427 Chevelle Question

[Tracker1]

Originally Posted by HawkX66

Not to be argumentative, but isn't that what COPO essentially did?

COPO worked with significant numbers of cars/trucks - large orders with dozens or hundreds of vehicles. And/Or with a high-volume dealership that had clout because they themselves sold THOUSANDS of vehicles, e.g., Yenko or Gibb. Hardly one-offs.

If Don Yenko had harnessed the COPO process a little more aggressively in 1966, yeah, I believe he could have made 427 Chevelles happen. But he didn't.

Which is a shame because it would have made for a fantastic car.

[HawkX66]

Originally Posted by Tracker1

COPO worked with significant numbers of cars/trucks - large orders with dozens or hundreds of vehicles. And/Or with a high-volume dealership that had clout because they themselves sold THOUSANDS of vehicles, e.g., Yenko or Gibb. Hardly one-offs.

If Don Yenko had harnessed the COPO process a little more aggressively in 1966, yeah, I believe he could have made 427 Chevelles happen. But he didn't.

Which is a shame because it would have made for a fantastic car.

You're talking about relatively significant COPO orders, although 50 cars isn't really a lot. COPO was also for more simple requests wasn't it?

edit: I guess it really wasn't. Even still, the 69 COPOs Gibb ordered wasn't really a lot of cars it seems. Definitely not one offs though.
"Instead of placing an order for Camaros using the “Regular Production Option” sheet, used by dealerships for performance and styling upgrades, a dealership began ordering Camaros using the Central Office Purchase Order (hence the name COPO), which was generally reserved for adding alterations to municipal fleets."

https://www.gmpartscenter.net/blog/b...of-copo-camaro