[PhilS]

This is a little late but here goes. I bought this car in about '95 from Frank Macri of Toronto. I flew there and examined the car myself. Frank showed me pictures of supposedly this car during resto. Quarters were replaced, the decklid was sprung correctly for spoiler, a dated BE was present, correct leafs which had been heated and bent to lower the car, plate for exhaust hanger present, tunnel cut for auto and I think the nuts were there for the console, I think the firewall was for an auto also, the numbers were there on the cowl, wrong trans, wrong engine was a 2 bolt 512 which was vin stamped on the pad, carb was right, so was dist, intake, aircleaner unit and more. The trim tag looked right and was the correct info for this car. The resto was mediocre but it was a very rare car and could be bought for less than a resto at that time. I had another COPO needing resto but wanted one to enjoy at the time. Frank explained that the reason the quarters were replaced was because of damage related to drag racing and that the car was not rusty.
I finished my other COPO in about '03 and decided to sell the silver car. When Mark made me aware of the stories about this car I immediately took it off the market and tried to reach Frank Macri. I left messages with no response but finally caught him one day. He claimed that he was not the Frank Macri I was looking for and that he knew nothing of any Camaro. Maybe there are two Frank Macris in Toronto. At that point I decided to just sell the car as a car with stories and that is how I represented it. It was priced accordingly.
I don't think that it has been proved that this car is a rebody. It may very well be but more investigation is needed. Only Frank Macri knows all the truth and if any real wrong has been done it was done by him.

Thanks

Phil Silva 972-345-9604

PS If you know Frank please give him my number, I'd really like to talk to him.