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I recently bought a car GM didn’t build but should have. A 66 Chevelle SS 2 door post. Frame off restoration but completely dressed interior and exterior as an SS. It’s got a 427 (purportedly from a ‘69/70) and 4speed.
Would anybody be able to decipher the castings? I may have not taken the correct photos as it appears the one casting number has only 6 digits?
The stamp pad was decked when the engine was built so there’s no info there.
very impressive people with real SS cars can't get the headlight extensions painted correct and the mean while on a clone someone gets it right. looks like a decent car that could use a detail job. I know 66 SS cars very well if you have any questions
bet you got enough torque to spin the tires in the snow... and rectangle ports. so many people on here pooh pooh real big block ports for those little oval shaped thingys.
Thanks. I’ll keep that I’m mind.
I wouldn’t call it a clone..... or a recreation, seeing as it was never built in the first place. How about a “creation”. lol
The car came out of longer term storage and is going to clean up nice.
Man, ya'll are killing me! A 66 Chevelle is a bucket list car of mine. I'd sell my Vette right now for one! A friend's dad has a SS396 that he bought brand new and he's bored the original engine out to 427, and he's currently running about 500hp. It's Blue with blue interior and a 4 spd, my favorite color combo and my favorite engine and trans combo. That being said, I LOVE this black 427 post car too. Sorry I don't have any answers to your questions, but I just wanted to chime in.
So I spoke to Randy (the guy I got the car from........ and the same person doing the body work and paint on my ‘71) and the engine is a 454 block with 396 crank. With the marine heads, cam and internals it’s in the neighborhood of 600hp.
If you’ve seen the thread on my ‘71 you know Randy does nice work. The Chevelle is no different. It’s laser straight and the paint is amazing.
Will be a lot of fun when the earth is tilting the right way.
I owned a '70 Fathom Blue LS-6 back in the day. Bought it off the show room floor at Rampy Chevrolet in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Also owned a '68 L-78 that I bought used and did a mild resto on before selling it. I have always liked the even years for whatever reason; the '66, '68 and '70 just seem to hit me better for some reason. So many of my friends had '66 Chevelles back when I was just out of high school. When I see one it's a real nostalgia trip for me. Thanks for posting Al T and NM!
All of these 66's are absolutely beautiful. My buddy and I ran a '66 Chevelle in street stock class locally back in the early 70's. He drove and I wrenched. Unfortunately, I'm guilty of destroying just about every 66 that existed in a junkyard anywhere in Western New York. We used quarters, doors, fenders, hoods, and even hardtops. It's nice to see beauties like these instead of the pieced together stuff we used to race. Thanks, it brought back good memories but sad because my buddie's gone.
Duane
OT car, 427 question.
