Originally Posted by Keith Seymore (Post 1676540)

Finally, an example: My friend Dimitrie Toth has worked 50 years as an hourly employee at the Pontiac plant (he's still working there). Back in the day he decided he would build up a factory blueprinted and hot rodded 421 in the experimental engine build room with the idea he was going to sneak it into his personal car as it was getting built.

When the day came he and his accomplice wheeled it over to the motor subassembly line and introduced it into the assembly process, clapping their hands together with giddy anticipation.

Imagine his horror about two hours later when he saw it going into the plain jane station wagon six vehicles in front of his. He had mis-counted where to place it back on the motor line.

;)

(I always picture some little old lady going to get groceries and thinking "Man! This old wagon really runs!!)

My point here being that - even if he had successfully installed his hot rodded 421 into his car from the factory - all of the build documentation would still show a 389 cu in engine installed.

K

Originally Posted by jeffschevelle (Post 1676536)

Every 66 Chevelle SS with an alleged "factory" 427 that I ever saw before Trim Parts starting making SS427 emblems for 66's, had a rear panel emblem made by cutting the 396 off the two S's, and installing the 427 part of a 67 Impala SS427 fender flag beneath it. (There were at least three of those in the early 70's roaming around the town in NC where I grew up.) But it would have been pretty darn hard for the factory to install an emblem during the 1966 model year that did not even exist yet! Plus the issue of getting Fisher Body to put the holes in the right place.

Originally Posted by JoeC (Post 1676894)

In 1969 there was a 396 listed for Police cars

Looks like a COPO 4 door order

not sure if any were built

Originally Posted by JoeC (Post 1676894)

In 1969 there was a 396 listed for Police cars,
Looks like a COPO 4 door order
not sure if any were built