COPO Pacer

**Stefano** · #1 05-11-2002, 03:21 AM

Has the topic of the 1969 Camaro 427 COPO ordered Pace Cars ever been discussed on the board?

JChlupsa · #2 05-11-2002, 04:11 AM

Never have heard of any in the form of a COPO but I do know a guy that ordered one and a dealer in N Illinois put a 427 in it for him with less than 150 miles on the org 396. Car later got wrecked (1971) and last I heard it was still in peices with the Org 396 next to it. Been trying top pick it up for sometime. One day it will be here i Hawaii

The 68 Daytona pace Car was a RS/SS with a 350 HP 396 in it.

COPO PETE · #3 05-11-2002, 10:06 AM

I don't believe it has been discussed here. Only time I ever heard of it was from Jim Mattison's interview with Tom Shaw in the Jan/98 issue of MCR.
Peter

**William** · #4 05-11-2002, 02:45 PM

The August 1969 Motor Trend did a short feature on the cars. A Chevrolet Engineer was quoted as stating the cars were built as L78/L89s. The engines were blueprinted and rebuilt with iron heads. The article insinuates the cars were converted to JL8.

69motion · #5 05-11-2002, 08:05 PM

there was a 427 pacer up in manchester n.h. in 1982 with a letter from gm i mised this car by 30 minutes and have been looking ever since the car needed total resto anyone else know of this car it was in mass. in 1980 thanks jeff

**Stefano** · #6 05-11-2002, 11:50 PM

There was a restored one claiming to be one of the official"427 COPO" track cars, at a dealership out side of Detriot a few years ago.
It was purported to be the only 427 Survivor and was to have some GM Paperwork verifying its heritage.
I wrote it off and didn't even bother to check it out, but the topic has resurfaced recently.

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