Mecum Kissimmee Gold 69 COPO - Thoughts?

[CamaroNOS]

Here we go again, another COPO story?

Read below (an exerpt from Yenko.net in January 2009) from a VERY reputable member who actually ran Belmonts Performance Division at Belmont Chev Olds in the 60's - 70's.

There certainly appears to be a HUGE gap in the accuracy of events in regards to the status of the engine in this COPO.


Belmont COPOs

midyr

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Besides running Lance Hill's Racing Engine and Lance Hill's Tech Center I also ran Belmont's Performance Division along with Dave Mackay. We ordered every performance car Belmont sold. Our initial COPO order was for 10 9561 Camaros and 5 9562 Chevelles, including a hugger orange 4-spd I used as a daily driver. These were for stock. We sold them pretty quick and ordered more, in addition to customer-ordered COPOs. One customer order we remember was gold with a green interior.
At the time Belmont was the largest volume Chevy dealer in Canada, and we also moved more COPO stuff than anybody else.
Central Chev in London, Ontario, where my buddy Wayne "Hub" Huber operated their performance division, also moved a good number.
I can tell you guys that none of them ever came off the truck looking nearly as pretty as the restos.

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#354543 - 01/23/09 04:11 PM Re: Belmont COPOs [Re: midyr]

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That Gold w/ Green guts car would probably be the car sold new to Willard Clements and recently advertised for sale http://staging.motorbase.com/auction...id/1571601122/

Being involved w/ Belmont and Central through these years, can you tell us anything about factory built '68-70 L78 Novas being delivered w/ L89 Aluminum Heads?.
Not dealer mods but installed on the cars...same as Camaros or not?.

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#354544 - 01/23/09 05:55 PM Re: Belmont COPOs [Re: PeteLeathersac]

midyr

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This car has not [/b]had its original motor since a few months after delivery. Willard had it towed in to Belmont on a chain with lettering still on the windows from flogging it at Cayuga Dragway. There were windows in the block too, from rods coming through. We said no way for warranty Willard. So he ordered up a replacement. The car was used hard for as long as Willard had it. Another thing, if it went 11s at Indy, it must have been dropped from an airplane. Where do the claimed numbers on these cars come from???