Copo Camaros

[Paul Ceasrine]

KD,
Just got the e-mail of the 69' Camaro window sticker/price sheet.
COPO 9561
Dealer B. F. Curry, Central Avenue, Scarsdale, NY
X44........Base price $3575.30..April 9, 1969
PC

[Paul Ceasrine]

copo69,
Thanks on the chambered exhaust info, saw the info on the dealer price list,,Code NC8, chambered exhaust $15.80 as an option..
KD,
I do not claim to be any kind of COPO expert..
But I think the list of the most 69' COPO cars sold;
1) Yenko Chevrolet, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburg)
2) Berger Chevrolet, Grand Rapids, Michigan
3) Nickey Chevrolet, Chicago, Illinois
4) Baldwin Chevrolet, Baldwin, L.I., New York
5) Fred Gibbs Chevrolet, LaHarpe, Illinois
6) Dana Chevrolet, South Gate, California
7) Scuncio Chevrolet, Greenville, Rhode Island
Paul

[Paul Ceasrine]

KD,,,,,,,,
A hard address to find,,,,,,,,
Fred Gibb Chevrolet
Junction 9, East 94
La Harpe, Illinois 67227
(Western Illinois, 20 minutes away from the Iowa/Missouri border)
Home of the first COPO 9560 ZL-1,,
Somebody probably has the # of COPO 9561 (L-72) cars to come out of there???
Paul

[stefan callender]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

KD,
Just got the e-mail of the 69' Camaro window sticker/price sheet.
COPO 9561
Dealer B. F. Curry, Central Avenue, Scarsdale, NY
X44........Base price $3575.30..April 9, 1969
PC

Curry Chevrolet, I believe still exists...

[Paul Ceasrine]

Stefan,
B.F. Curry still in business as Honda dealer. Scarsdale, New York, once one of the biggest Chevrolet dealers in the country. Had an awesome showroom, big semi-circle with an all-glass surround. The car lot was loaded back then, at least 40 cars across, and 15 deep. All-Chevy's.
Also, had as nearly as big dealership in Yorktown, New York (northern
Westchester, Route 202.,,A couple of COPO 9561 cars went through
the Scarsdale dealership, not sure on the Yorktown one..
PC

[Bobby Zlatkin]

I special ordered a Nova in '69 from Anthony Abraham Chev. in Miami. Really wanted a Camaro but too cheap to spring the extra bucks (dumb ***). My car came in mid May. I went back to the dealer about a week later as they called 'my license was in'. Saw a white (what looked like a 6 cyl.) Camaro parked where the new cars came in. What caught my attention was that it had the cowl induction hood but looked like a car that shouldn't have that hood. Went over and looked at the window sticker and saw: L72, 427/425. Also remember that it had an M22. Don't remember anything else on sticker but the bottom line $3,600 something. Had all the SS stuff (power discs multi-leaf, 12 bolt), but no SS badging. Looked around and there was also a dark green one there.
Also a 4-speed. Same options, same price. I knew they were something special but I didn't know what. Never had heard of a COPO then.

So I know that Abraham Chev., Miami, FL had a least 2 of them. Just unaffordable to me at that time. I used to go to Miami-Hollywood Speedway every Sat. night, but never saw either car there or ever again.

[Dana Fitzpatrick]

Paul, endura front bumpers were not included in the COPO 9737 package. They were a seperate option, but must have been common on the Berger COPO's. I think that every one I know of came with one.

[Chevy454]

Dana: nice to see you here! I love watching your car run! For those that haven't seen it in person, Dana's car is so silky smoooooth, yet so quick! Wish we could get together more often @ the track...

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Casey,
Lots of Long Island-based big-block Camaro's visited Dover Drag Strip
69' thru 74'. Several from Baldwin Chevrolet,,as well as Smithtown,
Mineola and Hicksville..Even a damn COPO car from Shoreham..
No rear-spoilers for the COPO cars, unless added-on..
That dark-green (Fathom Green) color, seemed to be a popular choice..
PC

You could order the spoilers (D80) on any of the COPO Camaros...matter of fact, all of the COPO Camaros sold through Yenko Chevrolet in '69 had spoilers. Ours (pictured below) is one of 5 Daytona Yellow automatics sold through Yenko in '69...here it is on it's way to a 12.0 @ 117 pass on the F70-15 Polyglass:



Someone mentioned Byrne Bros. as selling some COPO Camaros...they sold *lots* of hi-po stuff. Here is a picture from last year's "Supercar Reunion" of an original Byrne COPO Camaro racing our original "Red Alert" Chevelle, which was also sold out of Byrne:


Mike Keener: we've had 3 or 4 different guys the past few years visit us at Yenko.net looking for your old car...!

[Chevy454]

More eye canding from the "Supercar Reunion"...

A gentleman I've been lucky to get to know over the past several years, Mr. Ken Barnhart, racing out of Elgin, IL...he bought a '69 ZL-1 Camaro brand new, from Fred Gibb Chevrolet, ran it in SS/B for years, and stil owns the car, and it still sees action at the track! Ken and this very Camaro won SS/B @ Indy in '70, and was runner up in '71, I believe...

[Mike Keener]

Copo 69,

I can't remember the dealer but I believe I would know it if I heard it. Run a few by me and let's see.

I do know I was the second owner of the car. It was originally delivered to "Gary Fabian" who lived in the Cleveland area. Was there a dealer named "Fronrath Chevrolet"?

MK