Garnet Red COPOs

[ANDY M]

My friend is restoring a code 52-52 07A COPO Camaro, and the question came up as to how many Garnet red cars have been documented. Seems to be a rare color.
Any guesses? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
Thanks
Andy

[Stefano]

The original Color of the "Tin Soldier" was Garnet Red.

[Late BrakeU2]

Not sure if original color,not mine -
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayIS...A:IT&ih=002 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120253726601&ssPa geName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002)

But this one is(real 52,just not a real 9561)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/LateBrakeU2/copo03.jpg

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a147/LateBrakeU2/copo99.jpg

[JQ]

One of 2 in existence known to have sequential body numbers.


I think I know of another pair.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Keith Tedford]

Nurse Chev-Olds in Whitby, Ontario sold a red one like above. It was written off in a bad accident in about 1970-71.

[copo69]

My car is red. I bought it '84 in Lorain, OH and had another red/ blk top car to look at in Cleveland but I bought the first one. C K Spurlock had a red/ blk top car that was in a few magazines. I always wondered about the info on these cars as they were all simliarly optioned Style trim, Red Blk top cars. Mike keener raced one optioned like these cars. (Pic attached). Always have wondered what happened to these cars and if they were possibly related.

[Jeff Murphy]

I've got an L-72. Only two Garnet ZL-1s were made.

[396L35]

I know of 4 off the top of my head. Mark http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[camaromb]

There are at least a dozen known Copo Camaros that are Garnet Red, certainly there were many more built.
Mark

[NCGuy68]

Indeed Garnet Red was common, but how does one go about documenting how many of any given RPO were this color from the factory?

[Unreal]

Can't be documented, only guestimated using the color breakdown by percentages, and then multiplying by the 1000 or so COPOs. Not sure if the 1000 number includes the 198 (or 201) Yenkos, but if it does, then you would take the percentage times 800.

Of course that assumes the ratio of colors across the entire population, which includes grocery getters, is the same as that for muscle cars. Pretty questionable assumption, in my opinion.

[396L35]

Red seems to be very common but I want to see a 63-63 car. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif