427 Mystery Engine

[1967Z28]

Old color racing pics from the early to mid '60s. Wow, those are neat and rare! The race Hemi was banned for Nascar Grand National racing in '65 and so Chrysler boycotted and sat out '65. That is when the Chrysler teams went drag racing and Nascar sanctioned drag racing events for them. Ford obviously dominated the '65 Nascar Grand National season. There was basically no competition. The tables turned in '66 when Chrysler brought out the street Hemi which made the Hemi legal again in Nascar Grand National. If I remember correctly, Ford attempted to combat the Hemi with the SOHC engine and Nascar said no deal so Ford boycotted the '66 season. Well, I hope I got that right. This was a bad stretch for Chevy so I wasn't paying as close of attention.

Back to the 427 Mystery engine, a couple of years ago Chevy had one of these engines at the LA Auto Show so I had my picture taken with it. I'm not sure if it was owned by GM or if it was on loan from a private collector. Man, the exhaust manifolds on those engines are some of the neatest ever made.

-Jon

P.S. Got any pics from the '68 Daytona 24 hour or '67 Paul Revere 250?

[Dog427435]

The NASCAR races we went to were the Daytona 500 and the Southern 500 in Darlington. I have some shots from those years but they are probably up in NY. I'll be up there in a few weeks and look and see what I've got. Unfortunately most all of the shots are long range like the ones I posted. I was working with some pretty basic stuff back then, still do.
PM me if there is someone your looking for and I'll see what I can find.