While surfing the net the other day I found something I've never heard of before...

If you've got the time, please visit the following URL:
http://www.brooks-inc.com/ccc/projects/projects.htm
Scroll down a bit and take a look at the '66 Chevelle pictured. Then please
tell me if this car is bogus or if there actually were cars built with this
option. I haven't been able to find anything that verifies it...

Any info would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I dont know but here's the link:
http://www.brooks-inc.com/ccc/projects/projects.htm
Steve

I have never seen any documentation to establish the existence of a 1966 Tri-Power Chevelle.

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isn't a l-89 a 375 horse 396?
maybe someone just added a tri-power on that.either way too bad it was wrecked.the 66 guys will notice it doesn't have the rear panel painted as previously discussed.

A L89 is an aluminum head 396-375/ L78 is a iron head 396-375 option L89 first year was 69 and continued into 70 L89SEDAN

l89 thanks for the clarification.
i thought that the l89 was an aluminum head but i forgot that l78 was the iron head.i know of one l89 in a 68 chevelle ss.what do you think?

The L89 option also pertained to 427 and 454 engines,too

While I personally think this is a bogus claim, there is a tri-power option shown in the factory assembly manual for 67s. It is shown as option code L-64, but CANCELED is stamped on those pages. If this 66 had iron heads, I might have wondered about it being an original a little more. John Walker

I hate to say 'no way' because so many strange things happened, but I agree with jmw. I was thinking about the planned L64 option for 67 and well, maybe they tried it out in late 66 but thought.. naaaah.

They said:
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>This is an all original car and is documented as being one of 5 -- S/S L-89 cars built..
There was only one L-89 Convertable and the rest of the 88 cars were Malabu 300 Post cars. And were L-88s.. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

strike three. i think someone has their numbers a bit mixed up.

Isn't the firewall black? I thought it was to be painted the body color. Someone was tinkering under the hood, but a nice set-up.

Chevy really didn't start installing aluminum heads on any production big blocks until the 68 model year. 3x2 induction was used by Olds & Pontiac in '66, so Chevy may have wan't to say 'me too!'. Seeing as it was planned on being introduced in for '67 there may have been some engineers cobble together a mule car prior to that (i.e. summer '66), but as for a production '66 I'd have to say No Way! Remember, Chevrolet invented the famous parts bin, and rodders were inclined to purchase the latest go-fast stuff over the counter and bolt them on. No big deal. A '66 L89 with tri-power is a tantalizing thought, though.

P.S. My wife's cousin in Warren, Michigan has an '86 IROC-Z that the engineers used to develop the '87 IROC-Z 5.7.

Rick, the firewalls were black.

Mild68, I don't think they painted the tail panels black in 66. That started in 67.

Nonetheless, I think this is a complete BS job. I have never seen original paint that nice. There is no way that paint is original. You guys are right, the tri-power wasn't even an idea until 67.

Anyone who writes SS as S/S does not know Chevys very well in my opinion. The stuff about shifting at 7500 rpm makes the whole thing sound even more bogus. 7500 rpm is pretty damn high for a big block. Why would it "get away from you" at a lower rpm?

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Jameel Qazi
#'s 67 SS

Is it true that GM had GTO &442 drop the tripower so it would be a vette only thing
I had heard somewhere that they wanted the Vette to be untouched so that was why the chevelle didnt get it and also the reason GTO & 442 had to drop it MIKE

Yeah, Mike, GM decreed that for the '67 year cars there would be no more multiple carbs, except for the Corvette. I think that a large part of the reason was the introduction of the Quadrajet. It gave enough flow to feed the big-blocks, and was a lot simpler than dealing with the linkage, jetting, etc. of multiple carbs. They probably kept it on the 'Vette for image reasons and because the Corvette motor was a 427.

Too bad. Could you imagine a stock tri-power LS-6!!!!!!