Jeff M.'s Original SS-427 Camaro

[camarojoe]

How about a shot of the trim tag...

[SuperNovaSS]

Looks like a small radiator for a 427.
Nice looking car.

Jason

[Supercar_Kid]

Very sorry to hear about the loss of your son, I can certainly understand how something like that can rearrange your priorities in a hurry. Thanks for posting the requested pics too.

Concerning the car and it's "SS427" status, it's tough to tell from such a distant shot, but it looks to be a legit X22 SS396 car. Big block heater box is still present, power brake booster has been sixed, probably in favor of those tall valve covers. A cool car for sure, but there is lots going on under there that isn't "original." Probably more so than not actually as far as the engine bay is concerned. I can see that someone "blacked out" the firewall and inside the fender flanges, probably burying otherwise distinguishable factory markings in the process. I wouldn't worry too much about it though, as it's happened to more cars than not over the years, and a careful restorer could probably bring alot of them to the surface for documentation prior to restoration. I can honestly say that this car will certainly draw some interest if put up for sale at a reasonable price, however I think it's been gone over a bit too much to call it a true "original" car. Looks more like an early 80's "restification" to me. Do you have any more pics of the car in it's panel painted scheme? I know you think it looked horrible, but some of us around here can dig on that kind of thing. Thanks for sharing.

[Belair62]

The panel painted pics are very cool !

[ss427copo]

oh man...I remember trailering the car home in 84 on the Pa TPike from Toledo and getting alot of "thumbs-up" from people passing me. Damn, I thought the car was FUGLY!!!

[ss427copo]

here's one of me taking the car to Atco just after buying it in 84. I went 11.45 first time down the track! It's only down the 1/4 mile one other time since then. Of course...I've made lots of runs on Rt 295 here in Jersey! lololol It just looks better all Daytona Yellow like it 'posed to be!

[ss427copo]

maybe I used "original" when more like "unmolested" would fit??? The car is all there, so to speak. It's not been rebuilt or restored with ALL the COPO or 427 or "whatever you want to built" parts that are on available. Tell you what....if you're ever in Jersey....I'll let you drive it. Who else in this forum has the testicular circumference to say that? Then you tell me what the car is!!! lololol All I know is at 7800 r's, the neighbors know "Jeff has his 427 Camaro out again!!!lololol And the red line is not the shift line....it's the tell-tale line of the last shift. Damn....I love big blocks. My race car had 509 inches.