Check out this COPO

[AutoInsane]

1969 COPO for sale thru a dealer in LA:

<A HREF="http://www.showroomcars.com

" TARGET=_blank>www.showroomcars.com

</A> (In the inventory)

[Edited by AutoInsane (12-13-2001 at 05:19 PM).]

[jbsides]

Here's the url I used to get to it...

http://showroom.automallcity.com/search.php?d=1&sn=SRC657

Interesting...

[Kurt S]

The car has a window sticker and a POP too. Was in Super Chevy years ago.

[Stefano]

Kurt,

Do you have the VIN on this car and do you know the selling Dealer?

[William]

The car is N644028, sold new at Tri-County Motors Inc in Cincinnati. The rear antenna is a clue. Not built with spoilers but of course has to have them. Rear defog and N34 also added.

Has manual N44 steering. Ugh.

[Stefano]

How many other 9737 COPO 1969 Camaros are documented without spoilers?

[bkhpah]

We are working on one from Prout Chevrolet from Clevland Ohio area. And yes it will not have spoilers, never did. True radio delete and M22. Daytona Yellow X44...BKH

[Edited by bkhpah (12-15-2001 at 06:27 PM).]

[William]

Sounds like a neat car.

When I was chasing ZL1s I spoke with some people at Huebner Chev in Ohio, where the last ZL1 was sold. They claimed to have had dozens of L72 cars. Car Craft once did a story on a couple of drag racers that bought a Le Mans blue/auto COPO in Ohio and drove it back to CA.

Must be plenty in Ohio.

[Stefano]

bkhpah,
Just to clearify, The non spoilered COPO you are working on does have the sports car conversion factory option? Are you aware of any others like this and was the spoiler delete 9737 limited to the Ohio dealers or did other dealers also order this way?

[bkhpah]

Yes, the car is a 9737 car without D80. I have seen one other car like it in LeMans Blue. We think that this car is a Prout Car as well. There is a girl that show up at the NEOCA Camaro show on Sunday only at the end. It is a COPO/9737 minus D80...BKH

[Stefano]

bkhpah,
Thanks for the info. I know that all Yenkos were to have spoilers. Have you ever seen a Yenko without spoilers?

[copo69]

My car is a 9737 without the D80 option. It was sold at Ed Stinn Chevrolet in Cleveland.

[Stefano]

Do these COPOs also have console option like the green 'Showroom Classics' COPO?

[Edited by Stefano (12-15-2001 at 10:38 PM).]

[bkhpah]

The Daytona Yellow Prout COPO has no console and the in dash tach with center fuel gauge. It is an 06A build date. It is the real stuff, not repo. I have never seen a 69 Yenko without D80. It was to have been part of the styling package on the Yenko Camaro. The spoiler ties in with the stripes. I have seen console COPO's about half the time...BKH

[Tim F]

hello all, new user here. love this board. on this subject, my car is a 9737 no spoiler X-11 belived to come from prout chevy in elyria oh. still trying to document. finding lots of leads to follow up on. Happy Holidays to you all.Tim.

[68l30]

Tim,welcome to the board.What color is your car?I know of at least two others from Prout, one BKH mentioned in Daytona Yellow an another painted Butternut Yellow X-44 I believe to be a 06A as well.


Steve

[bkhpah]

Where are you from Tim? It is good to hear of another Prout Trout out there...BKH

[Tim F]

Im a lifetime resident of Elyria Ohio, home of prout chevy. my camaro is lemans blue with black vinyl top, black standard interior, X-11 trim,no spoilers, 07A build date, fender pinstripes, console without gauges,L-72 M-22 BE 12 bolt, radio with front fender antenna,6x7 dash tach,center feul gauge,140 speedo no buzzer,13/16 sway bar,5 leaf springs,power disc brakes. curved neck radiator, whew! hope this helps. Tim.

[68l30]

Tim nice sounding car! Is your car apart or together? I'm in the Cleveland area and get out to most of the shows and cruises and don't recall ever seeing another Lemans Blue COPO.There is the Lemans blue COPO up in Painsville that I believe is a Evans car but have no docs to prove it.Do you know of the other two COPOs in your area,yellow and Black?


Steve

[Tim F]

to 68, the car is disasembled for a repaint.i havent drove it since 92.i purchaced it in 79 and owned since. the car had 72 plates on it when i got it and had been sitting for 7 yrs. this thing has been sitting forever.lol. had 16K when i bought it, i bet i havent run 200 miles. always down for some reason. hope to show it this summer. Tim.

