Would this car be considerd a COPO

[Pacecarjeff]

Weird - Why were there 11 - 396 cars, and only 10 - 327 cars.

Maybe there were suposed to be 10 and 10.
And mine was for an actual person.

Good discussions like this bring results.

Can you find that other BB car and see if it has the fleet code on it?

[FESTIVAL78]

Quick question...no pressure. Why would someone with so much interest in Camaros not "Break" the news that all the small block Canada Cars were 327 rs only cars? I had always been naive enough to think that the knowledge was the most important tool to get to the end of any mystery..1979? I don't get it? Also..Whats the mind set for a person to be sitting on a historically significant car for 20 years and not take the time to "register" it? I think I need to hear these reasons so I can better travel the highways and byways of Camarodome. Help me out here

[Zedder]

I assume you are talking to me??? If the RS story is news to you, you need to do your homework. It has been known for about 15 years by the general Camaro public that are into Pacecars that the Canadian SB cars were RS's. In fact, I think that Donna Crispino wrote about it in her book. As for my car, I was 17 when I bought it in 1979 and didn't know it was anything special...I have had the story on my web site for 7 years...

As for the owner of the BB car - he's owned it for 37 years and couldn't care less about numbers and registries. This is common practice for many original owners of these cars that are not on the Internet often or are just private people who don't care to share their business with the world. I know at least 6 owners of 67 Z's who do not share their info publicly.

[coke69Z11]

This discussion is getting verrrrry interesting. I realize it might be tough for some to consider allowing another class of car into the COPO fold, but Jeff is making some points on his end that seem to outweigh points on the other side. We do have some very knowledgeable members on this site that really need to chime in here, get on this horse and ride it. Giddy-up!

[70 copo]

Well lets see. Chevrolet created the COPO system to get cars built a in a manner that allowed for production processes to be modified by the addition of cars that were engineered to an extent. I think these early IPC's cars were built COPO in 67.

Now the issue for Tom and the SYC is to determine if participation will be permitted, - say at the reunion?

Since Member's rides are already in a section for neat or historically significant cars, these 67 0-1 built COPO IPC's would add flavor and tell somemore of the facinating Chevrolet COPO story, and how Chevrolet used it early on.

Charlie--Can you bring the great #92 to the next reunion? If there ever was an example of a special "reverse engineered" car that is one of them. Chevy put significant effort into that car. Value--Priceless....


Phil

[Zedder]

For the record, since I seem to be the only "other side" in this thread. Although I think they are neat cars, I'm not into COPO's, so I'm not protecting any teritory here. Quite possibly these cars may have been ordered using the COPO process, but until that is proven I doubt anyone will consider them COPO's as we commonly think of them. In fact, even if it was proven, I doubt the majority of the collector car community will view them any differently. Should Tom allow taxi cabs ordered through the COPO process to attend the reunion too?

Only Tom can speak to whether they should be allowed at the reunion, but I don't think that a 325hp Camaro would be considered a "Supercar". Again, this is just my opinion and I really don't care one way or the other. The cars that I am into aren't Supercars either by the definition used by this site, but I like them just the same Different strokes, for different folks I guess.

[70 copo]

Mark,

Your posts are getting a little dry. I will assume that I and others may be taking them wrong... Your comparison of a 67 0-1 IPC to a taxi Cab is a little insulting - don't you think?

As Who thinks of them? Some 427 COPO Guys years ago may have looked down on a Yenko 350 Nova... and some of the other COPO's... If it was built a COPO - then it was a COPO.

Your comment above pertaining to COPO's:

"Quite possibly these cars may have been ordered using the COPO process, but until that is proven I doubt anyone will consider them COPO's as we commonly think of them"

As who thinks of them?? Either they were built COPO by Chevrolet or not...

Please keep an open mind here....

Phil