Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?

[jeffschevelle]

I had a 67 396 block with a suffix code that I could not find in any book. After I put it on eBay (with a 67 Chevelle) someone emailed me a picture of a P-O-P with the same suffix on it, and the orginal buyer was the Illinois Dept. of Public Safety. After more research it turned out that the code was for a 350 HP (Holley carb) 396 for full size police car use only. I guess the cops wanted more than a 325HP 396 with a quad, but the guys holding the purse-strings wouldn't spring for the cost of putting 427's in the fleet. So maybe this 66 has a special 396 under the hood too?

[427TJ]

If they had put the 427s in them the boys in the maintenence shop would have swapped them all out for L35s and gone racin' with the 427s!

[Tarrytown SS427s]

Cool Picture!

Jeff, Do you still have the block or the picture of that POP? My brother and I have been researching these COPO cngine/tranny codes for several years now and examples don't come along often. On another note, I have a set of NOS 427 flags at home with a black painted background. I have seen them both ways, of course the majority have been red though.
steve

[John]

I also have a set of 427 emblems with the crossed flags...but the flags are smaller and these smaller versions ( I believe ) went on the front fender of a 1966 corvette.
....I pick up my 1966 Belair "post car" tomorrow from the upholstery shop....new "Cameo Beige" paint and new "Fawn" vinyl interior...new dual snorkel air cleaner with a big block and 4 speed, F41 suspension, power disc brakes and power steering.....YeeeeHaaaaawww!

[Chris396]

Didn't I read somewhere about a '69 Belair or Impala in New Mexico that had a 435hp 427 police engine? Or am imagining things?

[SS454Elky]

Not to take this thread too far off course, but didn't the New Mexico Highway Patrol use a Super Bird too? I could have sworn I read that somewhere...

[Woj]

My older brother bought a 427 engine at a local engine exchange here in Cleveland, this was around 1971, that came from a wrecked 1968 Cleveland police car. He doesn't specifically remember the engine code, but it was one that he or his friends could not decipher. He bought it for $275, carb to pan, for his 69 SS Chevelle that he spun the bearings on.

The engine was basically bullet proof. He beat the heck out of it and so did my other brother who he sold it to. The engine was extremely strong, never required a rebuild and won many street races. The car eventually went to several local guys before disappearing forever.

I wonder if there is something to the 427/435hp in cop cars mentioned earlier.

Phil Woj.

[1970Bluel78]

The PD in my town had 427 Caprice cars in 69