[bkhpah]

Tim, Do you have the dealership emblem for the rear. It is in the shape of a fish. The locals called them Prout Trouts. We are looking for one...BKH

[Tim F]

BKH,sorry no trout. Tim.

[68l30]

I am led to believe there were more than three sold at Prout.They did quite a bit of advetising in the local paper about the "New 427 Camaros".Another local dealer,Ed Stinn, sold quite a few also.I have ads from more then one local paper showing the 427 Camaros and Chevelles in July of 1969........

Steve

[Stefano]

Have there been any more than the three Prout COPOs mentioned found?
Lemans Blue
Daytona
Butternut

[Rowdy Rat]

The late June/early July order of 9561/9737 cars that Prout received was supposedly in the neighborhood of 10-12 cars according to a couple of salesmen that Doug and I talked to. As Steve noted, the cars were advertised locally along with COPO Chevelles and other high performance Chevrolets.

The majority (if not all) of the cars were no radio/four speed cars... Different colors... At least one of Lemans blue, Daytona yellow, and Olympic gold. I've also heard that one of the former salesmen drove a black one although I don't know if this was a demo or his personal car.

There was a Butternut yellow 9561/9737 Prout car that sold much earlier than this... March or April if I remember correctly. I don't recall if this car had the D80 option or not.

Ed Stinn also seemed to do pretty well with the COPO cars. They were right up the road from Prout... About ten miles or so wasn't it Steve?

Regards,

Stan Falenski

[whitetop]

The yellow '69 Copo Camaro that I posted pics of last year or so on this site was from Huebner Chevrolet in Carrolton Ohio. By the way the car is still sitting in the same spot untouched and probably will be forever.
Doc Dixon who was the unbeatable S/S NHRA champ in the '70's with a '69 Camaro was also from Carrolton.
Dave

[Edited by whitetop (05-02-2002 at 08:23 AM).]

[Stefano]

whitetop,
What is Carrolton close to? Do you recall the X-code, body or vin # for this COPO?

[68l30]

Stan,ten miles is about right.Do you know who the black car was sold to? I do know of one in the area that a teacher once had.The new owners name I can't quite remember,but have talked to him in the last year.He is not familiar with the selling dealer,from what I recall.The car has been in the Prout area it's whole life.

Steve

[whitetop]

Stefano
I will try to repost the pics. Carrolton is in Southeast Ohio about 1/2 from the Ohio River
The '69 is still owned by the original owner and has '75 or '76 license plates on it. About 75-80% original paint. Has headers, slot mags etc, SW tach & gauges. Typical period piece. Original engine etc still in the car. His wife was a school teacher and used to drive it to school. About 3 miles down the road from this car was a original Yenko Camaro that sold for $3500 back about8-9 years ago. The guy that bought it resold it for about 20K I believe. A member on this site has the car and is in Chicago I believe.
As soon as I dig out he pics I can email them to you.

How do you post on this site now? I used to use photopoint. Do you still need a hosting service?
Dave

[68l30]

The black car is a 06A X44 car,has D80,but not on the tag.The Butternut car is a 03B X44, no D80 on tag (early)but has a spoiler.Both cars are 9737.The Butternut car is radio delete,black car has center fuel....I can't find the name on the black car.......I know the yellow one was "Hermans" car.I have spoken with him (present owner) over the winter and can't remember his name.Shame on me!

Steve

[Edited by 68l30 (05-03-2002 at 08:45 PM).]

[Rowdy Rat]

Steve,

I have the name of the salesman that supposedly owned the black car somewhere in my notes... I'll post it when I locate it. This salesman moved away from the Cleveland area for quite some time, but returned two or three years ago. I tried to get in touch with him through a third party, but to be honest, I haven't really followed up on this in over a year... Maybe I'll make a few calls this weekend and see what I can turn up. I am not sure if this is a car that he purchased new or if it was a demo, but either way, he was driving it in 1969.

I also received a call from the owner of the Butternut yellow car a couple months back... I plan on calling him and will find out if the car was delivered with spoilers or not.

I find it interesting that although there are plenty of Prout Camaros out there, I have yet to hear of one of the Chevelles that they sold... Anyone know what might have happened to them?

Regards,

Stan