COPO_Anders
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To avoid hijacking the NMW thread I think it´s better to start a new one about the Convincer II.
The pic from the NMW catalog.
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Anders Stålklint
Dover white "Plain Jane" 9561 automatic, NOR353000 TR711 50 50PNT 06A X44D80
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COPO_Anders
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Here is a pic from Raceway News, Raceway Park, Englishtown.
Now guys, start telling the stories about the Convincer II !
Edited by Charley Lillard (11/09/07 09:57 PM)
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NovaMob03
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I sent you a PM
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4274speed
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Anders,Joe Spino from the Neighbor Hood Garage(ESSO Automotive Repair Garage) in Jersey City knows both the owners of the Convincer II 69 Copo Chevelle.Joe is very very well known at Raceway Park Englishtown NJ.He ran the 67 and 69 "Born Free Camaro" with Patty Marchetti.
Edited by 4274speed (11/09/07 01:48 PM)
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COPO_Anders
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John, any info he could share would be interesting. Can you talk to Joe about it ?
Another pic from Raceway Park Englishtown NJ.
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Anders Stålklint
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COPO_Anders
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The last one I have from Raceway Park.
I´m going on vacation tomorrow morning and will be gone a little more than a week.
Give me some interesting info to read when I get back.
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Anders Stålklint
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COPO_Anders
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The Convincer II in Sweden !
That is a factory HemiCuda in the far lane. I think that´s the one that caught fire at Santa Pod, England, some years ago. 
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Anders Stålklint
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I'll try to find Pete Dedella around Middeltown, NJ. Also will find the window sticker showing its a 427 M22 car.
PS. sc69sam has some Raceway News on his desk with this car in them. Lets see them Sammy.
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Kevin
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COPO_Anders
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Kevin, let´s see if the windowsticker matches this !
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Anders Stålklint
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musclecarkid
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What is that option list printed on? It doesn't look like a buildsheet. 
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Kevin
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COPO_Anders
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Kevin, that is a copy of the invoice from Holsey Chevrolet in Jersey City.
I have attached the ad I sent to the Swedish "Wheels magazine" before going to SCR9. When I came home I received just one call, but what a call. He knew where the Convincer was! The same guy had bought the race-rearend off my 1969 SS 396 Chevelle, so he knew me before.
Now I´m off on vacation !
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Anders Stålklint
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Edited by COPO_Anders (11/10/07 12:51 AM)
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4274speed
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Dan Rich is the other name.
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4274speed
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Dan Rich is the other name on the door.
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musclecarkid
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According to my copy of the window sticker I got from Pete Dedella, this 69 COPO Chevelle was very unique. Does anyone know the earliest Vin # on a 69 COPO Chevelle?
VIN#13637 9B3799xx
13637 8 Malibu Spt Coupe $2,690.00
Destination Charge $68.50
6AO1GA Soft-Ray Tinted Glass $36.90
6J52FM Power Disc Brakes $64.25
6M22CB Special 4-Speed Trans $264.00
6753BA Black Cloth Trim .00
6924FF 71-71 Lemans Bue .00
9566AA High Performace Unit $532.95
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Factory Installed Options $898.10
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Total Cost $3656.60
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Kevin
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sc69sam
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What a bargin!  
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COPO_Anders
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Here is another pic of the car in Sweden. It´s from 1978 I think.
It´s a small world. The guy who was the manager of Comfort Custom in Stockholm,is a friend of a friend. He lives only 3 miles from here. We had him and his wife here for dinner last spring. He´s an old school Hot Rodder.
Don´t you guys have other pics of the Convincer II ?
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Anders Stålklint
Dover white "Plain Jane" 9561 automatic, NOR353000 TR711 50 50PNT 06A X44D80
Edited by COPO_Anders (11/18/07 02:51 PM)
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COPO_Anders
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I found a lot of old photos today. I have been looking for some of them for a long time, but I also found some I didn´t knew I had.
