COPO Nova Transmission

[COPO PETE]

i know The salesmens Dave Mathers ordered 10 COPO NOVAS. only recieved 2..



I cant find the build sheet at the moment, so i dont know the build date of the car..

[STR8SS]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It is very unlikely that your trans is from the green car, since I believe Owen's silver COPO Nova has an 05D build date - making the sold date irrelevant.

The Canadian COPO Novas were 'tweeners' when comparing the TT and VIN data to the Yenko COPO Novas. I forget the body # on Owen's COPO Nova, but the build date / VIN combination is after the Yenko 4speeds but before the Yenko automatics - almost like they slipped 10 more in for Canada before building the automatics for Yenko. </div></div>

Hi Marlin,

Do you or anyone have the VIN off the green car?
I'd like to find out once and for all... but it looks like it was a myth.

Chuck

[STR8SS]

****UPDATE*****

Well after many months of trying I was finally able to locate the guy that sold both Pete Simpson's and the Green COPO's. We finally connected by phone today and he filled me in on the demise of the Green car. Apparently the original owner of the car traded it in on a '72 Hurst Olds Automatic after losing a leg in an snowmobiling accident. The second owner of the Green COPO wrapped it around a tree several months later and there wasn't much left of the car after the accident. It's very doubtful that my tranny is indeed from that car but he is checking through his files to see if he can locate the VIN to put this myth to bed.

Stay tuned!

Chuck

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Sad, but good to find out the story.

Ryan

Does he have any pictures from back in the day?