November '01 Feature Car

[bowtie3168]

Congrats to Jeff Latondress on having his 1969 COPO Chevelle displayed as this month's Feature Car. I got the opportunity to take a good look at Jeff's car at this year's Super Car Reunion, and it is a nice example of a Supercar. Jeff was really friendly and was nice enough to share any info that he had with anyone who was interested. When you get to meet and interact with guys like Jeff you understand why The Supercar Reunion is a must attend event.<p> Andrew<p>

[Mr70]

Congrats Jeff!
I should have never sold that car.Hindsight is 20/20.
Where is it featured?
I still see Charleys Camaro on the Homepage.

[Chevy454]

Go to our home page ( www.yenk.net (http://www.yenk.net) ) and try refreshing your browser...it's there, but your computer may just be going off of a history file.

[9566 BA]

Andrew
Thanks for the kind words. I had a great time at the reunion and enjoyed talking to everyone there. I feel very honored to have my car as the feature car. Everone on this site has been very helpful and knowledgable.
Thanks Jeff

[9566 BA]

mr70,
What time period did you own the 69 COPO car?
Jeff

[tom406]

I'm guessing the other orange "COPO twin" ended up recently in this Eastern Washington owner's garage. He bought the black Hemi Cuda and Pink T/A Challenger earlier this year.

http://www.users.qwest.net/~v10hooked/

[tom406]

Maybe this is clickable..

www.users.qwest.net/~v10hooked/

[JoeC]

I also had great time talking Chevelles with Jeff and seeing his beautiful COPO. One question on the Feature Car write up for the detail nuts (like me). I don't believe the car has the COPO 9737. It is not on the build sheet and the 9737 would give it 15x7 Z/28 Rally Wheels not normally available on Chevelles. Nice car Jeff!

[Mr70]

Jeff
Harry Snow and Chris Spanos had the COPO Twins in Atlanta 1996 and SuperChevy Indy 1996.Harry had those COPO's advertised in Hemmings,Dec.1996,May 1997,Nov.1997.75K for the pair!
They sold the Manual trans.COPO at Carlisle in 1998 I believe.
My friend and I bought the Auto.trans. COPO in February 1999-took possesion here in Il. April 99.
We did a Canadian VIN Search with George Zapora.I needed to get cash liquid later on so I cashed out.I was chasing another car that never materialized.
My friend had sole ownership of your COPO.He soon sold it to a broker,who soon sold it later on.
Jim Silvers and John Pazalelle bought it here in Il. again.

Your COPO is one of 201 1969 Chevelles exported to Canada from U.S.A.
No breakdown of how many were just COPO 427.It came with PL5 F70X14 White lettered tires,and SS rims.No SS center on steering wheel.I think the Black pinstripping was proved to be added later.I was locating a Smog system for it when he sold it.

That website mentioned above,is not the twin to this car.The twin to your COPO has No buildsheet,and was an M-22,not an M-21.Both baltimore built,and both delivered to Central Chev-Olds in Ontario,I believe.

I still have all the Paper work copies on this Car as well as many pictures.It is a VERY nice car,belongng to a very nice guy!



[Edited by mr70 (11-03-2001 at 09:15 AM).]

[9566 BA]

mr70,
The twin to my car was not delivered to Central Chev Olds in London Ontario like mine it was shipped to somewhere in Toronto I believe I have a picture of the sign from the show in Atlanta that says where it was sent to and let you know Jeff

[Belair62]

Mr70,you state there were 201 Canadian COPO Chevelles. What basis do you have for this info ? I think others may be interested in this as well to get closer to the total true COPO Chevelle numbers.How many total COPO Chevelles do you believe were produced outside of Yenko's ?

[Mr70]

Bob
When I got the COPO Chevelle documented through George Zepora at Vintage Vehicle Services in Canada in 1999.On the title page with all the codes deciphered it states: 201 1969 Chevelles(Same model no.) exported from U.S.,no breakdown of COPO production.I would not venture to guesstimate on COPO production outside of Yenko.Noone seems to agree on this number.

