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#97. This COPO Camaro is N647855 and was sold new at Berger in Grand Rapids MI. This was advertised as being a numbers matching 4 speed car. This is also a double COPO car which I believe all but one of the Berger Camaro's were.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-img_3289.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...o_copo_red.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics..._copo_red1.jpg

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Front tire looks like it's going flat... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

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Only on the bottom.

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Front tire looks like it's going flat... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] </div></div>

Maybe that's what the horses were for [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

(looks like hoof prints on the floor)

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#98. This is ZL-1 #53 and it was sold by Robert Lyle Chevrolet in Cuyahoga Falls OH. This is an X44D80 car that was ordered with Rally wheels and an M22. This is not a numbers matching car and there were pictures of it as a tubbed race car so I'm not sure how much of the sheet metal is original to the car either. It appeared to be an older restoration.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...over_white.jpg

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">#98. This is ZL-1 #53 and it was sold by Robert Lyle Chevrolet in Cuyahoga Falls OH. This is an X44D80 car that was ordered with Rally wheels and an M22. This is not a numbers matching car and there were pictures of it as a tubbed race car so I'm not sure how much of the sheet metal is original to the car either. It appeared to be an older restoration.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...over_white.jpg
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My COPO Chevelle came from Lyle. I had heard that a ZL-1 did as well. Cool to see this car.

I have been in contact with one of the salesman from the day. I should ask him about this one, probably a memorable car going through the dealership. He did not remember my car; he said the dealership had 40 high perf cars on the lot at any given time. They were catering to the guys coming home from Vietnam that had some money in their pockets and wanted to go fast.

Phil Woj.

My Lyle Chevrolet car:

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...ps56e82833.jpg

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They may have been on the lot together, how would you pick?

Ryan

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Easy pick [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

Dan

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I don't see any POSTS [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/haha.gif[/img]

Dicky [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">#97. This COPO Camaro is N647855 and was sold new at Berger in Grand Rapids MI. This was advertised as being a numbers matching 4 speed car. This is also a double COPO car which I believe all but one of the Berger Camaro's were.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-img_3289.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...o_copo_red.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics..._copo_red1.jpg
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Be advised that numbers match does not mean original engine.

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#99. This is a Nickey/Thomas 427 transplant 67 Camaro SS. It was originally a 4K L78 car. I believe it still has the original block that Bill Thomas transplanted into it. It was the November 2000 Supercar feature on this site when it was owned by Mike Guarise. I believe this one is also now in Texas with the 2 Yenkos I showed previously.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...aro_ss_red.jpg

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#100. This is a Nickey sold L79 Malibu with some dealer installed upgrades. I believe this was advertised as a numbers matching car. It is Grotto Blue with a bright blue interior.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-img_3516.jpg

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Cragars and redlines. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">#100. This is a Nickey sold L79 Malibu with some dealer installed upgrades. I believe this was advertised as a numbers matching car. It is Grotto Blue with a bright blue interior.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-img_3516.jpg
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A giant killer in disguise

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">#99. This is a Nickey/Thomas 427 transplant 67 Camaro SS. It was originally a 4K L78 car. I believe it still has the original block that Bill Thomas transplanted into it. It was the November 2000 Supercar feature on this site when it was owned by Mike Guarise. I believe this one is also now in Texas with the 2 Yenkos I showed previously.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...aro_ss_red.jpg
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The flags on the fenders say it all ...

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#101. This Yenko Chevelle was sold new at White Allen Chevrolet in Dayton OH. This was advertised as a numbers matching car. I believe the stripes were originally white, but changed to black when the car was restored. This Chevelle was featured in the April 2007 issue of Chevy Rumble and it was also in B. McClurg's Yenko book.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...le_ysc_red.jpg

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Wow that COPO Yenko Chevelle is sexy!!

Ryan

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#102. This COPO Camaro was sold new at Dale Chevrolet in Waukesha WI. It was advertised as a numbers matching car that was Certified by JM. It also has a light green interior which is different.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9-img_2272.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-img_2274.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...1-img_2271.jpg

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----I think that's a Canadian car. Am I correct???.......Bill S

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: olredalert</div><div class="ubbcode-body">----I think that's a Canadian car. Am I correct???.......Bill S </div></div>

Why, I am not seeing a Block Heater [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

Dan

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This car was sold new at Dale Chevrolet in Waukesha WI. It is VIN N650526. During restoration a 140 mph speedo was added along with a chambered exhaust system. It also has a rear spoiler, but no front spoiler. Am I correct in understanding that with the D80 you got both a front and rear spoiler and not just a rear spoiler?

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----Theres another one out there in this relatively rare combo then, and I believe the Canadian one is a re-body......Bill S

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This car was sold new at Dale Chevrolet in Waukesha WI. It is VIN N650526. During restoration a 140 mph speedo was added along with a chambered exhaust system. It also has a rear spoiler, but no front spoiler. Am I correct in understanding that with the D80 you got both a front and rear spoiler and not just a rear spoiler? </div></div>

Yup D80 got both front and rear spoilers.

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#103. This COPO Camaro was sold new at Berger Chevrolet in Grand Rapids MI. This was advertised as a numbers matching car with an automatic and chambered exhaust. This car also has a console and a dark green vinyl top and interior.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9-img_2472.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...0-img_2359.jpg

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i am not sure but i might have owned this green camaro if this is the one that came from evert michigan i have pic of the barn that i took it out of looks great now

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This is one of , if not the best forum on the site.......great cars, pics and editorial.

