Still hoping for history...

[ANDY M]

Slow Sunday afternoon, so here is the story of how I got my car, and a plea for information on the prior owner history.
Truth is, my stepson won this car in a contest. Blind drawing. He had no idea what a COPO Camaro was. Barely knew what a Camaro was as far as cars go.
The previous owner of this car was Kevin Eastman, the creator of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". After making a bazillion dollars when the craze hit, he decided to do something creative, starting a new series of comic books. It wasn't going as well as he would've liked, so he came up with the idea of giving away one of his many cars in a contest to promote the new comic book. So one day I get a call from my stepson, "Hey Andy, I won a Camaro"! He was 24 at the time. Bear in mind that I know as much about comic books as he does about cars. After 6 months of helping him negotiate how to get the car from MA to OH (it was untitled for at least 6 years, and OH has a different point of view about car titles), the kid flew out to western MA to arrange for the car to be shipped to Columbus. Kevin Eastman's father is a car restorer in Portland, Maine, so the car got titled in Maine before shipping.
The whole point of the contest was that Kevin removed the hood from the car, shipped it to England where his artist is from, had him paint the main character on the hood, and shipped it back. The artist, Simon Bisley, is world famous for his comic book art, which sells on ebay regularly.
The car was bought at a swap meet in New Hampshire, with a 302 motor in it and no title. Kevin's dad said they bought 3 '69 Camaros in hopes of putting together a Z/28. When they figured out that it was a COPO, and the cost of restoration was more than the value of the car at that time, they put the 512CE motor in it and gave it away.
Kid wins the contest, and my fantasy comes true.
Attached is a pic of the original hood, which is on the kid's living room wall. To him, the hood is more valuable than the car.
The picture does not do justice to the artwork. The air brushing is incredable.
Now that I know that the car was sold by Berger, maybe that last one ordered, if anybody could help fill in the gap between 1969 and 1988, I would be forever in your debt.
Andy