I know you guys like barn finds, so.....

[camarojoe]

So you're saying this decal was factory applied not only in 66, but also in 68 AND 69? I'll have to say i think thats false, but would appriciate anyone elses thoughts.

[camarojoe]

One thought I have may be that sometimes cars were delivered to the dealerships without any engine size/HP decals on the air cleaner lids... as witnessed by many original cars, including the blue Yenko I recently posted pics of. I have a vintage mailout sent out by Chevrolet to their dealers, addressing the issue of dealers requesting replacement decals for cars during reconditioning, etc. and Chevrolet provides a brochure for an outside vendor who specializes in these "reproduction" factory-style decals. My thoughts are, perhaps dealerships used these aftermarket sources to add decals to cars that may have come in without any, in order to "dress-up" the engine and help the unknowledgeable salesmen and customers know what they were looking at when they raised the hoods... just a thought, as i still do not believe the decal in question was ever produced or installed by Chevrolet, but was indeed made during the same timeframe when these cars were new. I will attempt to post pics of the letter from Chevrolet, and the catalog... while the decal we are talking about is not shown, it proves there were outside sources for original style decals, even back then. A neat piece of memorabilia too! (click the link below)

Letter from Chevrolet

[camarojoe]

Here is the front of the brochure from the outside vendor that reproduced decals and was endorsed by Chevrolet in the above letter to the dealership.

front of brochure

[camarojoe]

here's another page of the same brochure. I would bet those rectangular decals came from this place or one like it.
another page

[WILMASBOYL78]

Saw that same style sticker at a cruise nite last month. The guy had a BB Nova with an aftermarket air cleaner and that sticker. It read 396/325 hp. I questioned him and he said he borrowed it from his brother's Chevelle. Didn't think much about it at the time, but now it fits. If I see it again I'll get some photos.

wilma