1964 Chevelle 2 dr.or 4dr. wagon......

[W J]

Originally Posted by W J

Mr. Southerland, Are you refering to the same Holley-carbed 350hp/327 motor that was available on the '66 Nova cars? Available on the '65 Chevelles?? Hmmm....maybe I wasn't paying enough attention back then...Thanks. WJ

Was the 327/350hp combo available on the '65 Chevelle? I know a friend that had a '65 full-size Impala w/396/325hp 4sp combo, and heard of a few Z-16 /396 '65Chevelles being built, but thought that the first time those 327/350hp motors came around (other than in the earlier Stingray Corvettes) (I do remember that killer 327/365 '64 Corvette, as well...) was in the '66 Nova, no? When did the first 350 c.i. small blocks show--'67? Some mind-refreshing help on these 60's combos please, and pardon my ignorance... WJ

[JRyan]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Jerry, NHRA lists a '65 Chevelle 300 2s wagon, which was the 2-dr., with all engine options (including the 327-350) except the 396.

Dwight,

NHRA lists all the wagons in '65 as 2s. There were 3-seat wagons in '64, but no 3-seat wagons in '65 although one was run as a 3 seater for a couple of years in Division 5. But NHRA doesn't designate the 2 dr. wagon for '65 as they do for '64. Therefore, I don't believe it's actually a legal combo in NHRA. We used to have about ten '65's in town, and they were licensed as trucks and all owned by the Milwaukee Railroad (back then, Chicago Milwaukee St.Paul & Pacific). I really don't believe any were offered to the general public for sale in '65, and I was told that they were specially built for and delivered to the railroad.

In the early '70's a friend of mine bought one from the railroad and wanted to sell it to me. I inquired about racing it, and was told it was not in the Classification Manual, but I could change the front end to a '64 and run it. It may pass through Glendora today, but it didn't back then.

Jerry

[Travis Miller]

The 1965 Chevelle page in the NHRA classguide is unclear about the 300 station wagon. That should be cleared up shortly as I have sent an e-mail to Pat at the Glendora tech dept.

The 1965 Chevelle 300 station wagon only came as a 2dr model while the 300 Deluxe and Malibu were 4dr models. I know as I owned one of the '65 2dr wagons in the early 70's. Wish I still had it today as they are extremely rare with only 1668 units built.


Travis

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