1969 COPO Camaro Colors

[bergy]

I had a discussion with a friend about how many COPOs are accounted for in each color. So, I counted the colors of known & documented cars in our registry:

Champagne - 0
Butternut Yellow - 2
Glacier Blue - 3
Burgundy - 4
Azure Turquoise - 4
Frost green - 4
" " - 5
Burnished Brown - 11
Dusk Blue - 14
Garnet Red - 15
Olympic Gold - 15
Dover White - 19
Tuxedo Black - 21
Cortez Silver - 34
Rallye Green - 44
Daytona Yellow - 66
LeMans Blue - 79
Fathom Green - 82
Hugger Orange - 86

We have just over half of the 1969 COPO Camaro production accounted for.

[442w30]

What's " " with a number of 5? Special-order color cars?

[bergy]

Yes

[Lee Stewart]

https://i.postimg.cc/SR7wTts6/screenshot-8692.png (https://postimages.org/)

http://www.camaros.org/exterior.shtml#ColorPercentages

[1967Z28]

What special paint colors have been observed on the COPOs?

[William]

What I know:

#36 Rampur Green [Cadillac]
#73 Verdoro Green [Pontiac]
#87 Windward Blue [Pontiac]
#8631 Can-Am White [Corvette]
X-03 Nugget Gold [Toronado]

Also believe there was a late production car in '70 Citrus Green. Heard of another that was believed to be '68 British Green.

Courtesy Chevrolet, Sebring OH ordered a number of ZL2 '69 Camaros with a special COPO hood stripe. At least two COPOs had it: 10 10 [orange stripe?] 67 67 [white stripe].

[442w30]

What I know:

#36 Rampur Green [Cadillac]
#73 Verdoro Green [Pontiac]
#87 Windward Blue [Pontiac]
#8631 Can-Am White [Corvette]
X-03 Nugget Gold [Toronado]

Also believe there was a late production car in '70 Citrus Green. Heard of another that was believed to be '68 British Green.

Courtesy Chevrolet, Sebring OH ordered a number of ZL2 '69 Camaros with a special COPO hood stripe. At least two COPOs had it: 10 10 [orange stripe?] 67 67 [white stripe].

Any way to post pics of any of these?

[William]

May be just a coincidence, the three surviving cars are also RS.

[Steve Shauger]

May be just a coincidence, the three surviving cars are also RS.

Awesome picture Bill. Hard to tell from pic, but looks like perhaps deluxe comfort weave interior.

[cook_dw]

That's comfort weave.

[442w30]

So that ZL2 stripe is considered a factory stripe?

[William]

Yes, applied on the line.

[Kurt S]

I wouldn't say it's 100%, but pretty sure.
That picture appeared in the USCC magazine asking about a hood stripe that was on a SS396.
Then the Courtesy window sticker appeared with a COPO stripe listed.
Connecting the dots....

[William]

The black Courtesy - - paint COPO RS still exists, same stripe in original photos.

[markinnaples]

Don't want to derail the conversation, but I've never seen a '69 Camaro in Champagne.
Anyone have a picture of one?

[442w30]

There's plenty of room here for all conversations!

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/super-rare-supercar-1969-chevrolet-camaro-ss396-sports-375-hp-champagne-metallic-paint/

[markinnaples]

Spectacular! Thank you for posting that. I bet that color looks amazing in person.

[442w30]

Honestly, I've been a fan of the color for years as I tend to prefer softer golds. The fact that it tends to be among the rarest for muscle is a nice cherry on top.

[William]

Don't want to derail the conversation, but I've never seen a '69 Camaro in Champagne.
Anyone have a picture of one?

Born as an L78/TH400 4.10 column auto green std.

[m22mike]

Brian and Joe restored this one

[Unreal]

A little off subject, but still about COPO paint. I thought that even X11 or X22 COPOs did not have black body sills, regardless of body color, or Pinstripe above the wheel wells. Is that correct?

[William]

No.

The few originals remaining have the D96 striping and black sills where appropriate. COPOs with the optional D90 striping did not also have D96.