1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

I just purchase a 1966 Chevelle SS sold new from Berger Chevrolet. The car was a drag racer most of it's life being titled for the first time in 2007. I'm the third owner and on the title from Texas where it says Previous Owner listed is Berger Chevrolet. It has the metal chrome " By Berger" on the back. The car was restored with a 1966 427/435 big block, 4 speed and 12 bolt posi. The car came new Mariner Blue/ Mariner Blue interior. It has is dark blue w/ black vinyl top, black bucket seat interior.
I don't have any paperwork on this car and would like to know what I need to do to have the car authenticated ?

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

Can you post some pictures?

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

You can try getting in touch with the Berger family?

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

They have no records. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

If it were mine the Mariner Blue interior would be going back in, JMO.

Nice Chevelle....Post Pics!

Dan

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ANDY M</div><div class="ubbcode-body">They have no records. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img] </div></div>NO records. NO help at all.

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

We want pics !!!!!

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

longbeachcustoms.com

I can't figure out how to post pictures of my Chevelle on this website. Please check out my website with pictures of my 66 Berger Chevelle.

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

http://www.longbeachcustoms.com/site...s%20qt%202.jpg

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/drool.gif[/img]

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

I have been able to track down the first owner of this car. It was bought new from Berger by a man from Macon, GA. The car was a 396/360 hp car. Berger installed 427 heads, solid lift cam, tunnel ram intake with dual holley's. It spent most of it's life at drag strips in the southern states through the 70's. The car was striped of it's running gear and left to sit in the corner of the mans shop until the 90's. It was sold to a guy in Arkansas who sold it as is to another guy in Arkansas. This guy never did anything with the car and in 2004 he listed it on eBay. A man from Houston TX buys the car on eBay named Charley Vance. Charley restores the car as close to original except he paints the car dark blue instead of the Marina blue with Marina blue interior is was when new. He also installs a black vinyl top and a black bucket seat interior. After I talked to the guy who sold the car to Charley he said the car had a lot of paperwork. Original bill of sale, window sticker and receipts from Berger when the work was done on the car. This Charley Vance said he didn't have any paperwork except the title stating the cars previous owner was Berger Chevrolet in Grad Rapids MI because he was the first person to ever title and tag the car for the street. I can't understand why Charley would keep the paperwork to a car he no longer owns and never will own again.
What a creep!!!!! All I can say is I own the car and thats the best part. He can keep the paperwork and shove it. I believe he thinks if he gives up the paperwork the car will be worth way more money than what he sold the car for. $30K. Not my fault he had to unload the car and I made the best offer and he took it. He also had the original carb, exhaust manifolds and oil canister that goes to the 427/435 engine that's in the car. He told me he would ship me the parts as part of the deal. The never happened either. Booooo Hooooo! Stick'em Charley. His son's eBay name is &quot;427biscayne&quot;. Beware of doing business with these guys. I sure he listed the parts on eBay and sold them.

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

Being bitter won't get you much. Just realize that there some people like that and move on. Life is to short.....

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

Amen John... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

I'm not really bitter, I just wanted to make people aware of this guy. Who would be bitter after buying the car of their dreams. I never really though a 1966 427 Chevelle really was out there. Not only wqas it out there now it belongs to me!!
I love this car!!! I can't wait to take it to Chevell - a - brathion in Goodlettsville TN and up to the Berger All Chevy Show in August.
Life is sweet in a Chevelle that can't be beat!!!

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

It seems kinda odd to me that &quot;Berger Chevrolet&quot; would be listed as the owner on the title. I own a '69 W-31 that raced as a new car for a little over two years. The sponsoring dealership did NOT title the car--it was raced on C.O. (certificate of origin) and still in inventory. During the car's racing seasons, the original window sticker was in place because technically it was &quot;available and for sale&quot;. I have vintage photos to document.
I have the P-O-P dated February 1971 as delivery date (again this is a 1969) to the first owner and the car had 499 miles on it (also on the P-O-P). On the sales contract to the first buyer, the car is listed as &quot;Company Official Car&quot; with limited warranty. The documentation I have is bullet-proof.
Titling that car would have incurred some cost the dealership.
I'm not sying it didn't happen---but it didn't with my car or
any other &quot;NEW&quot; cars that were race cars from Anderson Olds in
Baltimore, MD, or any other &quot;NEW&quot; dealer-sponsored race cars
that I have researched.

