COPO Pete in "Drag Racer Mag"

[COPO PETE]

"THE REST OF THE STORY"
We will not get another shot at the Camaro. It was his COPO that he had sitting on his show room floor. After his last shootouts on his show he got "a ton" of hate mail for having cars go that slow. He called JJ and I to show us how it was done. The thing was, he wanted to use his car, so he knew it was all in the up and up. The deal was, he would bring a COPO Camaro, race ready in his eyes. We would make changes, and he would drive, but the last two passes would be JJ's in the seat with the 4 speed. What he failed to mention was that after we got the 13.0, we did more changes, but he bent a valve which cut the day short. We were bummed, cause there was a 12.50 in the car for fun. At least we got 7 tenths out of it before the day ended. He has since fixed the valve and sold the car!
It was a fun day, and he was very accomodating!
Peter

[Xplantdad]

Thanks for the update Pete...awesome!

[Xplantdad]

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Also...they said that they were going to restore an LS6 El Camino during the season...is that the El Camino that's owned by Dave C. now?

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Charley...do you know if this is the same LS6 El Camino?

[Kim_Howie]

Great story

[Denis]

From 3rd page of the article:

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... Simpson's ZL1 still retains the stock 7.5x15-inch steel safety rims, which roll on a set of F70-14 Goodyear Polyglas bias ply tires...

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That seems like quite an accomplishment in itself.

[COPO PETE]

Dang! Another racing secret out!
Peter

[Mr70]

Ha!

[Xplantdad]

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Ha!

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Hey, Charley has that saying copyrighted (like "Where's the Beef?")

[zl1vette]

Pete,

The article says that you are running a cast iron block. Is that correct?


BW