COPO....Now And Then

Casey Miles · 01-28-2013, 03:05 PM

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!

01-28-2013, 03:05 PM	#20
Casey Miles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 705 Likes: 128 Liked 502 Times in 91 Posts	Re: COPO....Now And Then 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!