School me on SS427s!

JohnZ · #1 09-27-2009, 04:51 AM

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You're correct, until one of the supposed few that were produced turns up lol

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I had one when I worked at Chevrolet Engineering - tagged it for employee purchase the day it arrived in the Company Car Fleet garage; L-72 4-speed SS427, special-ordered by Engineering for Chassis Development. It hit the 3,000-mile mark in December, and I bought it and drove it home just before Christmas; sold it in Flint a couple of years later.

Removed the "Special Order" tag from the left side front fender reinforcement and put it in my rollaway just before I sold it, still have the tag - photo below. There may not have been any L-72 SS427's built on dealer order for retail sale, but there was at least one built for Engineering; I bought several sets of rear tires for it in the two years I owned it.

Tarrytown SS427s · #2 09-27-2009, 05:04 AM

John,
Do you have any memory of a red 68 Biscayne 427/385 stick ordered by engineering to test posi clutches? I was talking to a guy who bought this car from Chevrolet after it had traveled in circles for 3,000 miles worth of testing!

JohnZ · #3 09-28-2009, 03:03 AM

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John,
Do you have any memory of a red 68 Biscayne 427/385 stick ordered by engineering to test posi clutches? I was talking to a guy who bought this car from Chevrolet after it had traveled in circles for 3,000 miles worth of testing!

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No, not offhand - there were over 1300 cars in the Engineering Evaluation fleet at any one time, and haulaway trucks full of them arrived every day. I focused on mine because I knew it was coming - I knew the Staff Engineer who ordered it for his development program.

Paul Vitale · #4 09-27-2009, 08:51 AM

John was it a 67 with an L-72 and do you have anything documenting the build ? Iam sure you have had that question asked of you alot when you talk about that car LOL ..

Paul

JohnZ · #5 09-28-2009, 03:07 AM

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John was it a 67 with an L-72 and do you have anything documenting the build ? Iam sure you have had that question asked of you alot when you talk about that car LOL ..

Paul

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Yes, it was a '67 L-72. Nope, have no paper on the car - it was 42 years (and ten transfers/homes) ago; all I have is the special order tag. It was that pretty champagne color inside and out, with redlines. If it stayed in Flint after I sold it, it's probably iron oxide dust by now.

ChevyThunder · #6 10-01-2009, 09:28 AM

Not a 67 but it is a 427 car and we have always called it a " SS427 Sport Coupe" . Its been sitting in a shed for years now but was our "community car" when we were kids and the vehicle of choice on Holloween.

**olredalert** · #7 10-01-2009, 05:05 PM

------Chevy Thunder,,,That is a neat old 68 SS427! It appears to have been red new. Who changed the color from RED to yellow???

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------It also appears to have been a 427/425. Very cool!

........Bill S

442w30 · #8 10-01-2009, 05:16 PM

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------It also appears to have been a 427/425. Very cool!

........Bill S

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I thought those were 4-speed-only till '69?

ORIGLS6 · #9 10-01-2009, 05:22 PM

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------It also appears to have been a 427/425.

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With A/C?

Paul Vitale · #10 10-01-2009, 05:32 PM

Cowl Break down below.. Interesting is the stamped 21 after the interior trim number.. Would love ot get my hand son that

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Style:
6816447

Year: 1968
Series: Impala Custom
Body Style: 2-Dr Sport Coupe
Engine: 8 Cyl

Body:
STL009578

Plant: St. Louis, MO
Serial #: 009578

Trim:
806

Series: Impala
Interior Color: Black
Material: Vinyl Cloth Leather

Paint:
RR

Lower Body Color: Matador Red
Upper Body Color: Matador Red

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