Re: Did Dealers remove SMOG?
All three of the COPO Chevelles sold through Beare Motors had the smog pump. Nurse Chev-Olds in Whitby sold a COPO Camaro and it had the smog pump as well. I believe all solid lifter Chevies, small and big block, had the air pump in '69. I don't think it was legal for the dealer to remove the system. Of course, we pulled everything and put headers on the first chance we had. It would be interesting to see how much the A.I.R system actually hurt performance. The switch to headers gave a definite seat of the pants improvement. I think our smog laws pretty well followed in the foot steps of the American laws.
The Yenko Camaro that was tested for the July 1969 Super Stock and Drag Illustrated magazine had no AIR system but used a set of Doug Thorley headers. It ran 11.944 at 114mph on slicks. I guess that would be one car that came from the dealer less the AIR system.
[Edited by Keith Tedford (09-21-2001 at 04:15 PM).]
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Chevelleless after 46 years......but we did find a low mileage, six speed, silver 2005 Corvette. It will just have to do for now. 
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