The person I was writing to was Raymond Hurst of Campton, Kentucky. He wasn't sure what he had but all the numbers seemed to match. The car hadn't been restored at the time, but the pictures sure indicated a COPO car, including the MP engine code. I think it is the same blue Chevelle that is in the centre of Mike Meuller's "Chevelle 1964-1972" book. 1988 was only a guess on my part as to when the article was written. It might have been some time after that. As for the number of engines, the letter speaks for itself. I just passed it on. It is my understanding that the number of service engines built was, as a rule of thumb, roughly 10% above the number that were actually put into production. However, these would be CE coded for counter sales and warranty and not be MP or MQ coded. I would think that the MP and MQ engines would be scheduled for assembly line production. I think that the 323 number itself is just an estimate and not an exact number. Who knows? The letter is interesting and if we get enough of this material together perhaps we will make some sense of it all.
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Chevelleless after 46 years......but we did find a low mileage, six speed, silver 2005 Corvette. It will just have to do for now.
