Today I saw a well maintained late 1960's Chevrolet Caprice 4 door hardtop with a 427 V8 underneath the hood, I wasn't even sure if they did make the Caprice 4 doors with the 427 V8 or not, it also had the hidden headlights, how rare are the Chevrolet Caprice's with the 427's? I would've guessed that they came with either a 327, 350 or a 396.

 

big block 4 doors were fairly rare, but did exist. The trick is, rare vs. desirable, the value is in desirable.

 

It was much rarer for a Chevrolet 4 door to get the big block than it was for Oldsmobile, Buick, Chrysler, Mercury, Lincoln and Cadillac.

 

that may be true, but I think there may be more than you realize as well, but you are right, it is most common to see a 350 or 327 in the 60's, lot less likely to have any higher than that, since the 400 small block didn't come out until 70. The Chevy's were the base, then the Ponchos and Buicks and Olds were more "upper class" so tended to get more toys. Trouble is, it can be the rarest car, but if noone entirely cares or wants it, value wise, it doesn't have it.

 

In the 1960's, big block sedans and station wagons were the tow vehicles of choice, not like the pickups and suv's today. The four door hardtop bodystyle and Caprice trim level meant top-of-the-line for a Chevy. Maybe the 427 was part of an order for a "fully loaded" car? As far as collector value goes, convertibles, followed by two door hardtops are usually most desirable. The 1965-66 bodystyle is particularly "hot" right now.

Jim

 

I noticed that the 427 Caprice I saw yesterday didn't have power windows, it did have an automatic shifter on the column.