Re: What is the value of a 1967 L79 Chevy II...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: cook_dw</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I posted this same thread on another site and this is one of the replies I received. Is this correct?
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">There were no production L-79's made in 1967 they were all built as COPO's to replace cars that had already given their lives in the line of duty so that those racers in NHRA's SS class could continue to campaign their Chevy II's.
Even Da Grump (who wrecked his '66 L-79 match racing and bought two '67 L-79 cars to replace it with one being held in reserve as a spare) where well aware of the up coming 1968 Nova SS 396 car and had prototypes to look at in 1967).
Chevrolet intentionally banned all L-79 orders to promote their new for 1967 SS 350 Camaros or the equally new 302 Z/28 as race cars they wanted on the track for people to see on Sunday (so that come Monday the public would clammer to buy one on Monday).
Any 1967 L-79 car you find will have been originally in the possession of a successful or at least famous SS class drag racer who had probably campaigned it that race season (which can add to the value of the car).
Chevy sold some of these cars as a body in white with the power train on a pallet shipped with the body. Any "barn Find" of a complete, virgin stock car is going to be immediately suspect. This is one rare car that has been well documented as to it's origins and it's scarci</span>ty.</span> </div></div>
I don't buy this. With the Q-jet and cast intake, this car wouldn't qualify to run as a "1966 L-79", and they didn't make enough of them to qualify for any NHRA stock class (and GM would have rather had the big name racers in Camaros anyway).
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