1969 427 Vette Project

[HiHorse]

nice car, looks like a 6500 tach.....435HP

[1970Bluel78]

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NICE RACK Great car also

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ha ha thats freakin funny Don. Did the Rack come with the car originaly?

[Nasblu]

Corvettes didn't come with racks from the factory. It was added at the dealership along with the passenger side mirror.

[Nasblu]

The car was optioned like a L71 427-435hp car. It has the 4:11 gears, trans ign, F41 susp, heavy duty clutch, speed warning, M-21 but is only a L36 427-390. The orig owner must have ran out of money when he got to the engine order box. He must have fell about $215 bucks short on the L71 and bout $800 of the L88 haha.

[Chateau Slate 66]

Great car!

My $.02 worth is lose the rack, paint it silver, put the white top back on. That color combo will be killer! Even though I really don't care, it will be original too.

[TimG]

I've never seen a non-solid lifter big block (ZR1 excluded)with F-41 suspension. I'm not saying it didn't happen, but I've never seen this option on a 390 horse 427. I didn't think that the 4:11 gear was available with the 390 horse motor. Does the car have a tank sticker? If factory optioned the way you state, it has everything a 435 could have. It looks like a 6,500 RPM redline on the tach. Are you sure it wasn't a 435 HP car? Is the engine in the car the original engine?

[Nasblu]

I can assure you this car has never been messed with. The 427/390 has never been out of the car. Very orig front pad orig broach marks with MH suffix code designating 427/390 4sp K66ign very clear vin and assembly date. It has orignal rear spring and (EA)front spring tag code for HD susp. I dont doubt the options on the car, I do think that it is rare. Hell, try to find a 390hp trans ign distributor. Ive been around vettes a long time and I see weird things all the time. And the tank stick is on the tank in the car.

[Nasblu]

Its not a 6,500 rpm redline tach. It 5,700rpm redline

[TimG]

Neat, nice shot of the tach. The tank sticker may show some type of special order (COPO?) with the F41 and 4:11 gears. It would be interesting to drop the tank and see the sticker.
Silver/silver is beautiful with redlines. I had that in a '68 435 roadster and it was stunning.

[Nasblu]

When I pull the body off the frame I plan on that. I really like redlines but it orig had white letters. The interior is completely original except carpet and I hate to replace but its just bad enough that I have to