2023 COPO Camaro 632

[mnmaxwedge]

A12 not a good example Gump. My buddy bought an A12 car off a used car lot in 1974. It had about 30000 miles on the odo. I'd like to see a late model COPO with similar mileage.

[Alan Roehrich]

A lot of the "factory car" combinations were either never actually produced as a running vehicle at all (there were some Cobra Jet engines that not a single example was ever even assembled by Ford), or there were never 50 of them built in a year.


If you offer 50-60 total cars for sale, and have 2-4 or more engine combinations available in that year, and a few of each engine combinations are sold, the NONE of them hit the "50 sold" mark.


They took the 1967 L-88 Corvette out of the guide, for only 36 being sold (more than enough to make it "legal" went out the back door) through the dealers.


I've said this several times. If the "50 sold" rule is waived for the "factory cars", then the 1967 L-88 Corvette should be back in the guide.

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

...I've said this several times. If the "50 sold" rule is waived for the "factory cars", then the 1967 L-88 Corvette should be back in the guide.

I think that would be COOL!

(Would it run Stock or just Super Stock?)

[GTX JOHN]

I bought an A12 Roadrunner that held the National Record and I
raced it AND drove it to work for years. Whole different time and tech
in stock in early 1970s. My brother drove a A12 Super Bee to High School!

Very Streetable cars with mild camshafts and not a ton of Valve spring pressure (About 140 to 150 on the seat). There were 4 A12s on the street in our little town back then not counting the dedicated trailered cars.

Originally Posted by GUMP

I think that would be COOL!

(Would it run Stock or just Super Stock?)

Stock of course!

[Tony Fagnilli]

I'm not exactly sure what all the hub-bub is about. Why would anyone care what combinations the NHRA allows? unless it's a heads up, it is just bracket racing.

[Larry Hill]

That's why we run class, we love heads up runs. At least I do.

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by mnmaxwedge

A12 not a good example Gump. My buddy bought an A12 car off a used car lot in 1974. It had about 30000 miles on the odo. I'd like to see a late model COPO with similar mileage.

I find it interesting that you would take one of Mopar's baddest built-for-competition cars and reduce it to a grocery getter to try to make a point. I guess the street Hemis were great for hauling the kids to the beach too?