[djunod]

There are ethics and there are "ethics".

1) Is it ethical to call a car an original COPO, when some/all the drivetrain and panels have been replaced, with numbers matching and/or NOS parts?

2) Is it ethical to even call it a COPO, when all that is COPO is the magic VIN or a piece of paper?

Replace COPO, with Yenko, Motion, Z-28, RS, SS, LS6, etc. and ask the same 2 questions.

The line seems to be indistinct for most people, it appears that a lot of people want to set it at the number matching replaced Trim Tag.

A few years ago when I was looking for a 427 for my Maco, I was talking on the phone with a potential supplier of that engine. When he asked me what date code I needed, the light bulb went on in my head... I finally realized that most of this "original", "number matching", "documented" stuff is just a bunch of hooha, based on what will bring in the most money.

Most everybody with a high dollar car knows this and is playing it like a game. Does Jay Leno do this with his car collection? It doesn't appear that way to me, to me it looks like he goes for eclectic & unique cars, for the cars themselves. He's obviously doing it for the cars, and not for the money.

Personally, I am in it for the cars themselves, the ones that appeal to me. Sometimes I do wish that I was willing to play that numbers game though... when I see how much money people make from it... but then I get back down to who I am, and that just isn't me.

These are my opinions, and have been mine for a while now.