1964 Chevelle 327, 340hp

[Paul_S]

All 64's would have the 10-bolt. The new for '64 10-bolt for Chevy II/Nova and Chevelle.

Would be great to find some documentation supporting the availability of this engine but I bet if anything found would be an early pipe-dream for a possible option that never came to fruition.

It'd be "very special" if it received a pre-prod 12-bolt which didn't appear until '65.

Paul

[Verne_Frantz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Paul_S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All 64's would have the 10-bolt. The new for '64 10-bolt for Chevy II/Nova and Chevelle.

<span style="text-decoration: underline">Would be great to find some documentation supporting the availability of this engine </span>but I bet if anything found would be an early pipe-dream for a possible option that never came to fruition.

It'd be &quot;very special&quot; if it received a pre-prod 12-bolt which didn't appear until '65.

Paul </div></div>

Well, here's &quot;documentation&quot; that it was to be offered. This is one of TWO page # 44 pages out of an original '64 Finger Tip Facts book I have. The first page doesn't list the 250hp or 300hp 327 either.



Now, having seen that, I also have the Chevrolet documents that show the production of each option in '64. That list does include the 250hp 327 with a note that it entered production in March '64, and the 300hp 327 with a note that it entered production in June '64. There is NO listing for the L76, nor is there a listing for K66 which was supposed to accompany the 365hp option.
Sooooo, even though there is a &quot;listed&quot; L76 option, there is no record of Chevrolet ever producing one in a '64 Chevelle.

Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[olredalert]

----I wasnt raised in Detroit, but since moving here 17 years ago I have heard from several guys that they remember 327/365 64 Chevelles in and around Detroit. Most have felt that they were skunkworks cars being tested by GM. Makes at least some sense. Wonder what Jim Mattison might say about this quandry???......Bill S