Ok thanks Rick. Like I said I know it's a 396 car as I do know the previous owner. Just gathering info for the future before the "gray matter" gets to old.
As for as 1969 cars. For a COPO with documents, guess one could follow the same way? I do know a local guy who DID buy a 1969 COPO 427 Chevelle. Here's how it plays out:
He traded the car back in the early 70's, say 72/73. The original motor was put into a 1969 Nova by another local guy. We believe he still has it in his 1969 Nova. When the car was sold, it was sold with a 350 and rest of the COPO drivetrain. NOW this is where I get foggy. The original owner of the 1969 COPO Chevelle went looking for it in the mid 80's. Found it was wrecked and written off. Found out what yard it went to, and was told that body was previously crushed. Now this car shows up on eBay and is not only all back together, but claimed numbers matching motor?
Obviously someone went through some great lengths to cover their tracks in the car above, if it indeed a copy. It DOES have GM Canada documents and some other documents. So will be hard to argue this one. BUT what to look for on cars with no documents or ones that are IFFY??
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