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Old 06-30-2004, 01:38 AM
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A friend of mine was at a Flint car show this weekend and happened upon a '67 Impala convertible (I don't recall if it was an SS 427 or not) that had the L72 engine. Now, I know this engine was not available this year (for some reason), but that would explain the COPO-ness of it all. But then he told me it had an automatic tranny. I'd be liable to think that no automatic would have been available as a COPO till '68, as per the few L78 Novas made. I believe an original owner car too. Anyone know this car and can shed light on it?
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Old 06-30-2004, 01:43 AM
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Some info on that subject right here -> 1967 L-72?
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Old 06-30-2004, 01:53 AM
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-------In 67 I was told that you could NOT get a 427/425 in an SS427 Impala but that it was possible to get this engine with either 4spd or T400 in any other big-body model. I know, I know, it makes absolutely no sense and further, I cant recollect any 427 documented big-bodied 67s off the top of my head. None the less I was told this by the performance sales guy at Frost Chevrolet in Wellesley Mass in 67 where I bought my 66 427/425 Corvette new. He was a very knowledgeable guy as in 69 he ordered COPO Chevelles into that dealer. I saw them being unloaded.
--------Maybe the gurus on board can shed some light on this?............Bill S




--------Thanks, You got that info in while I was pecking away. No wonder I dont recall any 427 big-bodies with only 17 supposedly built!
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Now any more opinions on the trans.

In Aust there is a 1966 L-72 (was a CE engine when I came across it) convertible, which has a mix of Caprice and SS options, storey was that it was a Calif Dealers personal car and strings were pulled to get it.

Bought in by one of INXS band members

No paperwork as the previous owner had lost it but people swore the paperwork had been sighted. In Aust the value of the car whether L-72 or L-36 would be the same, as the amount of people in "the know " is very few.

The thing that threw me was it was a TH400.

Apart from those COPO Novas were there any other factory autos prior to 1969 on solid lifter big blocks.
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Apart from those COPO Novas were there any other factory autos prior to 1969 on solid lifter big blocks.


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I'm guessing "no", as the '68 L78/TH400 Novas were considered a special deal because of the first mix of a solid lifter BBC and an auto. I would bet against any solid lifter BBC autos prior to '69 ('68 Novas being the exception).

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I would agree also,but who knows what may Yet come to surface...
I prefer my Solid Lifters followed by a Torque Convertor.
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Me too !!!! Sometimes !!!
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I know there were a few Canadian built '66 SS427 L72 Impalas. A friend in Canada owns one of the few documented Canadian '66 L72 SS 427 Impalas built. Its a convertable 4 speed car!
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Kinda forgot I posted this . . .

I gotta ask my friend again. I don't know if he has pics. The irony of it all is that he wrote a Chevy book years ago, but he's gone on to greener pastures and doesn't keep up with Chevys from this era anymore.
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