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Old 12-06-2002, 06:27 AM
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Does anybody know for sure how many COPO Camaro's were delivered to and sold by Glockner Chevy, I believe Portsmouth? Ohio in 1969. I have a friend who owns one and he has had conflicting reports as to how many left that dealership. Info would be greatly apprieciated. Thanks. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
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Old 12-06-2002, 01:53 PM
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Several years ago I went with a friend to look at some parts near Portsmouth. We started talking and found the guy had some other Camaros. One was a Burgandy COPO from Glockner that he had purchased new. He said there were 20 COPO Camaros at the dealership and he drove them all and that one seemed the fastest....was an automatic. He also had a black Camaro that he thought was an original Motion car. He said he had written Rosen a letter trying to ID the car but Rosen replied that he was not able to document the car at that time but would be interested in buying it.
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...And Glockner is still in business.
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OK, here is the info on my friends car, he was curious if there was any way to tell if this car was an original RS, it had got smacked sometime in its life and had new sheet metal on the front, it has the RS wiper motor with ports for the headlight washers which has us wondering. Also, the car has a new tail panel. Any thoughts on this would be apprieciated. VIN N639108 Cowl Tag NOR286032 TR 715 51 51 PNT 05A X-11 Probebly no way we will ever know unless someone has records from Glockner.
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There are a couple of things to look for even with those items being replaced. First look for the hole in the firewall where the vacuum hoses came through for the RS headlight doors. Second look at the headlight switch, most often they are not replaced if converted back to a std front end. Now eventhough the car has the w/w motor & pump for an RS it does not mean that it did not come with the car. The headlight washer system was available on any Camaro in 69 and this car could have had it...................RatPack...................... ...
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Good point about the headlight washer option. Have you ever seen a COPO with only the headlight washer system? It would Kinda be like a COPO Camaro with liquid tire chain option.
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Default Re: Glockner Chevrolet, COPO?

Interesting story and while there may be some or even all truth to it, it is very far fetched, unlikely and improbable.

Obviously if Glockner did have 20 COPOs in one place at one time (?) all would have had to been on the grounds prepped with none presold in order for him to have test driven all the cars.

Most dealers who sold a few of the cars had one or two as a demo,but many had not one single Super Car Demo.
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copo69, You stated that Glockner was still in business, I called information and they had nothing listed, do you have or have any way of getting their Phone Number? Thanks
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Stefano, That was kind of my thought, I cant imagine a dealer letting a guy drive twenty cars, or for that matter what would be the point of driving twenty of the same cars. The information my friend has so far indicates between two and seven cars. So far the most convincing information has two Dusk Blue, one Burgandy, and one Frost Green. This site is the place for the truth to come out. Thanks.
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Default Re: Glockner Chevrolet, COPO?

Here is link for Scioto Co. Dealers... Glockner has several other franchises. I agree the story seems far-fetched... just passing on what I was told. The cars were packed pretty tight in a small garage and there were some other BB Camaros also. This was maybe 15 years ago so details are very fuzzy.


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