Mecum '67 COPO Vette

70ChevyGuy · #1 09-12-2010, 06:30 AM

Browsing the inventory...this one seemed interesting. Thought they'd have more doc's than a protecto plate considering the original owner was the dealer. Neat car.

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...D=CH1010-98405

**MosportGreen66** · #2 09-12-2010, 04:18 PM

This is a well known clone. A good friend of mine owned it and at the time of his ownership, it was cool L88 powered Corvette. I do not who owns it now nor do I know its mechanical or cosmetic condition.

The car is a Shriner 300hp convert. Someone transplanted the L88, an M22 and a factory 4.56 diff. I physically affixed the decals to the doors.

<span style="font-weight: bold">And to clear the air... the L88 is not the COPO option - the 300hp Shriner part is. </span>

70ChevyGuy · #3 09-12-2010, 06:19 PM

Interesting. Not being sold as a clone..

70ChevyGuy · #4 09-12-2010, 06:50 PM

More COPO's also being sold, FYI. I love citrus green. Must mean I'm getting old.

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...D=CH1010-98406

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...D=CH1010-99280

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...D=CH1010-99282

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/lot_de...D=CH1010-99284

**Dave Rifkin** · #5 09-12-2010, 07:28 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70ChevyGuy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Interesting. Not being sold as a clone.. </div></div>

Unless the ad was recently updated; I can see where the car is advertised as having started out as a 300hp car.

70ChevyGuy · #6 09-12-2010, 07:40 PM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dave Rifkin</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70ChevyGuy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Interesting. Not being sold as a clone.. </div></div>

Unless the ad was recently updated; I can see where the car is advertised as having started out as a 300hp car. </div></div>

Got it Dave, you're right.

**markjohnson** · #7 09-12-2010, 08:53 PM

I really like the very carefully worded description of "dealer-upgraded"! I also remember this particular car from quite a ways back, but what they don't tell you is that it was "dealer-upgraded" to an L-88 in 1989 probably and NOT 1967. Little bit of a difference there.....just a little bit! Anyway, I can't think of a worse "parade" car for the Shriner's organization than a '67 L-88 Corvette! It would've overheated within the first block and that loooong duration camshaft and 4-speed would have made for pure misery for the driver!

**PxTx** · #8 09-13-2010, 03:20 AM

Do people have luck eliminating wheel-hop with shocks alone?

I went to ladder bars, then to no-hop bars. Probably go back to ladder bars for the sake of nostalgia.

al8apex · #9 09-13-2010, 07:29 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pxtx</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Do people have luck eliminating wheel-hop with shocks alone?

I went to ladder bars, then to no-hop bars. Probably go back to ladder bars for the sake of nostalgia. </div></div>

what????? on a Corvette?

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