[JoeC]

The COPO Chevelle is a little confusing because there are actually 10 different 9562 COPO numbers listed with different ECL codes. By comparison, the COPO Camaros only have two 9561 ECL codes. From what I can tell though, the COPO and Yenko Chevelles came down the line as an SS L78 car with the SS hood. On front they used the SS grill and short eyebrows, SS front signal lights, and SS side lights. On the rear quarter there is no "Malibu" emblem and on back they used the SS black paint and trim between the tail lights. No Malibu trim on the outside except the grill bowtie. The problem arose with the SS emblems. The SS Chevelle emblems on the grill, rear panel, door panels and dash read "SS 396" so they could not have been used with a 427 engine. The COPO paper work exchanged the front SS 396 emblem for a bowtie on the grill and deleted the SS 396 fender and rear panel emblems. Inside the COPO order swapped in the Malibu door panels and dash trim instead of the SS 396 trim. COPO Chevelles have been found using 1 of 3 different steering wheel emblems. The SS, the bowtie, and the Malibu. The most common wheels were the 14x7 SS wheel with the SS emblem. I know of one that came new with dog dish caps and of course the double COPO 9737 cars had 15x7 Rallys. Supposedly there is one documented COPO Chevelle that came through with the Malibu long front eyebrows and lower body trim but I have not seen it. This BY Yenko Chevelle from Douglas may have been a COPO Chevelle that Douglas put Yenko stripes on. A look at the build sheet will tell. As everyone knows, anything could have happened as far as factory mistakes, exchanges, or parts swapping by the dealer. Anyone know if this BY Yenko Chevelle is on the Yenko vin list? Still a great car weather it is a Yenko Chevelle or a Douglas built Yenko Chevelle.