Copo Camaros

[Chevy454]

Originally Posted by Al Loyrat

The COPO 9560 cars were first built around Jan. of 69. tThe first 50 cars went tfred Gibb in the Chicago area without invoices. The invoices didn't arrived until Febuary. When Gibb saw the price of these cars he convinced Chevy to take back 20 cars which Chevy redistributed to other dealers. They were all base models except for a Canadian "show" car that was heavyly optioned(RS included). The Lemans blue car that was delivered to an Arkansas dealer was converted to an RS with 427 emblems by the dealer by the request of the new owner. Spoilers were optional. Transistorized ignition was standard as was 4.10 gears (4.56 optional).

Actually, a couple were built earlier than that, as 2 dusk blue cars (#1 and #2, obviously) were delivered to Fred Gibb Chevrolet on Dec. 31, 1968, and #1 saw it's first track action at Phoenix at an AHRA event 3 weeks later (where it failed tech for the wrong carb, and and the correct carb was flown out). And 37 of the first 50 were actually returned/redistributed. Also, 2 of the ZL1s did indeed receive the Z22 Rally Sport option from the factory... #55 (which is the well known Whit Chevrolet car out of Fayetteville, AR, which received special emblems/stripes while at the dealership), and #68 which was sold out of an Indiana dealer.

[Al Loyrat]

I have a great book with VIN # , options on each car , dealers that ordered these cars but it's stuffed away in storage somewhere.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Al "L"
Don't go in the attic, and start rummaging around. You can get all that info on the CRG report. Amazing list of everything, including COPO 9560
deliveries to dealers. With first destination Fred Gibb Chevrolet, then the purchasing dealer.
I think the correct carb is/was a Holley 850cfm.
One of our northeast dealers, Scuncio Chevrolet, Greenville, Rhode Island got a #9560, ZL-1, Fathom Green, with an M-22 trans and D80 spoiler option..
Paul

[Al Loyrat]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Al "L"
Don't go in the attic, and start rummaging around. You can get all that info on the CRG report. Amazing list of everything, including COPO 9560
deliveries to dealers. With first destination Fred Gibb Chevrolet, then the purchasing dealer.
I think the correct carb is/was a Holley 850cfm.
One of our northeast dealers, Scuncio Chevrolet, Greenville, Rhode Island got a #9560, ZL-1, Fathom Green, with an M-22 trans and D80 spoiler option..
Paul

I wish it was in the attic, it's in a storage facility buried in some box. So if I punch in "CRG report" it should come up? Ido remember the carb "recall" on the 9560 cars. The correct Holley is a 4296 list # which is still made by Holley. Double pumper mech. secondarys. My Camaro has one on it.

[Paul Ceasrine]

Al "L",get on Google,, and type in,,,CRG Research Report,,Many options to go on,,Get on the Copo thread. Lists everything..Also check out theZL-1 Compilation List..Other site; www.camaros.orgRight on with the Holley 850 double-pumper w/mechanical secondaries.First race for the Fred Gibb car, prepped by Dickie Harrell and driven byHerb Fox,,,at the 1969 AHRA Winternationals at Bee Line, Scottsdale, Arizona..Ran,,,SS/E,,(Thats Super Stock/Experimental),,the first heads-upSuper/Stock type event.Paul

[Al Loyrat]

Originally Posted by Paul Ceasrine

Al "L",get on Google,, and type in,,,CRG Research Report,,Many options to go on,,Get on the Copo thread. Lists everything..Also check out theZL-1 Compilation List..Other site; www.camaros.orgRight on with the Holley 850 double-pumper w/mechanical secondaries.First race for the Fred Gibb car, prepped by Dickie Harrell and driven byHerb Fox,,,at the 1969 AHRA Winternationals at Bee Line, Scottsdale, Arizona..Ran,,,SS/E,,(Thats Super Stock/Experimental),,the first heads-upSuper/Stock type event.Paul

I did get on the CRG website, pretty good but has some holes in it. I remember the #1 ZL1 running SS/X with the tunnel ram on it. Those were cool times in drag racing. Jeff

[Paul Ceasrine]

Jeff,
Every site has a couple of 'banana peels' in it..The X/SS classes were
pretty exciting back then 1969..Those races answered the question, just who had the quickest S/S production-type car,,,,Hemi Cuda/Dart,,
427 Camaro,,Boss 429 Mustang/Cougar??...Of course,,NHRA got their hands involved in 'stirring-the-pot',, and re-factored the weight breaks,,and ruined everything,,,'as usual'.
On the COPO quest,,,suprised no one mentioned Steve Kanuika,,ran his SK Speed Shops out of Concordsville, PA.. Put together and/or sponsored several COPO cars,,one with Jungle Jim..
Paul