Originally Posted by BowtieFroggie (Post 366915)

Who really nows what the first COPO it was when GM adopted that name for any vehicle that was not a regular production unit! My GM sources says it was a early to mid 50's term when first used.

Originally Posted by Casey Miles (Post 366927)

Back in 1969 according to "street racers", there was never a 396/375 or 427/425 ever made. They all claimed that they had 396/325 hp engines. COPO cars didn't exist also.
Street racing was where it was abound and I don't think that anyone cared about NHRA rules or what the manufactures were targeting.
I can remember a very specific COPO Camaro that used to make the rounds, it was light blue with baby hub caps and 14" tires. The owner took off the 427 markers and put on 396 in their place to try to hide what was under the cowl hood. That car came from Baldwin Chevy, the same dealer that delivers cars to Motion Performance on Sunrise Hgwy.
The '69 Z28 was the far better buy back then, because you could get insurance for it. The Z28 option didn't show on the Vin # and the 302 cu inch engine fell under the insurance companies hp to weight ratio radar. With that the insurance companies didn't know that it was a peformance car.

Casey Miles
248H "F"NHRA Stock!

Originally Posted by Jack Matyas (Post 366889)

Danny - Its a great plan but has a few flaws - first my wife suggested I sell mine and take the profit and buy '13 model - problem is there is no guarantee that I'll be able to get one .That leads me to your situation - as there were only 67 COPO's released to the public and there were more than 3,000 applications to get one your dream may not have happened .

All that and I bought mine to take to the dance ........not to sell or gather dust in my garage .

Originally Posted by Al Loyrat (Post 367488)

The fathom green camaro in the photo is a COPO # 9561 car with the 427/425hp iron block and heads. Hundreds of those cars were factory built. The COPO #9560 is the 427/430hp aluminum engine cars that only 69 were built. Only 2 of the 9560 cars came with option C08 (vinyl top) both were lemans blue.

Originally Posted by Jeff Lee (Post 366908)

I've had a hard time accepting the looks of the new Camaro. The new COPO does look better than the street cars with the bigger tires stuffed in it.
What do ya'll think of these retro SS or RS front grilles on the new Camaro?
I'm thinking not...

http://www.lingenfelter.com/mm5/merc...gory_Code=C478

Originally Posted by Casey Miles (Post 366927)

Back in 1969 according to "street racers", there was never a 396/375 or 427/425 ever made. They all claimed that they had 396/325 hp engines. COPO cars didn't exist also.
Street racing was where it was abound and I don't think that anyone cared about NHRA rules or what the manufactures were targeting.
I can remember a very specific COPO Camaro that used to make the rounds, it was light blue with baby hub caps and 14" tires. The owner took off the 427 markers and put on 396 in their place to try to hide what was under the cowl hood. That car came from Baldwin Chevy, the same dealer that delivers cars to Motion Performance on Sunrise Hgwy.
The '69 Z28 was the far better buy back then, because you could get insurance for it. The Z28 option didn't show on the Vin # and the 302 cu inch engine fell under the insurance companies hp to weight ratio radar. With that the insurance companies didn't know that it was a peformance car.

Casey Miles
248H "F"NHRA Stock!