In that article on the red Hot Rod Magazine Camaro they said the BB engine was installed for the  1967 Winternationals . 
The NHRA Pomona Winternationals   was on 2-5-1967.
Dana and Nickey were working on 427 Camaros in late 1966.
the article says the car is stilled owned by Jim McFarland but it was sold to Vic Edlebrock 
in 1997  according to this article 
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/edel...maro-test-car/
That  red Hot Rod Magazine Camaro has an interesting history with great photos but they should write a better article on it.
attached a magazine para-shoot photo where it looks like it has a manufacturer licence plate on it