Would you believe it! I was actually at Mantorp Park in 1978 and took a picture of the Convincer II ! Look at the first pic I showed of the Convincer in Sweden. I took my pic at the same time, with the HemiCuda in the other lane.
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Anders Stålklint
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COPO_Anders
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Here is a pic of the HemiCuda when it still had "Speedwin" on the doors.
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Anders Stålklint
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COPO_Anders
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And here are a couple of pics that I found in an article about the in Sweden famous dragracer Jöran Persåker. They were published in Wheels magazine, January 2008, as you can see. The first one shows the car repainted and the second one taken in 1984 at Santa Pod England, shows the car after the fire.
Until Jöran and his friends returned to Sweden, Jeff Hauser took care of the remains of the car. Jeff Hauser was then the owner of a Super Stock Challenger which for obvious reasons caught Jörans interest. That Challenger was a factory T/A Challenger which had been acid-dipped and turned into a Super Stock car by no other than Paul Rossi. Jöran bought that car in 1985.
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Anders Stålklint
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COPO_Anders
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It seems like Dan Rich was actually Dan Rzeczkxxxxx, and the story goes that his last name was too big for the door.
Dan was the driver, and at Island Dragway he took the Convincer down the track in 11.20 seconds. They used the L-88 cam in the L-72 to make enough power at the time.
Peter Dedella, the owner, was the parts-guy at Holsey Chevrolet in Jersey City.
I have also been told that Ralph Truppi was involved in some way when the car was ordered.
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Anders Stålklint
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COPO_Anders
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Here are a couple of receipts from December 1977. The bought one intake, two carbs, and some other stuff like the hoodscoop from Motion, to use on the car in Sweden.
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Anders Stålklint
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What was the deal with the fire?
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COPO_Anders
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Marlin, they believe someone was trying to steal the car during the night and got it off the transporter. But since the thieves couldn´t start it they got pissed off and set it on fire. The guys who did it was never caught, so we really don´t know.
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Anders Stålklint
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Wow!! That would ruin your day!! 
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Truppi is still around, I believe. Just ask him.
Verne
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sc69sam
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I believe Rob Richter and Musclecar Kid (Kevin) know Ralph. 
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COPO_Anders
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I have been buying old Swedish magazines this last year in search of pictures of the Convincer.
Here is one from 1981 taken at Scandinavian Raceway, Anderstorp.
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Anders Stålklint
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jannes_z-28
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I found one image in an old magazine too.
Jan
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COPO_Anders
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Are you really sure it is the Convincer Janne ? I believe it was repainted from the original blue paint to the way it looks in the attached pic. I think this was done in 1979.
When was your pic taken ? The Sponsors,"Comfort Custom" on the doors and "Roffes Bilbärgning" on the rearfenders are the same though. And it looks like the lower part of the scoop is the same to.
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Anders Stålklint
Dover white "Plain Jane" 9561 automatic, NOR353000 TR711 50 50PNT 06A X44D80
Edited by COPO_Anders (03/21/08 09:33 AM)
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COPO_Anders
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John, I talked to Joe Spino yesterday about Brahms Chevrolet where he bought most of his engines and engineparts. I didn´t have too much to ask him about the "Convincer II", but I understood that he had built a new engine for it at one time and that the original engine was sold locally. He said that the guys who bought it "messed it up". He also said that he had replaced the internals in the rearend, so the only drivetrainpart that was original to the car was the axlehousing. When shipped to Sweden it had no engine and transmission in it.
Joe was supernice to talk to !
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Anders Stålklint
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Mr Yenko
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That Comfort Custom shot is a 68 Chevelle, not even the same car? Vent windows and grill (hint)
The "MOF"
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COPO_Anders
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Thats right ! Janne why did you think it was the Convincer ?
Here is another shot from 1981 with the sponsorname on it.
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Anders Stålklint
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jannes_z-28
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Well I was just looking at the Comfort custom sponsorship. Not that good on Chevelles 
Jan
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COPO_Anders
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