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Recently I had an opportunity to visit with the person who did much of the COPO paperwork in the late 60s, Jim Mattison. We talked about several things, including the 1969 Novas. He told me that there were 0 factory 427 Novas built. I feel that Jim should know, because not only did he work with Chevrolet in the department that handled the COPO paperwork, but Don Yenko would stay at Jim's house when in town. If Don had received a factory 427 Nova, surely Jim would have known. As for SS cars, who knows? Since the Novas were transplant cars, what would keep Don from putting a 427 in a non SS car. As we all know, if that is what a customer wanted and could pay for it, Yenko would build it. Would not a plain, flat hood Nova be the ultimate sleeper? As per the first one built, ?. A have heard from several sources who quote Vince as saying that my Nova was the first one built. Who knows? Vince? Tom