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A freshly rebuilt Chevrolet big block V8 painted Chevrolet engine orange on a rolling engine stand in a working machine shop
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The Chevrolet 427 Big Block: Every Version, and How to Identify One

Between 1966 and 1969 Chevrolet sold six meaningfully different 427 cubic inch big blocks, and the gap between the cheapest and the most valuable is now roughly two and a half million dollars. Ever...

1969 CamaroA 1969 Chevrolet Camaro finished in the style of a Yenko COPO 427 car, photographed outside a shop at golden hour

GM Banned Their Own Engines. A Chevy Dealer Used the Taxicab Ordering System to Build the Fastest Camaros Ever Made.

In the late 1960s, GM had a rule: no engine over 400 cubic inches in anything smaller than a full size car. Don Yenko and Fred Gibb used Chevrolet's own special order system to get 427s into Camaro...