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1969 copo camaro

" the blue mule"

doing what comes natural https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

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I believe this is the car that Pro Stock standout Tommy Martino shoed in the early 80's prior to him campaigning his SBC Lenco powered Monza in the S/G S/C classes. An interesting side note is when Tommy won the Summer Nationals in Super Gas at E-town in I believe 1984 Jim B. from ATI Automatic Trans paid Tommy and his crew to wear ATI T-shirts in the winners circle photos knowing the car was Lenco equipped. This was in the early stages of the Sprag vs. Spragless Torque Converter "wars"!

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you are correct about who drove the copo, you wouldn't have any old pic's of the copo hanging around would you?

p.s.
this copo is a brother to some of the other n.j. m.k.
copo's.

thx, alan https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Alan, Sorry, I do not. Next time I see Tommy and his wife Robin I shall ask them if they have any photos of the Blue Mule, Rob.

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i appreciate the help!
having some more photo history would be nice.
here is a pic. of the MN block which came with the car.

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I called Tommy after reading this post, I gave him the info to look this up. He said he would check it out. I have been freinds with Tommy since I started working at RP, I actually worked for him at Jesel. When I told him that there was a picture of a 69 Camaro on the board he asked if was blue, I said yes, he said if he got a chance he would. Andrew https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif

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andrew,

i appreciate your help, more vintage pic's would be great.

thx, alan https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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interesting thread found in the COPO-UNITED STATES section of the web site....

another MK copo camaro has been recently discovered, interestingly enough, it is also a sequentially numbered trim tag car. it would seem on this batch of cars at least, they were sequentially numbered..... i'm not saying always... just in this instance.


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movin along in iowa https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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additional doc's https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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fresh 69 C.E. 512 ready to go

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other parts waiting for the metal masters touch https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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I was wondering if your 06A built car and my 05C car could have possibly run in the same batch? Did the number of cars very per batch? JQ.

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i would think that is a possibility...
if the body numbers are fairly close, that would be interesting as well.
although my car has a 06A trim tag, it was shipped pretty late in the month.

alan https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Weren't all of the June Camaro's in '69 tagged with 06A?

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Alan, your car must have been built very late in June,since it was built after mine. That would be more than one month after an 05C car.
It´s nice to see the Blue Mule coming together again !

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marlin,

you are correct as far as i am aware, all of the camaro production in june was tagged 06A.

anders,

i am aware of an even later copo 06A car with a 664,xxx vin
that car had to have been close to the end of the line in june. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Weren't all of the June Camaro's in '69 tagged with 06A?

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i would think that is a possibility...
if the body numbers are fairly close, that would be interesting as well.
although my car has a 06A trim tag, it was shipped pretty late in the month.

alan https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Body Number NOR293349

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The Village Chevrolet COPO here in Sweden has a very early July VIN (6642XX), with the 06A on the trimtag. I thought that was odd, but Kurt Sonen explained to me that since the body was started in June it got the 06A.

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what you say makes sense...

the copo i mentioned was even later, but still had the 06A
trim tag 6648XX

i would guess that perhaps the month end cut-off wasn't exactly precise every time https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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Kurt told me that the trim tag was put on the body 3-4 days before the VIN was assigned to the same body,which was done at the end of the line. So cars built the first 3-4 days in a new month would have a trim tag from the month before. That´s how it was if I understood Kurt correctly.

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did curt say anything to you about why the june cars all were 06A?

alan https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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No. I don´t think anyone knows for sure why it happened.

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dan palchanes comes thru big time https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
pic's from owner #2

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That is great Alan ! Love those old pics.

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Great photos! I love that color combination. Was the vinyl top added? It doesn't look like a factory installed top. Maybe dealer installed?

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Those pictures are priceless. Noticed the curve neck on the radiator. Those certainly help to document the car. Thanks for sharing. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Awesome...

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Man, those Hurst T-handles were all the rage back in the day! Thanks for the update.

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Was the grille replaced early in it's life?

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these pic's are from owner number two... we still have questions for owner number one... we are hot on his trail https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif the 68 style vinyl roof may have been applied by the dealer... that roof looks good on a 69 in my opinion,
what is really interesting is the options revealed by the pic's on this copo camaro. i believe this car is the only known blue deluxe interior copo camaro.

alan https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Yenko put 68 style V-tops on cars as well...