1969 Chevelle COPO 427

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Originally Posted by scott helms

The front marker light said 396 that was a 1968 piece, speaking of 1968 does anybody remember a 1968 427 Chevelle from factory? Why not in book. not enough made?

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