1969 Chevelle Build

[Alan Roehrich]

Originally Posted by Alan Nyhus

The '69 427-425 Chevelle was COPO 9562. Like their COPO '69 Camaro cousins, they were outwardly plain Jane with the exception of the hoods. The COPO Chevelles looked like a regular Malibu, but had the SS hood.

A few years back, I saw the remains of a '69 COPO 9562 in a small town outside Kansas City.

It should be noted that, according to the GM archives, the COPO 69 Chevelle 427/425 was built only on the two door coupe, and not on the 2 door sedan/300 Deluxe. There was a point in time where you could not run a 300 Deluxe with a 427/425. You could run the 396. NHRA may now allow the 427/425 in the 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe, but for a long time, they did not.

The 69 Chevelle COPO 9562 was built to allow Chevrolet to have cars in SS/D and SS/DA to complement the COPO 9561/9562 Camaros in the SS/B and SS/C classes.

According to the archives, there were 12 COPO 9562 based codes in all, with different options, all are shown to be sport coupes, no sedans.

9562AA (COPO 9694 disc brake required)
9562BA (COPO 9694 disc brake required)
9562CD
9562CE
9562DD
9562DE
9562EA
9562FA
9694CA
9694CB
9566AA
9566BA

They built approximately 350 cars (compared to some 1200-1250 L-72 equipped COPO 9562 Camaros), with 99 (55 four speed MQ code and 44 TH400 automatic MP code) going to Don Yenko Chevrolet. The KQ code 4.10:1 12 bolt was included, and all were Posi-traction equipped. They also came with the SS hood, standard Malibu interior, Super Sport blackout grille with the Bow Tie, and black rear cove panel.The SS side stripes and NC8 chambered exhaust were options. The various individual codes were option packages that denoted either 14" or 15" tires, standard wheels, SS wheels, or Rally wheels, power disc brakes, special suspensions, and bucket or bench seats.