67RAT, yeah I got one of those in my garage too.
We were squawking up on the IRC chat last night and I mentioned a 67SS427.
No go man. I think Skip reserached this extensively and found the same thing. Everybody mentions a story or two but...
Were they tripower cars? They would;ve been if this ever happened. Tri with cast heads.
In fact in my assembly manual, the picture of the cancelled tripower option appears but it's on a 396 mill.
The emblems and badges are avail from Year One and others. I sent the front/ rears back but put the 427 emblems on my fenders.
As I told the boys last night. I should;ve kept them, could;'ve "trolled for suckers" at some local shows.
As far as I'm concerned no such animal exisited. I know that the original owner of my 67 popped the 396 by running 4.88's. He was going to put a Chev 427 mill but warranty wouldn't cover it.( although the dealer put the 488's in as the STORY, repeat STORY goes) so the car sat for over 10 years. I suppose the swap might have occured in a few instances, but certainly not under a COPO order.
Remember that our year is the last year that the SS396 was an actual body style. In later years it was just a trim feature. So the later Copos were definitely plain Janes, no SS cars. But in 67 they would've have to have been the SS396. A local COPO authority told me I should run "service rims" if I wanted to give my car a COPO look. ( the ones with the small moon hubcap like my 66 Biscayne winter rat used to have. He's a COPO "expert" and he said no go as well)
Most of what I'm saying is Skips research that I gleaned here.
BTW, IMO one of the biggest brainfarts Chev marketing ever made. Becuase you know and I know the combination is AWESOME!
Dude, buy the grill/rear badges from Year One and go "trolling for suckers". W.C. Fields said there was born every minute.
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Chaas
Gold #62/ACES
67 SS396/L88
[This message has been edited by Gene Chas (edited 02-12-2000).]