COPO question .

[TimG]

Corvettes ordered with the L88 and ZL1 options were COPO cars. Big tank cars were not COPO cars, this was regualr production option NO3. Some special colors were COPO options, you may have had to push very hard to get this through. One example is a 1967 Corvette, silver exterior with red interior.
This combination was not considered available, a few were built on a COPO basis.

[Mr70]

Welcome Tom Hendricks..what took you so long.

[hugger1]

There is a Corvette listed for sale here locally and advertized as a possible "PHASE III" Corvette

Is this a Baldwin Motion car ?

What exactly is a PHASE III CAR ?

[Kurt S]

L88 and ZL1 were RPO's. No COPO order was required for an RPO. May have required the Central Office to approve (the special color combos did require this), but they did not require any additional engineering so thus did not get a COPO # assigned to them.

[Denis]

hugger1, see http://www.corvettes-musclecars.com/corvette/69Baldwin

[Tom Hendricks]

Thanks Rick:

I must have been sleeping. I never knew you guys were here partying without me. Looks like a good place to learn more stuff !!

[Edited by Tom Hendricks (02-26-2002 at 07:48 AM).]

[JoeC]

QUOTE.."but they did not require any additional engineering so thus did not get a COPO # assigned to them."

I would disagree with this because there may have been different types of special paint. Some early Camaros had special paint but it was no more then deleting the mandatory nose stripe on an SS. This may not have required processing by the COPO system. When a car received a complete color change to a non standard color, I believe it would require approval through the COPO system. Jim Mattison recalled in his interview that he did paperwork for some strange colors requested by Chevy dealers. Also I have seen Chevelle build sheets with special paint that have some COPO type numbers on them. Some special paint 1970 Chevelles have been found with strange numbers stamped on the trim tag.