COPO Camaro at Memphis Super Chevy

[69L89396]

There was a hugger orange COPO 69 Camaro at super chevy in Memphis this weekend. The car was in the gold class. It was heater and radio delete. A few things were not right on the engine like the timming cover and the crank pulley. The biggest thing that I saw wrong was no frame plate for the left side exhaust hanger. Could this have been a clone?

[68SS396]

Hey 69 this same car beat mine at the Phoenix SC show. Maybe it was just me, but I noticed the intake on this car was aluminum painted, or else it looked like aluminum paint. The car was very nice otherwise. He won the 67-69 Stock Camaro class here.
Bill

[Daytona Yellow 69 Z28]

That car was very nice. I think the intake was powder coated.
Nick

[JChlupsa]

Heater/radio delete??? On a different post we were all trying to figure out if you could get a 69 with a heater delete since in Jan of 68 it became law that all cars had to have a defroster ? Any idea if this car had the paperwork to show that it was ordered without the heater??. I still have to get with the owner here that has a L78 SS that has the heater delete plates to see if it was on his invoice.

[Edited by HawaiianCamaro (04-22-2002 at 01:35 AM).]

[COPO PETE]

If it's the same car and I think it is, it was featured in the August 1996 issue of Super Chevy. Column shift, #'s match that was "verified" and restored by Caudell Restoration in Fairmont Indiana. A General Manager for GM dealership owned the car at that time by the name Greg Dieterly in Russiaville Indiana. Hope this helps. I've never seen a documented heater/radio delete in Canada yet.
Peter

[Stefano]

At least a couple of parts vendors have had the frame plates reproduced over the years.
A COPO or Yenko without the plate would certainly be a big question mark in my mind.

[69L89396]

This car had no paper work. It had a M21 trany on the floor and also 15" wheels with hub caps. The intake was painted. He said he found it with a small block in it and the big block came with the car. The car came from AZ. I talked to the owner and the guy that restored the car for some time and were there at the show together. They were both from Louisiana. I didn't let them know what I knew and I really believe this car is a clone. The owner said he had been offered 75 grand for the car and I asked why he didn't sell it. I should have taken down the vin and cowl info.

[Edited by 69L89396 (04-22-2002 at 10:45 AM).]