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Originally Posted by FED 387
Well the 375 HP FI option was listed in the sales orders for the Chevelle---I ordered one in a 300 deluxe 2 door sedan and waited almost 6 months they kept delaying production time & time again until the summer of 1966 and then finally said they would not be producing them--The Engine option was about $400-500 if I remember correctly--Finally ordered a 1966 Chevelle 300 2 door sedan with a 300/327 and 4 speed--- that car flew won a lot of money street racing with it!!! Eventually sold it to a guy in Phoenix City Alabama who ended up making a stocker/super stocker out of it---
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A friend in town has much the same story. He ordered an 1970 LS6 El Camino in late 69, and was able to order air conditioning as an option. After waiting a very long time, he got notice that if he wanted the LS6 there would be no air.
There was a reason for the weirdness of buying the highest performance engine with a power-robbing option. He was an engine builder and had lots of 396 engines lying around. The LS6 quickly came out of the car and went into a race car. Looking at the option cost (around $250 as I remember) it was a very cheap way to get GM's most advanced parts and just a fraction of what it would have cost to buy them over the counter.