1970 COPO 427 Nova?!?

[71SSNova]

Numbers matching????
Maybe a 396 but no 427's.

[amuseme]

I was in a car club in a town about 45mi. from me back in the early/mid 80's,one of the guys in the club had a '56 sedan delivery and a '70 SS Nova with a, you guessed it, 427. It was/is( he still has everything he ever owned- one of "those" guys!) red/black top/black int.,bench-4sp. Even then we were sceptical but it was a real deal, and he wouldn't even talk about selling. My only doubt is my memory, maybe it's a '69. I'll have to investigate.

[55chevy]

There is no way there is a factory 1970 427 Nova. There is not a 1970 or later Chevrolet made ever that had a 427.. (no tall deck truck motor cracks please)... 454 replaced the 427 for '70. And there was NEVER a factory 454 Nova made....ever.... So there goes all those theorys.. Show me a big block 427/454 engine "COPO" swap made after 1969... in anything

you can't

[Belair62]

I would still be looking real close at it anyway....definitely worth digging into if you've known the car a long time...

[amuseme]

Easy Teach,remember your blood pressure! Only thing to say is never say "never","only" or "always",lots of execs and 427s left-over. Exibit A....Z28 convertible? never,only hardtops, always have fixed roofs!!! OOOPS!

[Kim_Howie]

When John Left GM it was over for the ONE off type, he was before your time!!!

[Schonyenko2]

I think Dennis Cumby,(OlG LS6) is from down around your area. Believe he worked at the drag strip there in White Hall. He's pretty sharp for an old guy. Maybe he could help you solve the mystery. Hell, Howie, and I will drive down if you need help solving the mystery. I still believe there were L89 novas built which hasn't been proven, and my good friend Mr. Howie doesn't believe. So you're getting both ends of impartial. Let us know if we can help.Be interesting to see what you've got there. Schonye

[budnate]

my 2 cents..last year when I had that goofy 4dr nova a local guy contacted me for some stuff..and claimed he had recently popped a 69 L-89 Nova from hiding with paper and it was from alan green chev...he was supposed to come by for some stuff and bring the paper on the car to look over...never heard back from him he seemed like a decent guy over the phone and new his cars...

[Kim_Howie]

Cumby owned and ran the track

[ORIGLS6]

Ken,

I know this punk who calls himself "AmuseMe", in fact he was in LaHarpe with us and spends WAY too much time at my house!

(His Dad is a Ford guy so don't put too much faith in anything he says....... )

He's right about the Nova though. I'm pretty sure it's a '69, and I think it's still with the original owner. We both need to do some checking on that car.

As for the dragstrip; Jeff (amuseme) grew up there. (And NO, I didn't own it!) He's seen more horsepower than most of us "Ol' Farts" so he really does know what he's talking about. He currently has a #'s matching '69 Z and a '32 Hiboy that could be pretty cool if he EVER FINISHES IT.