COPO Identification

[bkhpah]

It appears that most of the first 50 Yenko's were X66 bodies. The X66 is a style trim option that would have included bright tail light trim, Black tail light panel on all but Fathom Green cars. Black rocker panels on all but Fathom Green, and quarter panel trim pieces. The headlight bezels would be plain and no other moldings would be used. Also Copo Camaro's used five leaf rear springs, big block heater box, Special speedo cable code, 4 speed cars use a big block crossmember, a ton of special ZL2 parts in addition to the hood, best advise, hire a pro to look at the car before you spend the long green.
BKH

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Thanks Brian, that was the info I was looking for!
Marlin

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I have done some checking on some of my prior research in regard to the different types of bodies that came on the '69 Yenko Camaros. I know of a Huggar Orange, automatic, power steering, vinyl top '69 Yenko Camaro that was not in the first 50 but is an X66 body. This car was sold out of Yenko Chev. I also know of a Daytona Yellow, 4 speed, '69 Yenko Camaro that was in the first 50 but it is an X11 body. This car was sold out of Hugh White Chev, Columbus, OH.

I guess there are no distinct timeframes for these body changes, but like Brian says, on average most of the first 50 cars were X66 bodies.

Marlin

[Kurt S]

Correction:
An X66 body is a BB car without the style trim. X22 is a BB style trim car.

See http://www.camaros.org/diffs69.shtml for a complete listing of COPO features.

Kurt
CRG

[bkhpah]

Please explain to me what an X66 car is. I have worked on a number of these and they have all been the same. Tail light trim, Quarter trim, Black tail pan and rockers. Plain headlight rings. Am I wrong? X11 Yenko's carry all the trim including drip and fender mouldings. Without the black tail panel. X44 Yenko's received no trim level at all. These are the only trim levels that I have ever seen on a Yenko. Kurt S what are you trying to say about X66, I'm confused..
BKH

[Bad Boy]

If you are looking to identify a Double COPO, take a look at the front coil spring tags if the car still has them. The 396 and 427 tags will have a different designation. I believe they are YP and HQ respectively. I'll have to double check. I met a fellow who swore he had a Double COPO Camaro, yet this car had a black rear tail panel. I was a bit suspicious at first, then he showed me what was left of the front coil spring tags. The tags designated a 396 car, not a 427 car. Again, there may be some variance, but this one other place to examine if all else fails.

[bkhpah]

The only tags I have ever seen on a COPO or a 396 are HQ even though the HW tag was used as well. I have never see the YP tag. Also you can get a COPO Camaro with a black tail panel. I have seen a few examples of that. If the only evidence that a car is a 9737 is a HQ spring tag and it is a big block, you have really proved nothing other than it has the correct front coils. Paper tags rarely survive. Can you explain why you think a spring tag could ID a COPO Camaro when all else fails?
BKH