Buyer Beware

[Casey Marks]

Pete is absolutely correct. GM Canada records can't be beat. As a point of reference, the only way to COMPLETELY verify the correctness of an Olds "W" car is to either have a totally numbers matching car (which is harder and harder to come by), or HOPEFULLY have a car that was shipped to Canada. The snag revolves around a records vault fire in 1977 in Lansing. All pre-77 Olds records were lost. Therefore, the only records that exist are the GM Canada EXPORT records for those cars. Luckily, my W-31 was a Canadian car, so I have all of the cool GM Canada paperwork - - Bill of Lading with all options associated with serial number, blah, blah, blah ....... neat stuff.

Pete - does George Zappora do all of the GM Canada documentation, or is he only responsible for the Oshawa cars ???

[COPO PETE]

Casey; From what I understand all the documentation comes out of Oshawa. George is the head of the department but there are people working under him. You may have names like Roy Mercer,( who I believe used to be the head guy), or a few others, but I have been told it all comes out of the same office in Oshawa.
Peter

[Mr70]

Peter
I have found out this is the same Monaco Orange COPO that is today in Tennessee.It was In Hawthorne Woods Ill.but was sold down south.It has a twin in 4 speed form,but that car had no buildsheet.So you have this buildsheet already.
Rick

[9566 BA]

Peter
I bought the automatic manaco orange car that Harry Snow used to own, from a guy who lived in Hawthorn Woods IL in Febuary of this year. I would be glad to send you copy of build sheet . It is the same one Mr 70 is refering to, so you may allready have it. Jeff

[bkhpah]

The Chevelle you are talking about I may have seen at Carlisle for sale a year or two ago. Could that be the same car?..BKH

[COPO PETE]

Thanks MR70, Jeff is going to send me his stuff. (thanks Jeff). It looks as though there were at least three Orange cars, two M22 and one auto. Mr 70 ;if you can did up anything on that auto car it would be greatly appreciated. Got your fax Rob, thanks. Thanks to everyone else, keep it coming!
Peter

[9566 BA]

A guy in Texas sold a manaco orange 69 copo
4 speed car in hemmings in march ,I beleive to some one in seattle I think. It wasnt the twin version of the auto copo I have . He had owned the car for about ten years and had it restored. Is this one of the 3 orange canada cars you know pete? I am sending my info shortly Jeff