old pix of my COPO Camaro that was sold at Scuncio Chev, Rallye Green & raced by Adrian L as 'Rat Patrol' His brother Mario had a 442 with a tunnel ram and was very fast.
Any help much appreciated

[Hemi Moose]

Hey RebelRoad, I think I recall seeing some old photo's of you're Camaro some wheres but I'll have to look again.

[RebelRoad]

Thanks Moose. Would love to see a couple of it racing. Been told Adrian was active in the street scene, in the RI to Boston area, as well as the drag strip

[Paul Ceasrine]

Hi Performance Cars magazine
December 1968
Performance test of the proposed (September 1968)
69' SS-427 Chevelle
Later changed to the Chevelle COPO 427

[Dwight Southerland]

Denny Ford from D1 raced a 427 Chevelle in A/S during the early 80s. I don't know if it was a COPO car or not.

[K Stubbs]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

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.

Yes, my dad and Bobby are good friends. He raced the same combo in B/S when Bobby was racing his. Very unique cars.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Not the correct thread for this,

1966 Biscayne, 427/425HP L-72, 4-speed
Car weight; #3725 lbs.
Weight Factor; 8.76 wt/hp

NHRA Class
1966,,,,, B/S
1967,,,,, A/S or SS/D
1968,,,,, B/S or SS/E
1969,,,,, C/S or SS/G
1970,,,, D/S or SS/F

'Bis-Kwik', out of Maine
In NHRA 1968 B/S, ran a best of 12.15 @ 112.
Also ran in SS/E in 1968.

In 1968, in AHRA Formula 3/DS, was the Record Holder with
an 11.50 @ 121.

[Hemi Moose]

RebelRoad, here ya go, here are some pics of Rat Patrol.

[treessavoy]

Somewhere out amongst the cedar trees on the north side of FT.Hood Texas sits the body of a copo 427 Chevelle that was raced by the U S Army Drag Racing Team and was a regular at Temple Academy Dragway in temple Texas.

JimR

[RebelRoad]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

RebelRoad, here ya go, here are some pics of Rat Patrol.

Thanks Moose. Yes, that's my car....hoping to find a couple of it racing