Tin Soldier COPO Camaro - 4,XXX original miles

[69LM1]

The “Tin Soldier” is a combat veteran COPO 9561 ordered, built and campaigned by renowned privateer Ron Terrell.

There are very few “Supercars” of any brand out there that have the history, race pedigree and bulletproof history of Tin Soldier. Tin Soldier campaigned against some of the most well-known cars of the day such as the “Soul Survivor” L89, “Herbies Hugger” and many, many more. Multiple class placings and wins up till 1985.

Ron Terrell, the original owner of Tin Soldier is still with us and has authenticated this COPO as well as McNeish, as the original Tin Soldier COPO, and an original Red/Black 4 speed X-44 car.

Ron worked his whole adult life for and retired from GM, much of it in the Norwood, Ohio plant. This is the only COPO in existence that the original owner had a hand in on the assembly line, where at least one component as Ron says “fell on the car” during that process.

The firewall and all stamps are original and born with to this car. The rear has been tubbed and the subframe has been extensively engineered, modified (dropped and centered) and customized by Ron himself back in the day.

The Tin Soldier only has 4,XXX Original Miles, most of its Original “Born With” Interior, sheet metal and never any Rust. It still has the upside down 427 chalk marks from the factory. Like most of the successful combat veterans, Tin Soldier has had some transplants through the years. None of the driveline is original, but just about everything else is original, and with less than 5,000 Miles, all ¼ mile at a time!

In 2013, the Tin Soldier won 1st in its class in the nationwide attended Camaro Nationals! Since then, the Tin Soldier has consistently won several smaller show as well.

The Tin Soldier has been gone through and enjoyed a few race days at the track with my son and his 2015 Camaro, the Tin Soldier IV (Ron still campaigns the TS II and his son Jason, the TS III). Tin Soldier needs nothing, and has no known issues. No rust anywhere (ever) and as I said above, recently tuned up and gone through. Valves adjusted, timed out for low altitude and fuel system checked out.

This is what COPO’s were made for!






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Same COPO, same Wife!





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Any specific photos on request.



Rich

[mockingbird812]

[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Where did Ron come up with the name &quot;Tin Soldier&quot;?

[Steve Shauger]

Rich, fantastic ad, full of details, complete history, pictures and provenance. GLWS...


Steve

[Stefano]

Kool Copo, no doubt. GLWS.

[69LM1]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Where did Ron come up with the name &quot;Tin Soldier&quot;? </div></div>

From the song, &quot;Tin Soldier&quot; by the band Small Faces from 1967,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Soldier_(song)

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tin Soldier was originally written by Steve Marriott for singer P.P. Arnold, but Marriott liked it so much he kept it himself. It was a song that he wrote to his first wife, Jenny Rylance. P.P. Arnold can be heard singing backing vocals on the song. The song signalled a return to the band's R&amp;B roots after their previous forays into psychedelic rock and other musical experiments. When Tin Soldier was released the BBC informed the band that the last line of the song had to be removed from all TV and radio broadcasts, mistakenly believing that Marriott sang &quot;sleep with you&quot;, when in fact the lyric is &quot;sit with you&quot;. Marriott explained that the song was about getting into someone's mind—not their body.[1] Tin Soldier reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart and remains one of Small Faces' best known songs.</div></div>

This is one of my fav pics of Ron:




His son Jason owns &quot;Tin Soldier Garage and Racecars&quot; in Ky:

https://www.facebook.com/tinsoldierracecars/?fref=ts




Thanks for the compliments guys,

Rich

[DW31S]

Love it! GLWS

[69LM1]

This is one of the cars that Jason (Rons Son) just finished at Tin Solder Garage





http://www.dragzine.com/news/heath-h...or-2016-debut/


<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Every offseason, chassis and fabrication shops fill up with racers looking to shed pounds, update a chassis, and find just about any way to gain an edge at the track. Heath Hisle is ahead of the game for next season, as his stunning 1969 Camaro RS just left <span style="text-decoration: underline">Tin Solder Racecars </span> after some fresh updates.

This first generation F-body is going to be rocking dual power adders and word on the street is, Hisle isn’t afraid to use them.

To power his evil-looking Camaro and keep up with the big dogs, Hisle is going with a beefy 602 cubic-inch, big-block Chevy built by Phillip Oakley of Oakley Performance. Providing the boost will be a pair of 80 mm BorgWarner S400 snails, with Tial 60 mm wastegates and 50 mm blow-off valves regulating the boost. Tin Soldier Racecars fabricated the new turbo headers and full turbo kit that uses Stainless Headers flanges that force all the boosted air into the C&amp;S blow-through carburetor setup.
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[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] Great to see a multi generational legacy..... Even if the article did get the RS part wrong

Rich

[69LM1]

Listed on ebay with BIN at $92,500.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/231812870098...84.m1558.l2649

As per request there, more pics and a copy of MacNeish report.

If anyone here buys the car I will throw in whole mess of spare parts I have accumulated over the years.

Partial List:
12 Bolt BL rear
Various Intakes, some aluminum, 1 rare.
69 SS brake assemblies, rotors, etc
Big Block parts such as Valve covers (a pair or two chrome)
An AM radio or two
A few hoods etc
Several bins of parts n pieces, chrome, windows, old doors etc
A set of blue 69 Steel rims with several sets of dog dish caps, brand new tires on them.
A set of original but tired Z/28 emblems
Some 70 Second Gen parts such as a set of 70-3 Z28 rims/tires in excellent shape
70 only steering wheel
70 Rear view mirror


Plus many pieces parts etc. Above stuff not junk, but there's plenty of that too! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

Rich

[AMANOCC]

Awesome piece GLWS

[Stefano]

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