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: beachbud</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm not really bitter, I just wanted to make people aware of this guy. Who would be bitter after buying the car of their dreams. I never really though a 1966 427 Chevelle really was out there. Not only wqas it out there now it belongs to me!!
I love this car!!! I can't wait to take it to Chevell - a - brathion in Goodlettsville TN and up to the Berger All Chevy Show in August.
Life is sweet in a Chevelle that can't be beat!!! </div></div>Why are you selling the car of your dreams?

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

I have done a lot of work on the Berger Chevelle. I was able to obtain the POP for the car. It was listed on the original ebay listed as having one. The car was titled when new in the state of MI. I have the car listed for sale by the company I own just for inventroy reasons. I would never sell this car.
The car was hit hard on the right front side on Apr. 13, 2013. It is fixable and the guys insurance is fixing the car. AAA insurance has valued the car at $88K and will spend $40K to fix it. It will be pained marina blue and will have the bright blue interior when it https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-photo_10.jpg
is completed later this summer. [img:right]http://[/img]

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

more pictures of the wreck. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-photo_12.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-photo_13.jpg

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

Ugh, ouch. What happened? Very pretty in that color.

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

Now I'm sick to my stomach

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

Is the insurance co. arranging repairs or can you take a settlement and car back instead?
Either way it's probably best keep negative personal comments in check and instead offer more ca$h for the paperwork if something you still hope to procure from the guy?
Was the car converted to a 427 before the original purchaser took delivery or later?


Best of luck w/ everything!
[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]
~ Pete

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

The other guys insurance co is repairing this car. I didn't give them a choice. I told them to either find me a 1966 Berger 427 Chevelle or fix mine. They are fixing the car!!
I do not have any evidence that Berger installed a 427 in the car. From what I have learned they put 396/435 HP Corvette heads and intake on the 396 that was in the car. I talked to the second owner of the car and he told me a lot about the original owner and what he did with the car. We do know the car was sold new form Berger Chevrolet and drag raced most of it's life.

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

Here are pictures of the Chevelle before the accident and some of the repairs. I chromed the grill, headlight bezels and trim. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...ger_427_01.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...elle_new_1.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...e_engine_8.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...k_emblem_1.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...elle_new_3.jpg

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

IS that one of the first 50 X66 Yenkos in the background?

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

No, the Yenko is a clone. It is well done and can be seen on my website: www.longbeachcustosm.com. Check it out there.

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] had to ask... BTW Beautiful Chevelle, my dad graduated in 66 and lusted over a Lemonwood Yellow 360 HP 4 spd sitting in the showroom at Padgett Chevrolet. I've heard about the car so many times eventually it may show up in his garage... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

Any updates on your car? Would like to see it if it's repaired.

Re: 1966 Berger Chevelle SS 427/435
 

I'm still working on the Chevelle. It's going to paint in July with hopes of having the car back by fall. Will see how it goes. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics..._berger_em.jpg

1966 Berger 427 Chevelle
 

Please see the pictures below. The car has been repaired and we are putting it back together. It's been a long slow journey but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We hope to have the car completed by early Spring 2019.

1966 Berger Chevelle SS
 

Here are a few more pictures of the body in Blue My Mind blue!

Very cool!

I remember this car. Got T-boned driving to a car show as I recall. Nasty Damage!

Have Fun with it!

…You may want to run a NCRS Report on your Berger Chevelle

… if you have not already .

:worship:

1966 Chevelle SS
 

The car has been repaired. The damage was only cosmetic to the right front fender and upper a frame. The worst was the rust the last restorer left in the car. It was originally from MI so I wasn't surprised. I will post more pictures as soon as I have the car back in my garage.

1966 Berger Chevelle SS
 

The lastest picture just before assembly. I hope to have the car finished last summer 2019.
Attachment 142014upside down ha ha

fixed

Not so much. The damage was to the right front fender,inner fender, grill area and radiator support. I replaced the a-arms with tubular items and installed Willwood disc brakes. I was thankful this happened after we got into the car. Being from MI it had rust that was not repaired to my standards. The vinyl top was removed to revile tire iron damage. At some point an owner really pissed someone off. This has all been repaired correctly.
I was sick when the car got hit but I'm very thank full for the work of Allison's body shop in Hartley Delaware and my brother Joe Vogl for the body work and paint job!!!

1966 Chevelle SS
 

My Chevelle is coming along. It’s still not road worthy yet but it’s getting close!

Congrats. Looks good.

Up dated photos
 

Attachment 212706

Attachment 212707

Attachment 212708

Attachment 212709