Re: 70 LS6
Good point Charley. IMO to compare a 69 COPO 427 camaro to an RPO 70 SS Chevelle is really not a comparison at all. An LS6 could be ordered anywhere, at even the most mundane, non high performance dealer. No secrets, nothing difficult about it, the dealer (or customer) didn't have to know anything more than how to order a regular production option and check off the option box. Well through the 70s and through much of the 80s people were STILL not sure what a COPO 427 even was... many people OWNED them and didnt realize how special or how rare their cars were. To this very day these cars hold a mystique about them to many people. Don't get me wrong, I like 70 Chevelles as much as the next guy, but a COPO (Camaro OR Chevelle) is in a different realm of rarity all together. I agree, documentation helps ANY car, and the more the better, but i also believe that many cars can be determined to be legitimate beyond a shadow of a doubt(SS or COPO) without such things as build sheets or protect-o-plates. i don't know if i'd trust a build sheet or protectoplate as "ironclad" documentation on anything in this day in age anyhow.
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