69 COPO, Real or Not?

[ny69ssdave]

A few months ago, a 69 copo was posted on ebay, a canadian documented green one. I got on supercar registry, and watched as some people bashed the car, and others could not decide if it was legit or not. I have for the last few months contiplated buying this car. The add stated it had the org motor, Someone on here stated no way does it have the org motor. I have checked every part, and can not decide if it is the org or not. Every part is correctly date coded, and cast coded. There was some ques about the trans, again, it is properly date coded, and cast coded. As the rear was also. I have asked a few people about the correct parts, and the responce is, Well, they could be restamped. This I agree, but what happened to the old numbers that should have been stamped there? How would you get rid of them? The motor I guess I can see, mabey it was never stamped in the first place, but the main case on the trans, Everyone I have seen had a date code and vin number stamped on it. I know it would be hard to get rid of them.
My findings, and they have taken many trips to see the car, and record numbers, have found this, These cars were made and bought for one purpose in mind, To run the strip and be very impressive getting there. We all know the 427 was a very potiant motor, but how many runs could it make, before failure? These people running them didnt care about getting there org motor rebuilt, they just wanted to get back out there and run, So they replaced them, You are never really happy with your times, you are always in search of better times, that was acheived by lightning the car, or getting better aftermarket parts, thus losing the orginalty of the car. With this much horsepower, it was nothing to break an ear off your trans, or blow the rear. I remember these days, and going to the ford 9in was the hot setup back then, there was a kit out, that made it easy to make the switch over. I dont think anyone was thinking about keeping the car orginal. Actualy most of the people who ran them, that I remember, ended up so attached to racing, the camaro ended up in the back yard, and a new and better machine was built, the need to break your old speed was always a factor. Im not saying that all the COPOs out there are somewhat not 100% real, but in the Tracks we ran, none of them stayed 100%. Yes it is possiable to find all the parts, but we used to trade, or use them on other cars, its almost impossiable to track all the parts.
So I guess My statement is, I can not prove this car is not carrying all its org componets, if I had the car judged, can the judge? And if it does not have all its org componets, wouldnt it be the next best thing to have all the correct parts?
I am seariously thinking about purchasing this car, But I guess I dont want to get beat up at a superchevy show, and have everyone explain to me how its not 100% Someone stated that the car is legit, and recorded, but as far as the driveline, they were not sure.