Special Order Blue-on-Red '65 Corvette Convertible

[scuncio]

Beautiful color combination that works surprisingly well. However, I don't understand why this would be a COPO as claimed; it's nothing more than a special-order color combination that likely overrided the recommended combinations.

Link to 1965 Corvette Convertible auction (https://ebay.to/3go2wLV)

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[Crush]

Superman!

[TimG]

I like that color combination, it always worked well on the 289 Cobras of the day, too.

[BCreekDave]

Only a COPO if they made a special run of these in quantity. A small number of special paint cars through the entire production run is just a special paint option. My opinion.

[olredalert]

----I think the COPO idea 1st came from Terry Michaelis. He has listed other non-available Corvette color combos for sale as COPOs. This may be one......Bill S

[TimG]

I believe the COPO call out comes from a COPO code being in the upper right hand box like this silver/red 1967. Some folks say that using available paint/interior colors don't make it a COPO just because they cannot be ordered together without authorization.

[ssl78]

This was my 69 and if i remember right the tank sticker said color override but 69 could be different