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03-29-2009, 04:35 PM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
looks like 396 to me too.
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03-29-2009, 08:01 PM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
I had a 67 396 block with a suffix code that I could not find in any book. After I put it on eBay (with a 67 Chevelle) someone emailed me a picture of a P-O-P with the same suffix on it, and the orginal buyer was the Illinois Dept. of Public Safety. After more research it turned out that the code was for a 350 HP (Holley carb) 396 for full size police car use only. I guess the cops wanted more than a 325HP 396 with a quad, but the guys holding the purse-strings wouldn't spring for the cost of putting 427's in the fleet. So maybe this 66 has a special 396 under the hood too?
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03-29-2009, 09:07 PM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
If they had put the 427s in them the boys in the maintenence shop would have swapped them all out for L35s and gone racin' with the 427s!
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03-30-2009, 01:15 AM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
Cool Picture!
Jeff, Do you still have the block or the picture of that POP? My brother and I have been researching these COPO cngine/tranny codes for several years now and examples don't come along often. On another note, I have a set of NOS 427 flags at home with a black painted background. I have seen them both ways, of course the majority have been red though. steve
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 Steve 68 SS427 Custom Coupe 427/385/M21/3:73 68 Impala Custom Coupe 427/425/M21/3:73 68 Biscayne 2 Door 250/3 speed 68 Caprice Estate 68 Camaro SS396 4 speed
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03-30-2009, 01:31 AM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
I also have a set of 427 emblems with the crossed flags...but the flags are smaller and these smaller versions ( I believe ) went on the front fender of a 1966 corvette.
....I pick up my 1966 Belair "post car" tomorrow from the upholstery shop....new "Cameo Beige" paint and new "Fawn" vinyl interior...new dual snorkel air cleaner with a big block and 4 speed, F41 suspension, power disc brakes and power steering.....YeeeeHaaaaawww! 
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03-30-2009, 05:10 AM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
Didn't I read somewhere about a '69 Belair or Impala in New Mexico that had a 435hp 427 police engine? Or am imagining things?
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03-30-2009, 06:48 AM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
Not to take this thread too far off course, but didn't the New Mexico Highway Patrol use a Super Bird too? I could have sworn I read that somewhere...
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03-29-2009, 11:23 PM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
[ QUOTE ]
Cross flags look black (396) not red (427) to me.  [/ QUOTE ]  nice!! 
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03-29-2009, 11:45 PM
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Re: Tenn. State Trooper - 427 Biscayne 1966 ?
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Cross flags look black (396) not red (427) to me. [/ QUOTE ] I agree, they look black. Cool pic!
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