'69 Yenko Nova questions

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I first met Jim Mattison several years ago at the US Camaro Nats in Pigeon Forge, Tn. We visited for several hours, mainly about Yenkos/COPOS. Following this visit, I cantacted MCR magazine concerning some of the information Jim told me. It was then that MCR did their article with Jim on the COPO cars. Here are a few things that he told me. That 1969 COPO cars would not have been heater delete, as goverment (US only ?) mandates required all cars to have a windshield defroster. That there were a few, around 50, 1968 Camaros that were equiped with a factory 427. He mentioned the 1968 Yenko Camaro at the show (Kory Smith's) as being one of these cars. But Brian Henderson, who restored Kory's car, has information that leads to a different conclusion. The most interesting thing that Jim and I talked about was the number of 1969 Yenko Camaros. Jim feels that there were more then 198 but less then 500 of the cars built. Hopefully some day "original" paperwork will surface that will answer some/or all of these and other COPO questions. Tom