One thing though.....what gives with over 90% of the ZL2 fresh air hooded cars from top restorers and expert car enthusiasts doing with the air cleaner seals upside down,inside out or Both ???
The small end lip goes on the a-c base, glued down, Not Up to seal the hood !!!!
These look hideous applied wrong and OPENS a Can of Worms on the Rest of these &quot;Expert High Dollar&quot; Restorations...... geez, ...... I've been wanting to comment on this since the first one popped up......and now, there's double digit cars done this way as seen here.

Again, I love MRAYS POSTS and appreciate his passion for these cars and Sharing his incredible library with us.

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All of these dark green cars just look so much better than they did back in the 70's and 80's when they were just dated old cars. Everyone wanted to change the green ones to any color but green, but now I'd love to own a dark green one.

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Mark, you hit the nail right on the head.

I visited Carl Dwiggins in 1987 at his invite and had the pleasure of a guided tour, show n tell for the better part of the day.... of his massive inventory of muscle car Chevys.
I say inventory as opposed to collection as he was a dealer, a restorer broker who sold his cars on high market and was solely profit oriented.

With that said, every orange black,red,yellow ,blue or silver color changed car was either one of the 2 shades of green (frost &amp; fathom) along with burnished brown or any other undesirable colors of that period.
Verbatim, his motto was ,green &amp; brown make great primer for red,orange, black,yellow and LeMans Blue !
A used car seller of &quot;eyeball&quot; and &quot;eye candy&quot;
He also had Great insight into the volume of green cars available to buy for less money because of the colors weak market.and also acquired better cars because of it.
Another major theme he had was buying badly rusted or wrecked desirable cars that were fairly complete and rebody them in restoration. (keep in mind in the early to mid 80's the reproduction sheet metal was mostly limited and or junk compated to todays parts and clean cars or rollers were easily attainable at modest prices.) He neved shyed away in stating openly which ones were rebodied or sectioned)
He spoke of &quot;saving them&quot; from total demise in the crusher or parts dismantling.
By the way, he had well over 150 units in various states...80+ totally rotisserie restored or original pedigrees. The others were in various shops, storage or nearing completion.

Resale Red was the theme for decades before him and now, decades later....just as Black isn't a Color, its a &quot;Life Style&quot;...

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All of these dark green cars just look so much better than they did back in the 70's and 80's when they were just dated old cars. Everyone wanted to change the green ones to any color but green, but now I'd love to own a dark green one.
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I've got a soft spot for green cars, as I learned to drive in a '69 Malibu 2-dr hardtop, frost green, med greed interior, dark green top.

Frost green is a great color on the right car (as is fathom Green).

Back then, everyone wanted to junk the green interior for black. Same is true with almost any other color interior. Today I find myself appreciating the gold/green/blue, etc interior cars more. Black vinyl is boring.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All of these dark green cars just look so much better than they did back in the 70's and 80's when they were just dated old cars. Everyone wanted to change the green ones to any color but green, but now I'd love to own a dark green one. </div></div>

Thanks guys, and I should edit my post to include Frost Green in addition to Fathom Green; and for the record, I've always had a soft spot for Burnished Brown. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">All of these dark green cars just look so much better than they did back in the 70's and 80's when they were just dated old cars. Everyone wanted to change the green ones to any color but green, but now I'd love to own a dark green one. </div></div>

Thanks guys, and I should edit my post to include Frost Green in addition to Fathom Green; and for the record, I've always had a soft spot for Burnished Brown. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] </div></div>me too!!!

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#104. This COPO Camaro was sold new at Central Chevrolet - Oldsmobile in London Ontario. It is VIN #N648156 and order #NOR297484. It has a TH400 with the shift lever on the column. It was advertised as a numbers matching car.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...opo_orange.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...o_orange_1.jpg

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OOPS....ANOTHER UPSIDE DOWN HOOD SEAL....SMEXPERTS, ..DUH..
Im gonna keep making it aware until I see 3 in a row the right way. ritflmao


and , Yes, dynamite car ! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/Can-I-Have-It.gif[/img]

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The last two shown are not upside down hood seals. They just don't lay out like normal. When you see the upside down ones they are really obvious.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Day2_69Z</div><div class="ubbcode-body">OOPS....ANOTHER UPSIDE DOWN HOOD SEAL....SMEXPERTS, ..DUH..
Im gonna keep making it aware until I see 3 in a row the right way. ritflmao </div></div>

They have to be turned inside out,before they can be installed upside down too,like on the fathom green car.
I call them inside/upsides.

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Here is a example of upside down inside out with the lip https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9752-image.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...9753-image.jpg

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[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]


FUNNY ,,,, ..................... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/stupid.gif[/img]

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If I recall correctly GM was selling an NOS version that the original vendor had assembled wrong - the ends were glued together backwards so that the inner lip was actually on the outside and vice versa. I had one of them on my Z11 years ago and could not get it to install properly in the right-side-up position. I tried cutting it at the glue seam and reglueing it the other way but it was all kinked up due to the age of the rubber. I ended up using the original seal.

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The seals pictured need to be spayed outward (blue tape work well to hold it) until the seal holds the shape properly, but they are not upside down (Charley's pics are upside down). The upside down seals really bug me, enough that I wrote instructions how to fix them 5 years ago [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] I have even help people fix them at car shows [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/laugh.gif[/img]

www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=150415

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thanks for chiming in Kevin.
Taping the seal is a good idea as I have done it with good results on NOS &amp; reproduction seals.
The sharp wrinkles then can be further removed by placing it in the sun all day or two till they reform to a full circle.
Some of the above cars (reviewing the many pages) do have the seals inside out ,upside down and most just upside down as noted by Kevin in the Team Camaro thread, with unopened lips.....as recently, I reinstalled 2 seals on friends cars the same way,by opening the lip from the seal.

Still...... need to see -3- in a row correct ones to cheer on. before &quot;I go away&quot;. lol