[William]

Yes; that was part of the deal. 50 ZL1s in 5 colors; 6 4-speeds 4 automatics. I believe the Gibb ZL1s were ordered by the Zone; 49 of the 50 have consecutive body numbers. One must have been re-ordered. The COPO minimum was 50 units.

Yenkos Camaros appear to have been ordered in the same manner; several groups with consecutive body numbers.

Yenko stated in a 1987 MCR interview that he had to pay Chevrolet to warranty the L72 cars, claiming they ordered 500 Camaros. This may have created the impression the COPO was exclusive to Yenko Sportscars but it obviously wasn't. Working with the production numbers in Tailfins and Bowties, there were 997 L72 Camaros built. Whatever the Yenko total is, other dealers that did not contribute to warranty coverage sold more L72 cars than Yenko. By June 1969 it was very difficult to sell the cars as no one would insure them. Had Chevrolet limited the availability of the COPO to Yenko, it would have been very profitable for him.

Gibb also suffered Chevrolets' business practices. He stated COPO 9560 was supposed to list for about $2,000. Actual list price was $4,160 pushing MSRP over $7,300, a ton of money in 1969. He had great difficulty selling them; most ended up re-distributed to other dealerships or returned directly to Norwood. Didn't help that 19 more were ordered by other dealerships, including two by a dealer 65 miles from his.

Gibb also ordered 50 L78 1968 Novas under a COPO with the new heavy-duty Turbo 400.