School me on SS427s!

[PeteLeathersac]

Remember the thread here a couple years back where someone very reputable laid the story on us of his long gone '67 L72 B-Body...GM factory demo maybe?.
The thread included pics of a tag he'd saved that was an additional tag (perhaps inner fender mounted) that had 'Special' or something to that effect on it?.
There's been a few other '67 L72 B-Body reports that sounded to be possible truths over the years but this was the one I had the most faith in..


~ Pete

[SS427]

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Remember the thread........included pics of a tag he'd saved that was an additional tag (perhaps inner fender mounted) that had 'Special' or something to that effect on it?.


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Special order

[PeteLeathersac]

That's it!.


Thanks Rick, I'd forgotten it was John Z just remembered it was someone reputable..

Among other reported factory '67 B-Body L72 cars I've heard of are a few Canadian cars including Canadian Pontiacs..
As many here are aware, Canadian B-Body Pontiacs had Chevrolet chassis and drivetrains..

The twist to keep in mind w/ this is many (but not all) Canadian built Chevrolet powered Ponchos and Chevys had unique suffix codes that had alpha/numerical digits and included in these were the Tonawanda built MK1V's..
What I'm getting at is an unknown '67 B-Body L72 suffix for Canadian production is a very real possibility too!.


~ Pete

[PeteLeathersac]

If anyone cares here's an example of one of the unique Canadian Suffixes as mentioned above..
This one is from a Canadian built and GM Vintage documented '68 SS427 Coupe L36/Stick car..
Not that it has anything to do w/ the Suffix code but yes it's a Z24 equipped SS427 car, not an Impala SS w/ a 427..

Engine stamping # T12143T
Obviously Tonawanda Dec. 14'th '67
Suffix 3T = Canadian L36 Manual Trans


~ Pete

[Dog427435]

[Tarrytown SS427s]

Pete,
Do you have a copy of the GM docs for that car? I've never seen a suffix like that 3T one before. 68 4 speed L36 codes were IE and IH. This info would have been stamped at Tonowanda..
Steve

[PeteLeathersac]

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Pete,
Do you have a copy of the GM docs for that car? I've never seen a suffix like that 3T one before. 68 4 speed L36 codes were IE and IH. This info would have been stamped at Tonowanda..
Steve

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Check your emails Steve as I'm forwarding the complete Canadian documents for the '68 SS427 L36 car I used in my example..

Your comments are on the ball and exactly why I've been preaching these Canadian suffixes for years but few have ever seemed to care...or understand what I've been blabbing about?.

And to clarify, the example is not a stamping mistake or a one-off situation as many Canadian cars had different Alpha Numeric suffixes plus lots of unique Numeric-Numeric suffixes exist too!.

Something I've always thought interesting w/ a mixed Alpha/Numeric suffix too but reversed w/ the Alpha first instead of the Numeric first like the Canadian code above is the Gibb Nova E3 Suffix..
Does anyone know of more mixed Alpha/Numeric suffixes w/ the Alpha first like the Gibb cars had?.


~ Pete

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

[markjohnson]

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Remember the thread........included pics of a tag he'd saved that was an additional tag (perhaps inner fender mounted) that had 'Special' or something to that effect on it?.


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Special order

[/ QUOTE ] Wow! This was an awesome thread to re-visit. I absolutely love that gold, non-vinyl top '66 Caprice. All three are just beautiful examples. I would have loved to seen all three in person.