COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight

chris ok · 10-14-2013, 07:59 PM

Gas Monkey garage builds a COPO Camaro tonight on tv on Discovery Channel. 27 here in NY, non HD. 9pm Eastern time.
Should be interesting. DVRing it as it is a weekly show I watch.

Chris. Good luck to all those who will watch tonite.

On before at 8pm they build a 55 Ford Vicky.

Geerhead55 · 10-15-2013, 12:28 AM

I'm watching it right now,,(9:25pm Pacific time), not a bad episode compared to some they do. A little clowning around as usual,, but nice footage of the COPO factory. I liked the engine building segment. I'm curious how this will end up.Heritage museum trip was very cool. Catch it if you can. By the way, the previous episode with Mark Cuban and the '55 Ford was pretty cool.
Danny Durham

ALMACK · 10-15-2013, 11:38 AM

10 grand for the golden ticket.

Ooops...hope that wasn't a spoiler.

Casey Miles · 10-15-2013, 01:48 PM

It's bad enough that the dealers put $5 to $10k on the window stickers, but now GM is allowing a TV dipstick to peddle the COPO Camaro's. What a farse, this way he can put $30k ademendment sticker on the window because it went through his shop and they put his stupid logo on the cars. GM would have been better servered if they sold the cars to a shop like Don Ness, at least his vehicles are known for their quality and his logo represents that.

Casey Miles
248H "F" NHRA Stock!
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MWNorris · 10-15-2013, 06:45 PM

was it a factory built COPO or a BIW build they did?

sc371f · 10-15-2013, 08:12 PM

Rerun is on right now. Its at the Copo assembly plant.

Lew Silverman · 10-15-2013, 08:59 PM

Dragzine did a blogpost about this car earlier in the year. It was a "featured" car at Barrett-Jackson in August, and hammered away for $130,000. I'll assume the Gas Monkey crew took cash (and maybe a few cases of beer!).

I also seem to remember that Gas Monkey was also involved with a deal to "build to order" some (or all!) of the COPO Body-in-White cars for their customers, but I never heard any confirmation.

For my money they could have left those hideous decals off the car, and I'm still trying to figure out what the reason was to bury the serialized "build-sheet" under the headliner that is never coming out! I guess you needed to have a few beers in you!!

Rat Raceway · 10-15-2013, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lew Silverman

I'm still trying to figure out what the reason was to bury the serialized "build-sheet" under the headliner that is never coming out! I guess you needed to have a few beers in you!!

When your selected they (Chevy) list all the owners info on the build sheet sticker. My guess is it was his home address and personal info.

BLIND MULE · 10-15-2013, 10:40 PM

Uglier than a POOT in Church!!!

10-14-2013, 07:59 PM	#1
chris ok Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Long Island, New york Posts: 592 Likes: 131 Liked 46 Times in 29 Posts	COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight Gas Monkey garage builds a COPO Camaro tonight on tv on Discovery Channel. 27 here in NY, non HD. 9pm Eastern time. Should be interesting. DVRing it as it is a weekly show I watch. Chris. Good luck to all those who will watch tonite. On before at 8pm they build a 55 Ford Vicky.

10-15-2013, 12:28 AM	#2
Geerhead55 VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Tacoma, Washington Posts: 1,632 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 5 Posts	Re: COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight I'm watching it right now,,(9:25pm Pacific time), not a bad episode compared to some they do. A little clowning around as usual,, but nice footage of the COPO factory. I liked the engine building segment. I'm curious how this will end up.Heritage museum trip was very cool. Catch it if you can. By the way, the previous episode with Mark Cuban and the '55 Ford was pretty cool. Danny Durham Last edited by Geerhead55; 10-15-2013 at 12:32 AM.

10-15-2013, 11:38 AM	#3
ALMACK VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 1,937 Likes: 131 Liked 369 Times in 127 Posts	Re: COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight 10 grand for the golden ticket. Ooops...hope that wasn't a spoiler. __________________ Alan Mackin Stock 3777/ SS 3377 P/SA & SS/PA Fox Thunderbird I/PS '95 Mustang GT

10-15-2013, 01:48 PM	#4
Casey Miles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 703 Likes: 127 Liked 488 Times in 90 Posts	Re: COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight It's bad enough that the dealers put $5 to $10k on the window stickers, but now GM is allowing a TV dipstick to peddle the COPO Camaro's. What a farse, this way he can put $30k ademendment sticker on the window because it went through his shop and they put his stupid logo on the cars. GM would have been better servered if they sold the cars to a shop like Don Ness, at least his vehicles are known for their quality and his logo represents that. Casey Miles 248H "F" NHRA Stock! .

10-15-2013, 06:45 PM	#5
MWNorris Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Atlanta, Tx 75551 Posts: 14 Likes: 24 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight was it a factory built COPO or a BIW build they did?

10-15-2013, 08:12 PM	#6
sc371f Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 32 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight Rerun is on right now. Its at the Copo assembly plant.

10-15-2013, 08:59 PM	#7
Lew Silverman VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 1,435 Likes: 371 Liked 129 Times in 59 Posts	Re: COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight Dragzine did a blogpost about this car earlier in the year. It was a "featured" car at Barrett-Jackson in August, and hammered away for $130,000. I'll assume the Gas Monkey crew took cash (and maybe a few cases of beer!). I also seem to remember that Gas Monkey was also involved with a deal to "build to order" some (or all!) of the COPO Body-in-White cars for their customers, but I never heard any confirmation. For my money they could have left those hideous decals off the car, and I'm still trying to figure out what the reason was to bury the serialized "build-sheet" under the headliner that is never coming out! I guess you needed to have a few beers in you!! __________________ Lew Silverman #2070 "The Wagon Master" N/SA

10-15-2013, 10:40 PM	#9
BLIND MULE Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Alabama Posts: 318 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: COPO gets built on Gas Monkey on TV tonight Uglier than a POOT in Church!!!