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My buddy was approached by a friend that wants to sell his 1966. All I have are these pictures until he gets more information from the seller. What can you tell me from these pics?
Last edited by JackTripper; 11-30-2015 at 06:04 PM.
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A 66 L72 coupe that's white with blue interior and appears to had a body off restoration. Looks like a nice car. But need pictures of the vin, trim tag, engine stamp pad and any other numbers you got
Jack - The early hi horse 427's were actually listed as 450 horsepower for 66 models and afterwards the listing was 425 horsepower.
Mike T - Prescott AZ
They did not make a 427/450 that year. Just a 427/390 and 427/425. I am going by the decal on the air cleaner. Am I missinformed?
Very
The L-72 was rated at 450 for the first couple weeks of production until a internal order from GM to change the sticker to 425. Nothing was changed in the engine.
And that sticker is about 4 bucks at any parts house
Did not know that the about the 450hp. I love this forum. I was going off of the info sheets on the web. No mention of the 450 thing that I could find.
I will post the trim tags and motor stamp when he gets them from the seller.
I would say that for $115k he believes/knows it's a very nice, real, original motor L72. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean it is. Appears to be a nice car from the few photos.
The fuel line looks to have the bend a small block car would have.
I noticed something kind of funky with that. But if a SB fuel line were bent around to a 90 degree bend it would be way off in alignment with the fuel pump. But it kind of looks like there might be a rubber piece spliced in behind the bend(?) Hard to tell what's going on with it from pictures.
Be sure to look for previous body damage/repair, especially in the front. The fit and corners of the right headlight housing look a little weird.
Also, I see there's a giant stack of front end alignment shims in the rear position of the front upper A arm and no shims at all in the front position. That's usually a sign of a hard front hit.
I would say that for $115k he believes/knows it's a very nice, real, original motor L72. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean it is. Appears to be a nice car from the few photos.
For that money it had better have more than the original motor! Seems like full documentation is in order here. Nice pics though.
11-29-2015, 03:45 PM
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