So what's the deal on L79s?

[Lee Stewart]

Originally Posted by markjohnson

I've always been under the assumption that something happened at General Motors in 1967 that limited the big-horse stuff on everything except Corvettes. The late year re-introduction of the L78 in Chevelles & Camaros, the extremely rare '67 L79 Nova, and let's not forget the big-car L72's. There were lots of L72 full-size cars in 1966 and 1968 but the '67 L72's are practically non-existent. There's probably a VERY interesting Chevrolet-issued memo floating around somewhere to explain this.

That memo probably coincided with the one that stated that only the Corvette would have multiple carbs for the 1967 model year as an RPO. Though the only affected cars were the GTO and the 442.

I was always under the impression that the introduction of the L78 to the Camaro SS was timed with it being chosen as the Pace Car for the Indy 500. Am I wrong?