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Centurion 11-19-2025 04:02 PM

Olredalert, I do not know what happened to the Satisfaction car. The owner, John Bucher, sold it in 1968 to a local racer who then sold it to someone else towards Cleveland, Ohio and beyond that I have so far not been able to find this car.

jeffschevelle 12-03-2025 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by markjohnson (Post 1683709)
With the Black car and this Red car both being Floyd Foren cars there’s a strong possibility of the Red car being a second COPO 9719.

The COPO 9719 package included the L78 engine with suffix code IY (which per the Tonawanda work order for COPO 9719 specified to build a full size car L78 except with Z16 exhaust manifolds and Z16 oil pan).

Tonawanda records indicate that only one (1) IY coded engine was ever assembled. So the other car must have had its 396 installed some time after it left the factory.

You can see in the pictures though that it is a 1965 model year block, with the two fangs between the timing cover and intake. Also a 1965 model year Holley with the "peanut" bowls. So must have been done early on.

markjohnson 12-08-2025 09:23 PM

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