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Old 04-06-2017, 09:47 AM   #1
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How about in '69, a Chevelle 300 post car with a 396/375? A few hundred of those were built to compete with the Plymouth Road Runner, ie.a cheap body with a big block power train. Not sure what hood these had,they were pretty rare.
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Old 04-06-2017, 12:07 PM   #2
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Back a long time ago, before NHRA was run by Investment Bankers and was still a Drag Racing Sanctioning body they cared about the validity of the cars that raced in Stock and Super Stock.....

One year at the WinterNationionals, about 35 years ago, NHRA decided to fix all that was wrong with Stock & Super Stock by requiring the correct hoods on 67, 68 & 69 Camaros......

There was a mad dash during tech back to their trailers (open trailers), to swap out hoods.......

Almost all of the Camaros at that race had mismatched hoods but the cars had the correct hoods according to the NHRA.....

It looks like now Stock & Super Stock has turned into "Run what you brung" or little cheaters and big cheaters.....

They just keep chipping away at it.....
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Old 04-06-2017, 12:15 PM   #3
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Every big block 68-69 chevelle came from the factory with the 2 domed hoods even the 1969 4 door police cars ---no flat hoods. just the 2 dome hoods with the non functional grilles

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Old 04-07-2017, 06:10 PM   #4
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Every big block 68-69 chevelle came from the factory with the 2 domed hoods even the 1969 4 door police cars ---no flat hoods. just the 2 dome hoods with the non functional grilles
At the time back in 77 ,78,at a scrap yard ,i found my SS hood on a gold 4 door chevelle,i thought who wood put that on a 4 dr,now i understand cop cars had them,,i got the hood for $10 bucks,yes $10 bucks, cant remember if it was a v-8 car,good old days oh and $5 bucks for a steel 350 crank std.
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Old 04-06-2017, 04:45 PM   #5
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How about in '69, a Chevelle 300 post car with a 396/375? A few hundred of those were built to compete with the Plymouth Road Runner, ie.a cheap body with a big block power train. Not sure what hood these had,they were pretty rare.
Greg, the '69 300 Deluxe Chevelle sedans came with the SS hood, as they were actually SS optioned cars.

In '69, the SS was an option that could be added to the Chevelle, whereas in '68, the SS was an actual Chevelle model unto itself.

Interestingly, the NHRA only accepts the 396-375's in the '69 300 Deluxe 2 dr sedans. There were a couple of those cars here in town, owned by current Super Stock racers Ron Roddel and Bob Sherwood. Ron still has his and it's been beautifully restored.

I have seen an original '69 300 Deluxe SS sedan 396-325 with a three speed manual floor shift, so the 375's weren't the only engine they came with.

On a related note, the '69 COPO Chevelle 427-425's (just 323 built, by most accounts) were a standard Malibu 2 dr. but they came with the SS hood and no SS badges, etc.

Just like a '69 Camaro COPO was the standard body with the cowl induction hood.
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Old 04-06-2017, 05:46 PM   #6
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In 1969, Chevelles were offered with an RPO Z25 option called "SS396 Package", available on 2-dr hardtops, 2-dr coupes (sedan), convertibles and the El Caminos. This made the offering in the same structure as the Camaros (RPO Z22 Super Sport package). The RPO Z25 SS396 option included the base 325hp, Turbo-Jet 396 V8, black-accented grille, special hood, ornamentation and suspension, plus sport wheels and F70x14 wide-oval white lettered tires, power disc brakes, and special 3-speed manual transmission. Additional horsepower engines that could be specified when ordering the Z25 SS396 option were the L34 396-350, the L78 396-375, and the L89 396-375 w/aluminum heads. The 2-dr sedan(coupe) was only offered in the 300 Deluxe series that year.

That information is from Chevrolet published sales material and dealership order material from 1969. The 396 engines could not be ordered without the Z25 SS396 option just like in Camaros, so the hood is not optional.

See http://chevellestuff.net/1969/69ss.htm
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Try getting a 283 4 speed1966 Malibu SS through tech. In the end it was decided (by NHRA) someone had added the emblems (it was factory car) as they were not in the guide.
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There were over 8000 1969 chevelle 300 deluxe 4 door sedans with base v8 engines not sure how many were police package cars RPO B07 --- but there were 323 L 35 396 engine sold that they should be in the guide. What say you??? Fed 387

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I'm going to propose making the "Grumpy Lump" hood scoop legal on all 1967-1969 Camaros.

Who's with me?
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I'm going to propose making the "Grumpy Lump" hood scoop legal on all 1967-1969 Camaros.

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