Berger Chevrolet
2525 28th Street SE
Grand Rapids, MI
Berger was a major player in
the high performance car market with close ties to Chevrolet brass in the
know regarding high performance products. They began stocking hard
to find performance parts and sold many of these parts through their "Prescribed
Power" performance catalogs. Berger was well known through the use
of their "Berger Girl" posters. Berger trailed only Yenko Chevrolet
in the sell of 1969 COPOs, most of them being Camaros with COPO 9561 and
a few Chevelles with the same L-72 cast iron motor. Berger Camaros
with the 9561 option differed from the Camaros Yenko sold as a few were
Rally Sports, and most had the SS fender stripe.
Berger received ZL-1 #3, a Daytona Yellow "double COPO". The car not only had the 9560 ZL-1 option, but also had the "Yenko" 9737 option. The car is owned by Charley Lillard and is still in its original condition, with only a few areas touched up.
Here is a picture of a '69 Berger Camaro with the typical hockey-stick stripe.
How about this '69 LeMans Blue Berger. This COPO car came with an M-21 four speed and the proven 427. This car is one of around 50 COPO Camaros that Berger sold in '69.
