69 X22 on ebay dealer installed 427...REAL?

[Belair62]

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the famous ones

[/ QUOTE ] I think the history and relationships of the Nickey/Yenko/Harrell cars is what sets them apart...

[Jeff H]

For some reason, cars like this just don't bring the attention and money yet. But when you get down to it, they're no different than a Nickey, Motion, Dana, early Yenko, etc. The only real difference is that you can't compare a dealer transplant to a factory 427 installed COPO. Other than that, they are all transplant cars so they should be looked at equally. Add the fact that this car has paperwork documenting the 427 swap and voided warranty and it should be better than a non documented "name" dealer transplant.

[Belair62]

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they are all transplant cars so they should be looked at equally

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Jeff....just the fact that you KNOW and have heard about
Motion,Nickey,Yenko and the few other HiPo dealers who made these cars and the magazines swarmed all over them should make a light bulb go off...these dealers were at the forefront of these amazing cars and were the reason there were COPO's...

[Jeff H]

I think we have to give Don Yenko most of the credit for the COPO 427 package. Heck, Joel even said he never knew of the COPO. But take away the COPO 427 cars and everything else is a transplant. Some guys would offer guarantees and more tuning and some would just drop the 427 in and leave it at that. Why is a Nickey 427 car worth more than a Reedman 454 car if they're both dealer transplants and documented? It's all about the name right now, but I think the unkown but documented swaps will catch up quickly.

[Mr70]

I have Paper work on an unusual Transplant from the now defunct Ray Ridge Chevrolet in Michigan.Its Rogers Chevrolet today.
A customer ordered a 1970 LS-6 Chevelle,and the dealer delivery & order papers show they yanked the LS-6,and installed an all aluminum ZL-1/LS-6 engine from the parts bin,as well as a Fiberglass front end,hood,and decklid wing.
I have three pages of docs including the part numbers from the Chevrolet Hi-po parts catalog showing there really was such an engine available back then.
I also have a letter from the owner stating the dealer told him they made 15 such 1970 chevelles.
Although not as well known as the other dealers,I feel it shows some dealerships were indeed doing similar things back then.

[JChlupsa]

So if a person bought a car from one dealer and took the car to say Nickey/DANA/Harrell etc to do the transplant what would the car be? Would it be considered one of their cars even though they did not sell the car new?

[Xplantdad]

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A customer ordered a 1970 LS-6 Chevelle,and the dealer delivery & order papers show they yanked the LS-6,and installed an all aluminum ZL-1/LS-6 engine from the parts bin,as well as a Fiberglass front end,hood,and decklid wing.
I have three pages of docs including the part numbers from the Chevrolet Hi-po parts catalog showing there really was such an engine available back then.
I also have a letter from the owner stating the dealer told him they made 15 such 1970 chevelles.
Although not as well known as the other dealers,I feel it shows some dealerships were indeed doing similar things back then.

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Rick, that's cool!

I know that Cone Chevrolet in Fullerton, Ca and Anaheim/VernTrider/Whatever the heck else the name was in Anaheim also did some cool engine swaps back in the day. Even Eddie Hopper in Garden Grove had some hi-po cars...

[Kim_Howie]

Jeff,How about Fred Gibb And the 68 Nova's The first COPO's.

[Belair62]

Jeff...I guess you just don't get it....would you pay more for a painting by Monet or a very nice landscape by Belair62 ?

[Xplantdad]

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Jeff...I guess you just don't get it....would you pay more for a painting by Monet or a very nice landscape by Belair62 ?

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I hear those early 'Belair 62's' are starting to command the big bucks...according to Christie's! I actually have mine displayed prominently in the garage...