1969 Chevelle COPO 427

[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...

[denny harvey]

a salesman at conners chevy in whitehall,ohio back in the day had a blue 69 copo chevelle that just killed everyone at green gables [ big street racing hangout ]. car had headers and 4:56 gears.what was funny was they had 12 to 15 copo camaros on the lot,but he had kids and choose the chevelle.too bad all i could drive then was a stingray bike...also downtown at white chevy on broad st they had yenkos on the new car lot outside...outside..dam

[joe huestis]

Paul,
Was that photo taken at Dover Drag Strip in Wingdale,NY ? Those fences in the background look awefully familiar. And was the chevelle of Frank Russo that of "Russo's Rat" fame ? I remember it well.
Joe Huestis

[larrylomascolo]

Originally Posted by CycloneFE

My favorite video...

Kevin Borgstrom yenko chevelle, he put a stick in car and ran AA/S ,beautiful car.

[Frank Castros]

Paul,

What ever happened to one of my favorite Dover cars "Russo's Rat" and was it an original COPO?

[Paul Ceasrine]

Frank Castro and Joe Huestis,,,,,

Yes, that is a 1969 Dover photo,,,,,,,but that Chevelle (1968 B/S) was not
Frank Russo's Chevelle.

Frank Russo's car was an original 1969 Chevelle SS396 (375 HP), 4-speed.
Bought out of Carmel, New York,,,,,'Putnam Motor Sales'
Dark blue original color...

Frank also ran in B/S in 1969,,,,,,,and a solid Class Winner running around 12.60's...
Went into SS/E in 1970,, and did pretty good at the 1970 NHRA Summernationals at York US Drag-O-Way, in Pennsylvania.
Won a couple of rounds in class, before breaking.

And here it is,,,,,

[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