Quote Originally Posted by '32 skidoo
My older brother had a Camero SS when I got back from the service in '70. It had a 4-speed and a really hot motor. He said that he had to order the motor separate from the car, because Chevrolet wasn't allowed to put that particular motor in the car at the factory, BUT that the dealership could pull the factory-installed motor and drop this motor in if he ordered it. He did. He said that it was a special 302 CI called a "Cimarron". There was no question that it was "hot" for its time.

Can anybody verify this? I've talked to a lot of Chevy guys and only have had one even seem to know what I was talking about.
I can tell you that Chevy never used the 302 after 1969 as far as I know but I have been wrong before.
The only Cimarron I have heard of was a Caddy from the 80's.