67 Caprice 427 - Any thoughts?

[PeteLeathersac]

Same w/ the '62 as mentioned previously regarding the '67, always take note as quickly as possible of the build plant of these big Chevys..
It's not often it comes up but depending on each different plant's ability to supply models w/ specific options quickly, satisfying demand sometimes necessitated Canadian production units being shipped to US dealers..
Regardless of the location of the production plant or ordering dealer, besides Canadian produced cars delivered in Canada being documentable today, <u>cars originally shipped either in or out of Canada</u> usually had their Vins and options recorded resulting in documents for those Vins available from GM Canada Vintage Services today too..

Cool cars Jacquie!. (both the Chevys...not the T-Bird)


~ Pete

--------------------
I like real cars best...the REAL real ones!

[427TJ]

That '67 is cool for its colors alone. The 427 only adds icing to the cake. I'll bet plum-color interior pieces and material is kinda' hard to come by though. Hopefully it's all there.

[Shevelle]

Thanks for the info on the Canadian cars, Pete. That's good stuff to know!

I'm probably going to have to just take my licks and go back after that Caprice. I don't really know why, but I just want it! Heck, I'll get $1000 worth of enjoyment out of it just cleaning it up and seeing what we've got under all that dirt. All that purple interior appears to be there and intact. The only thing I saw that needed attention was the chrome around the drivers seat. I'm definately not going to get rich reselling it...unless....Dan? You got Prince's number??

The 62...it's no 409 car. We took it out of the fumigation tank and looked it over a little. Just a nice SS Ragtop with 409 badging and some kind of a 409 setup. Looks like the low mileage could be acurate, mostly original paint and interior. The block is puzzling...the suffix code is 5J. What is that? The only casting we have been able to find so far is CFD on the back of the block - which I assume is Central Foundry Division?? We will look harder for casting numbers today. It will make someone a nice 409 wannabe driver to enjoy and take to local shows. Here's a picture of it getting a bath. Hope that Caprice cleans up as nicely!



Here's the engine compartment. 340hp - wasn't that in 63??





The trim tag and deck stamp.



5J - What could that be? Maybe a truck motor??

[MultiMopars]

To each his own.

I have not kept up on the values of GM full size body cars so I could be totlally out of line here. I also think that you could buy a 1967 427/385 Implala SS car for the same or less than the price of the subject car here. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

In the Mopar world we refer to the full sized cars
(C bodies) as "sea" bodies, land yacths, or barges.

They don't hold anywhere near the values of the intermediates or smaller bodied cars with the same engines.

You can buy a 67 Coronet R/T with a factory 440/375 engine for $25k all day long.

[Smokey]

December 2 of some year. I could see if it was a QJ, that would mean truck.


What is the casting numbers on the back of the block?? And head numbers? It would be worth pulling a valve cover to see.

[PeteLeathersac]

Although I don't know the 5J Suffix, some Canadian cars had unique Suffixes and we've discussed them here briefly in the past..
Most were Numeric/Numeric but some were an Alpha/Numeric mix..
The Gibb Novas had an Alpha/Numeric Suffix too!.


~ Pete

[RPOLS3]

Looks like a nice car

Trim# 815 = Black SS Convertible (bucket seat)
Paint#948 = Honduras Maroon

You are correct, 340 HP is 63-4, 380 HP in 1962

Here is a link on other identifying characteristics of a 409 from the 348-409 site.

http://www.348-409.com/348409identify.html

The most obvious is the fuel line, is it routed outside or inside of the passenger upper control arm pivot?

Verne - correct me if I am wrong here on anything.

Jake

[Xplantdad]

There's a spider by the trim tag!

Jacquie...the car looks great. Go and haggle with the lady for the 427 car...

[Shevelle]

There are spiders everywhere Bruce! But they are all dead spiders now. I'm not scared of dead spiders....but what I AM scared of is that lady with the 427!! She's a fiesty one...and one quite capable of kicking my a**...which just might happen if I try to do any more haggling with her. She said FIRM and I do believe she meant it!

I followed the link you provided Jake and I see a couple of things that would rule the 62 out as being originally a 409 car...It's an automatic and doesn't have a tach. As soon as we are able to get the casting numbers and head numbers I will post them and hopefully you guys can help us figure out what motor it is. Did the 62's normally have a buildsheet somewhere??

[CC Rider]

Nice '62!

Buy the '67!