Re: Original owner muscle cars.
I was offered a COPO motor,VIN tag and ownership that matched the motor over 10 years ago.The guy wanted 20K.Story he gave me was the car was being restored in a shop when it was stolen.The motor was in a different location and did not get stolen with the body.The insurance company paid on the stolen car.Some other guy ended up buying the motor and some how tracked down the original car.This guy went to the new owner with his lawyer,insurance man and a cop.He bought the body and put everything back to original to end up with a nice COPO.I thought there was a thread on this forum years ago that gave all the details.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 82z96ss</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since we are talking about storyies and people, I was at a Super Chevy Show in Montgomery. A gentleman with an orange COPO with ZL1 engine was telling me about a feud of an owner over some engine and body of a 69 COPO car. Supposedly the story went that an orignal owner of a COPO car had his car stolen not to long after he had bought it. The car was stripped and sold in pieces. Later on, like years or something like that, he got the body and chassis back. He also found where the orginal engine was, somewhere in Canada I think he said. And supposedly there is a feud between the two parties know as one or the other will not part with their parts. For any price.
Any one know of this story. The person telling me of it was nice and talked to me for awhile. I was shocked cuz I have found down her that these guys (car collectors)aren't easy to talk with. </div></div>
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