1969 Chevelle COPO 427

[Paul Ceasrine]

A little '1969' match race;
1968 426 Street-Hemi Road Runner SS/DA
versus
1968 Chevelle SS 396 (396/375HP) B/S (opposite lane, see the vent window 1968 Model)

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

A little '1969' match race;
1968 Hemi Road Runner SS/DA
versus
1969 Chevelle SS 396 B/S (opposite lane)

So who won the race, lol.

[Paul Ceasrine]

1969 Photo
1969 Chevelle COPO 427, running in SS/E

[Paul Ceasrine]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

So who won the race, lol.

Moose,

I had to make a small correction.
The 1968 Chevelle SS 396 (375 HP) was classed in B/S for 1969.

Jim LeRoux ran a 12.73 @ 111 MPH in the 1968 Hemi Road Runner.
Pretty much a basic stock Street-Hemi, with 4.56 gears, headers,
a little transmission work and 10" slicks.

The 1968 Chevelle SS 396, B/Stock,,,,had some goodies too.
...and ran a very close 12.85 @ 111 MPH.

Note: Jim took it easy on the 68' Chevelle SS,,,,,,,,,as the 68' Hemi Road Runner
was capable of running 12.10's @ 118 MPH.

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[Hemi Moose]

Paul C, I guess all you have to do now is find a old photo of a real 427 Chevelle going up against a 426 Hemi car, now that will be a good one.

[396chevy]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

Paul C, I guess all you have to do now is find a old photo of a real 427 Chevelle going up against a 426 Hemi car, now that will be a good one.

Might be several out there. I raced Carrol Fink's hemi at the 1974 division 3 indy points meet. I'll have to think alittle if any others. I do know where a photo of my black copo chevelle racing a nito 9 mustang. Might be a few pictures at local Pittsburg tracks of this car in 1973 and 1974

[Kenny Bomar]

I had the first 1966 396/375 chevelle in memphis tn, bought it new I was 17 yrs old paid $3845.99 for it, I still have the original bill sheet ! Wish I still had the car !! Boy did I have fun w/ it no/one had seen a 375hp so all the other muscle cars took me on thinking of a 325hp, no comparison as we all know now! After a cpl of trips to jail for street racing I decided the parking was too high at their lot so I went to Lakeland Dragstrip It was on then !! What a blast! It ran in A/ps a pure stock class had to have street tires mufflers, suppose to be stock all over. Then when I finally had $ to buy headers I ran A/S Then the next year NHRA refactored the engine and the 375hp hardtop could not make the #per hp to run stock only a convertible 66 would make it. So I saved my pennies skipped lunches worked o/t as an app. electrician and purchased an L-88 short block from chevy for $430. put it in the car and ran B/mp as they say having a blast Back in the DAY!!!

[CycloneFE]

My favorite video...

[RebelRoad]

Originally Posted by 396chevy

Might be several out there. I raced Carrol Fink's hemi at the 1974 division 3 indy points meet. I'll have to think alittle if any others. I do know where a photo of my black copo chevelle racing a nito 9 mustang. Might be a few pictures at local Pittsburg tracks of this car in 1973 and 1974

Thanks for the PM's...looks like we may have located your old COPO Chevelle. Try to post a pic or 2

[Paul Ceasrine]

Rock,,

For the NHRA in 1969, the 1969 Chevelle Malibu 427 COPO,
with the L-72 engine (425 HP) was originally built for the
SS/D and/or SS/DA class..

But in 1969 the NHRA re-adjusted the classes, and the 1969 Chevelle 427 COPO
was classed in SS/E or SS/EA, in with the B-Body Street-Hemi cars (except the heavier Dodge Chargers or convertible B-Body cars).

The SS/E class weight factor was (7.50 - 7.99 wt/hp).
The 69' Chevelle Malibu with the 427/425 HP L-72 weighed in at
#3554 lbs. (manual) or #3611 lbs. (automatic).

The 425 HP engine was re-factored to a higher rating, which placed the
Chevelle's in that HP/weight bracket.
Also, the cars could be classed in A/S for 1969.

In 1970,,,,the Chevelle 427 COPO car was re-classed back into SS/D,
and/or B/S in the stock class.

The carburetor, was a Holley Model #4150 780 CFM, w/vacuum secondaries.

Overall, a very powerful 'street car',,,,,,,,and driveable without any major problems,
at the track,,,,,moderate success,,,,,

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