Seeing your 1st Mopar 'Upset' a Chevy

In real life, off the showroom floor, according to a number of magazine tests, the 66-67 Chevy 327/275 Nova ran 15.0 at best, and that is in a 2900 lb car. According to "nexgencamaro" the 67Camaro 327/275 ran a lousy 16.9 with a four speed, and the reputed 400hp Z28 @14.8. Car life in sept 66' showed the nova at 15.1. You could dump money in them to run, but they didn't arrive that way. I did find one chevy site that showed a road test of a 396/375 Camaro, @13.87, but it was fiddled with prior to testing. There was a very common saying back in 69-71, that the 396/375 was quite popular, as the junkyards were full of them! (they had a bad rep of blowing up,unfortunately) The stupidity of rich kids back then was astounding. They would race a new car for a month or so, and if they lost they went out and bought the car they thought beat them the most. They rarely realized the problem was usually the driver, not the brand of car.:violent1::oops:


The funniest race I ever saw was between a 69' Roadrunner and a 69' SS 396 Chevelle. They were on the interstate and had passed the 1/2 mile,at top speed and wouldn't give up. A Nebraska HWY Patrol 69' Polara 440 passed them both in the parking lane, got ahead and blocked the road. End of race. That cop car blew by them @ 130 or so like he was going to get an ice cream cone! Off to Jail. Call the parents, ETC,ETC.