2011 COPO Camaro
 

I am not sure if any of you guys are aware of the new 2008/2010 Mustang Cobra Jet or 2009 Drag Pack Challengers that are being raced in NHRA Stock and Super Stock. GM has plans to build a limited number of new COPO Camaros to compete with those cars. These will be race only no VIN cars with factory open headers, supercharger, and solid axle! All of the specs. are not yet nailed down and no price has been set by GM.

The reason that I am posting here is that I am a Stock Eliminator racer that has been working on GM to build these cars for over a year. I have been approached to see if there is a market for these cars. With the current climate at GM the only way that these cars will get built is if the whole run sells.

If you have any interest please feel free to contact me. You can also follow my 2011 Camaro thread at classracer.com

Take Care,

Daren Poole-Adams

[email protected]

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thats wicked man....cant afford one if they were for sale but when get pics like to see some....

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Matt,

No COPO photos yet, but this is my 2010 Body In White.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...1/IMG_0313.jpg

GM is serious about seeing Camaros in Stock and Super Stock. This also might be the only chance for COPO collectors to get one.

Take Care,

Daren

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that looks like a Revell kit car...

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Don't mean to steal your thread, but this is a good opportunity for more pics of Bodies in White.

When was the last time you could do this with GM??


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...dyinwhite9.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...yinwhite10.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...dyinwhite8.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...dyinwhite7.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...dyinwhite6.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...dyinwhite5.jpg

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...dyinwhite2.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a79...dyinwhite1.jpg

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HA! I love the "Nikki of Chicago"! It sounds like a fouteeen year old girl ordered a body-in-white!

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We sure thought it was funny.

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Just to make things clear. The car that is being proposed by GM is not a BIW. It is a turn-key, real life COPO, drag car!


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When was the last time you could do this with GM??

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You could buy a F-Body BIW in 2001.

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I think the big hang up for most folks is gonna be the "no vin" thing...and, I'm guessing no interior, etc?

As a racer I can appreciate it (this announcement is about 6 months too late!), but I'm afraid it might limit the customer base severely?

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I think the big hang up for most folks is gonna be the "no vin" thing...and, I'm guessing no interior, etc?

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Understood. If anyone is planning to buy one of these they need to be a racer or serious collector. They will not be street legal and cannot ever be tagged. If built, they will come with a full interior (per Stock Eliminator rules). I'm sure that they will get a serial number.

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As a racer I can appreciate it (this announcement is about 6 months too late!), but I'm afraid it might limit the customer base severely?

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Ford has had zero problems selling 100 Cobra Jets and Dodge has sold 100 Drag Pack Challengers. Both companies are thinking about doing more. Gm's timeline reflects their situation as a company. This was actually going to happen last Spring!

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I would be interested in a very limited number street legal copo, but not the race copo only.

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I would be interested in a very limited number street legal copo, but not the race copo only.

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I will pass that on. But, I really doubt they would build one. The Z28 should be pretty limited.

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Part of me has always wondered if anyone would attempt to take one of these non VIN type modern cars and figure out how to register them like reproduction kit cars get done. Pipe dream for sure, but it would be cool until the G-men get you in their sights ala Joel Rosen.

Re: 2011 COPO Camaro
 

i think this is a great idea..again...Gm needs to step-up here like the did back in the late 60's with the trans-am series...i wish they would air the superstock series on ESPN with the dodge,ford and chevy...mite do the country some good!

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Part of me has always wondered if anyone would attempt to take one of these non VIN type modern cars and figure out how to register them like reproduction kit cars get done. Pipe dream for sure, but it would be cool until the G-men get you in their sights ala Joel Rosen.

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http://www.gmperformanceparts.com/_res/pdf/BIW.pdf

I'm sure that a similar contract will have to be signed for a COPO. One thing that some of you guys are missing is that the original COPOs were aimed at Stock/SS. The same goes for the new cars. The rules have changed a lot since 1969. Both Federal and Stock/SS! These new cars have the potential to run very low nines with very little work!!

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I AM NOT A RACER BUT I HOPE GM GOES FORWARD TO KEEP UP WITH FORD AND DOGE AND I FEEL LIKE IF THEY MAKE IT THEY WILL SELL 100 OR MORE THERE A GREATER FOLLOWING FOR CHEVY THAN THE OTHER TWO BRANDS

Re: 2011 COPO Camaro
 

Stephano,

Can you tell me if your bodies arrived without the factory caulking?

Thanks!

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The spary on sound deadener is on the floors and the doors have caulk around the seams as do the inner and outer wheelhouses.

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Can you tell me if your bodies arrived without the factory caulking?

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This is one of a couple of areas that I was dissapointed with. I have already requested that any COPO come with all this stuff deleated.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...1/IMG_0318.jpg

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Can you tell me if your bodies arrived without the factory caulking?

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This is one of a couple of areas that I was dissapointed with. I have already requested that any COPO come with all this stuff deleated.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...1/IMG_0318.jpg

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The problem is that the bodies in white are just rejected assemblies that GM is trying to recoup some money from, not a specific built piece...so at whatever stage they get rejected, is whatever stage you get it.

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Thanks for the info/pics guys.

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The problem is that the bodies in white are just rejected assemblies that GM is trying to recoup some money from, not a specific built piece...so at whatever stage they get rejected, is whatever stage you get it.

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The 2010 BIW's all come at the same stage of completion. You are correct that they all have an "issue".

This is the blem on mine.
http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k5...1/IMG_0323.jpg