only two made

[Jim Parsons]

According to the National NOVA club there were a few documented 1967 L-79 350HP Chevy II also. Apparently there was a few motors left over from 66 and they went into the early 67"s.

[Mike Fuller]

Originally Posted by Jim Parsons

According to the National NOVA club there were a few documented 1967 L-79 350HP Chevy II also. Apparently there was a few motors left over from 66 and they went into the early 67"s.

I had two friends that owned one of these cars. I believe there were around 40-50 produced before the option was deleted.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Mike Fuller

I had two friends that owned one of these cars. I believe there were around 40-50 produced before the option was deleted.

Why would that option get deleted? Took to much shine away from the 'Vette?

[Randall Klein]

Some mid level marketing genius decided the 67 Camaro was their performance offering, Vettes for road courses, and Chevy II for economy.....in 68 the Nova once again jumped back into the HP race.

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

Why would that option get deleted? Took to much shine away from the 'Vette?

It was done because the Camaro was introduced in 1967, and they did not want to have the 67 Chevy II out perform the SS 350 67 Camaro. Another mistake by idiots in stupd departments in the automotive industry. They did not offer anything with more performance in their new performance car than a mild 350. It amazes me that no one had the intelligence to put a set of small dome pistons in the 350, add the heads, intake, and camshaft from the L-79 327, and stick a big Q-Jet on it. It took some true geniuses in some small offices to be so stupid as to have a 327 that made 350HP, and have a 350 that made less than 300HP, in the same size and weight package. Eventually, the stupid decision on the Camaro was over ruled, and the big block installed.

[Billy Nees]

Alan did you know that the early Camaro paperwork contained the 327/350 as a Camaro option? If you look up the old engine codes you can find that GM assigned block codes for a 327/350 Camaro too!

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Alan did you know that the early Camaro paperwork contained the 327/350 as a Camaro option? If you look up the old engine codes you can find that GM assigned block codes for a 327/350 Camaro too!

I saw that somewhere. Never saw an actual car though. It always did amaze and amuse me that it took until the 4th year of production for the 350 to have a real hard core performance version. Given the prevailing market of the times, an LT-1, or the combination I posted up thread should have been built in 1967 as part of the first batch of 350 engines.

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

It was done because the Camaro was introduced in 1967, and they did not want to have the 67 Chevy II out perform the SS 350 67 Camaro. Another mistake by idiots in stupd departments in the automotive industry. They did not offer anything with more performance in their new performance car than a mild 350. It amazes me that no one had the intelligence to put a set of small dome pistons in the 350, add the heads, intake, and camshaft from the L-79 327, and stick a big Q-Jet on it. It took some true geniuses in some small offices to be so stupid as to have a 327 that made 350HP, and have a 350 that made less than 300HP, in the same size and weight package. Eventually, the stupid decision on the Camaro was over ruled, and the big block installed.

If they would have done that AND had the Z-28, they would have had full control of the market.

[Dwight Southerland]

Also, Chev had planned a 3x2bbl small block engine for the '67 Camaro that was nixed before production. Several of the assembly manuals had pages referencing that engine that were marked "cancelled". I do not know any particulars about the internals, but it used the same chrome valve covers as the 350 option and a triangle air cleaner like the tri-power Corvettes. '67 was the first year of the 5-year 50,000 mile warranty and that may have had some bearing on the factory offering those performance engines.

[X-TECH MAN]

Originally Posted by Dwight Southerland

Also, Chev had planned a 3x2bbl small block engine for the '67 Camaro that was nixed before production. Several of the assembly manuals had pages referencing that engine that were marked "cancelled". I do not know any particulars about the internals, but it used the same chrome valve covers as the 350 option and a triangle air cleaner like the tri-power Corvettes. '67 was the first year of the 5-year 50,000 mile warranty and that may have had some bearing on the factory offering those performance engines.

NO BIG DEAL BUT................
For what its worth Chevrolet only made 20 (TWENTY) PRODUCTION L-88's. These were the assembly line assembled cars. 17 are known to exist and 3 have the original engines. The rest have replacement engines no matter what the re stamped block says. The rest were cars with engines used as "Service parts" (engines) so they could be used in SCCA type of events. The famous "K-MOTION CORVETTE" from Motion performance in NY was NOT a real L-88 driven by the late Astoris Chas shown in car magazines. But who cares !! It was a car that made for "Wet Dreams"I have a copy of EVERY Corvette Black book printed and they ALL say 20 prodction L-88 cars I know personally the 2 guys who own the ZL-1's The Yellow one and the blue one. The blue one has NO paperwork and is about 1 hour from me here in Florida. The yellow one is fully documented and is also in Florida just off Rt # 4 at his dealership along with a cpl. of REAL L-88's of the 1967 varitey. A good friend had a RED 69 L-88 Coupe that he tried to race with a factory Turbo 400. This was before good torque converters.He was a salesman at a local Chevrolet dealer in Md. The guy with the white ZL-1 I do not know but it is supposed to be fully documented. . I have been a Corvette guy since before I had a drivers liscense. I have owned 11 of them and raced a few (not L-88s) including a 435 HP '67 roadster which was one of 20 (yes twenty) built that I ordered new with the M-22 trans. Look them up....its all there in the Corvette black book.