Jeff
I wasn't to certain on the destination of the twin.Email me a picture of that sign,if you do find it. http://www.yenko.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

[Belair62]

I mis-read your post...thought we were getting closer to a figure...thanks Rick.Only 201 total Chevelles is sure a small amount of cars sold up there.Were there Hi-Po Beaumonts or something up there in 69 I wonder...

[9566 BA]

mr70
the 4 speed copo twin was shipped to Chevy Yonge Holdings in Toronto, Ontario. I will send you picture of sign . Jeff

[Keith Tedford]

When GM says that 201 Chevelles of that particular model were shipped from the US to Canada, they mean that that many 13637 models were shipped. This may or may not indicate the number of COPO cars sent. The documentation on our L78 car indicates that there were 2680 of that model sold in Canada. This means that there were that many 13437 300 Deluxe hardtops sold. Some obviously were SS396 but most weren't.
When we bought our COPO cars, one was orange with the M22, black vinyl bench seat and no gauges. While it was reportedly written off in the later '70s, I'm wondering if it might be still alive. It was sold new through Beare Motors in Port Perry, Ontario. The GM documentation would show this. Any help Jeff? The original owner would love to see it. I have a series of day one photos of the car.

[9566 BA]

Keith
the vin # of the 4 speed car 136379B408202 it came with a M-22 no gauges and radio delete.
I would love to see the pictures. Jeff

[BEAUMONTBILL]

BELAIR,
THERE WERE NO HI-PO BEAUMONTS IN 1969.
PREVIOUS TO THAT THE ONLY BEAUMONTS THAT WERE
HIGH PERFORMENCE WERE THE SD'S.(SPORT DELUXE)
THE S.D. CAME STANDARD WITH A 325 HP 396
AND AN OPTIONAL 350 HP. THEY WERE CALLED ECONOJETS. NO 375 HP WAS AVAILABLE. THATS AS HI-PO AS THE BEAUMONT GOT.

[Belair62]

Thanks Beaumont...how about the 409 powered "Pontiacs"? What was the deal with those.Did they use the 2-4bbl versions up there ? Love to find one of those.

[Mr70]

Paging Jeff Latondress........
I think I found the twin built with your COPO Chevelle on the assembly line... http://www.yenko.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

[Keith Tedford]

The Chevy powered full sized Pontiacs got the same drive trains as their equivalent
Chevys. How about a '66 L72 powered Pontiac Parisienne convertible. There was one around Oshawa back then.

[BEAUMONTBILL]

CANADA SOLD SOME REAL STRANGE CARS IN THE 50'S AND 60'S. IN CANADA ONLY THERE WAS THE
GRAND PARISIENNE WHICH WAS LIKE THE BONNEVILLE,THE STRATOCHIEF WHICH WAS LIKE THE STARCHIEF AND THE LAURENTION WHICH WAS LIKE THE CATALINA. THESE CARS WERE PONTIACS
WITH CHEVY FRAMES AND DRIVETRAINS. IT'S FUNNY LOOKING TO SEE A WIDE TRACK BODY ON A
SMALLER CHEVY FRAME. WHILE 409'S WERE AVAILABLE THEY WERE VERY RARE. I HAVE NEVER
SEEN ONE WITH A DUAL 4 BARREL AND THE FACTORY LITERATURE THAT I HAVE DOESN'T MENTION IT AS BEING AVAILABLE.( I KNOW THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING) I LIVE IN WESTERN NY
NEAR THE BORDER AND HAVE HAD HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A BUNCH OF THESE STRANGE
CARS. IN NIAGARA FALLS THERE IS A BIG BLOCK
GRAND PARISIENNE WITH THE GRAND PRIX FRONT END THAT THE ORIGINAL OWNER STILL DRIVES AS HIS EVERY DAY CAR.

[Norm reynolds]

If you go to www.legendarymotorcar.com (http://www.legendarymotorcar.com) they are in Canada
They have a 1967 butternut yellow Beaumont-SD396 has some of the body lines of a 67 Chevelle
First time I have seen one
Norm