Canadian COPO at Autorama

[TXSS]

I thought I would post some pictures of Tim's (CanCOPO) COPO being shown at Autorama in Houston this Thanksgiving weekend. We just finished it, for the most part on Wed after a month of 12-14 hr days. This is the first show Tim and his son Keegan have ever done and they did an outstanding job on the display. Now were going to just sit back and enjoy the show for the next three days.

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[SS427]

Very nice Rick!

[Xplantdad]

I agree...WOW! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif

[Mr. Chevy]

Looks very nice!!

Rich

[William]

Beautiful car!

Rockers need to be black though.

[69Tom]

Amazing. Love the RS &amp; correct fender/quarter stripes. Very cool.

[CanCOPO]

Great job Rick. This is my first show and it's amazing to see how well the car is being received.

[John]

Very nice work .... That car will get alot of attention at that event.

Great display <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif

[COPO PETE]

Congrats! Nice job. Nothing like Hugger.
Peter <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif

[bergy]

WOW - Nothing like an RS COPO! Great resto.

[lwkitt427]

GREAT CAR LOVE THE PIC,S

[MosportGreen66]

Beautiful car... very nicely done!

[CanCOPO]

We finished with 2nd place in our class which was not a surprise. The interior is original and the seats have a few blems as does the drivers side door panel (my big feet over the years). It did draw the largest crowds according to the organizer.

[travlnz28]

Beautiful car and an excellent presentation. Congratulations!!

[mockingbird812]

Congrats Tim and Rick. She looks just swell! Pls remind me of this car's history and how long you have owned it. Is this the Camaro that you determined was a COPO <span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">after</span></span> you bought it? THanks! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif

[CanCOPO]

Bought when I was 18 (1978). Rumors that it was a 396 car and that the 396 had been replaced by dealer with a 427. I moved to Singapore in 88 and stored it. 2 years ago i brought it out and towed it from Nova Scotia to Houston. I ran the vin through GM Canada and found out it was a COPO. Original and third owners are deceased. I stay in contact with the second owner (71-73).

[XXXGoldL34M20]

Nice car and nice score.
Car must of cost you a small fraction of what it is really worth back in the day i bet.
Really like that it has the RS package as well.

[restore-z28]

Beautiful car and it shows extremely well.

[CanCOPO]

Gentlemen:
It's time to tweak the car and address a few minor issues as per your pointers and advice. As always your input has been much appreciated. Quick question. Black rockers? CRG says all COPOs had black rockers yet very few of the pics of restored COPOs have black rockers. Comments?

[Stefano]

Not all COPOs had black rockers, that is part of the X11 style trim package. Very Nice looking COPO, congrats.

[William]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CanCOPO</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Gentlemen:
It's time to tweak the car and address a few minor issues as per your pointers and advice. As always your input has been much appreciated. Quick question. Black rockers? CRG says all COPOs had black rockers yet very few of the pics of restored COPOs have black rockers. Comments? </div></div>

Body color rockers on a style trim car are a common restoration error. Your car should have black rockers.

You asked; these are comments intended to improve an already impressive car.

-Alternator fan &amp; pulley should be silver cad plated.
-Far too much overspray on intake. It was covered during painting.
-Floor plugs appear to be in upside down. They were galvanized and should not be black.
-Exhaust system should have resonators. Everyone misinterprets the recall notice. The ONLY application that did initially not have them was Z/28. Vintage photos of ZL-1 #3 show it was built with resonators.
-Backside of wheels should be satin black. Wheels were received raw at the plant, washed and dip-primed black. The face of the wheel was later painted in enamel with either gloss black or body color. There was slight overspray on the backside.
-Door latches were in place when the doors were painted. Latch and screws should be body color. Not sure about trunk latch.
-Hood latch appears to be black. Should be mostly grey phosphate; spring was black.
-Missing leaf spring tags.
-Wheel wells should be undercoated.

Good lookin car, and that 427 was a dream to drive on the street back in the day. Just gotta love that Can. documentation.

[COPO_Anders]

I´m not an expert so maybe I shouldn´t comment on this great looking car. When I first saw the pictures of it restored I said to myself: &quot;they restored it to better than new condition since there is no overspray on the floors from spraying the rockers&quot;. I never thought about that they should be black instead.
So now I wonder about overspray on the underside of the floors: should there be just little or any orange on the underside of the floors since this is a style trim car ?

I just love this car. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

[CanCOPO]

The feedback is awesome. As always, thanks and very much appreciated. The collective input from the group has and will help me get this car back to where it needs to be.

[69SSZL1]

I love that car! If the rockers were painted black, there would be no black overspray on the floors, just the orange. And my sills were painted different on each side. This is my survivor 69 SS:
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Floors:
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