I spoke to my dad today and got some more info. He said he didn't know of any COPO's in the area but even other dealers had no clue what the L78 was. He bought his red 68 used from his future brother in law's neighbor in Sept. 1970. Because of the loud lifters he went to the local dealer (not Hawthorne) asked the mechanic if this car was a solid lifter motor and the Chevy mechanic had no clue, LOL He did mention his next door neighbor was dropping L88s' in 1966 Chevelles, so this area was prone to high perfomance chevys. All was in Paterson NJ, late 60s, early 70's before the city became what it is today.
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