EBay fable? fantasy or confusion...

**69LM1** · #1 05-17-2006, 05:17 AM

Did the 69 Nova CoPo's come with 427's?

camarojoe · #2 05-17-2006, 05:25 AM

68 had the TH400 COPO 396/375 Novas, 70 had the COPO LT-1 350, but there were no COPO 427 Novas built in 69...or any other year for that matter.

**Stefano** · #3 05-17-2006, 05:28 AM

Here it is, the illusive L89 Nova! Does anyone know the owner?

69hurstSC · #4 05-17-2006, 05:40 AM

camarojoe,

i once heard speculation that kevin suydam's 69 SYC Nova might have been a COPO. i read it on his forum of his website (before the site was changed). has this been confirmed or denied??

**69LM1** · #5 05-17-2006, 06:01 AM

So, the 69 Yenko Deuce, which was a 350 right? Was that engine stock GM or Did Yenko "beef it up" ?
New territory for me!
Tks,
Rich

camarojoe · #6 05-17-2006, 06:36 AM

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So, the 69 Yenko Deuce, which was a 350 right? Was that engine stock GM or Did Yenko "beef it up" ?
New territory for me!
Tks,
Rich

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The 70 Yenko Deuce had its LT-1 350 factory installed as part of the COPO package. The engine was essentially the same one installed in the Z/28. The factory rating was 360hp, but Yenko removed this rating from the air cleaner decal, leaving only the "350" portion remaining. While I believe most were sold unmodified, its quite possible that some received some tuning/modifications at Yenko. Marlin might have some further documentation on this.

**69LM1** · #7 05-17-2006, 07:00 AM

So, Strictly speaking, the 70 Deuce was no more powerful than a 70 Z28? I understand that there is a historical differance, and that affects value and desireability(sp) as much as performance does in some cases.
Thanks for the clearup!

camarojoe · #8 05-17-2006, 07:18 AM

Correct. Not more powerful than a LT-1 Z/28, just alot cooler. I think that's paraphrasing what you already said.

j/k second gen guys... no hate mail please.

camarojoe · #9 05-17-2006, 06:30 AM

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camarojoe,

i once heard speculation that kevin suydam's 69 SYC Nova might have been a COPO. i read it on his forum of his website (before the site was changed). has this been confirmed or denied??

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The 69 Yenko Novas were all transplants from SS396's as far as I know...I have not seen or heard of any proof to contradict this. Have never seen proof that ANY 427's were factory installed in Novas.

**PeteLeathersac** · #10 05-17-2006, 06:58 AM

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Here it is, the illusive L89 Nova! Does anyone know the owner?

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The guy claims to be the original owner. . Lets hope to see some documents....an L89 POP to start would be nice? .

~ Pete

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