Possible COPO on ebay

[Jeff H]

You have to make a quick move on something like that but is it really worth the risk if it turned out to be a good fake? It's the small guy that will get burned the most if he makes a hasty decision. A car like that one is probaly best left to someone who has the financial resources to bring it back to it's original condition. Even then, without paperwork or original drivetrain it will always be a non matching car with unknown history. I wouldn't sweat it .

[king_midas]

I just find that the irony within the hobby eating itself is just too much. I mean honestly, even for someone with too much money, that car was a major headache and a laughable expenditure if it went for $20k. I've seen better candidates for restoration and re-assembly at the grocery store containing soup and cola. It will be re-bodied, and that's that, so why pay $20k for it in the first place?

Jeff H - That statement about not numbers matching... You couldn't be more wrong. It will be numbers-matching when done, and probably sold to someone as a gennie. Ahhh, Chevy muscle... A hustler's paradise. And so rewarding. If you're at all concerned about matters such as this, you should be buying AMC's. Still cheap, and great performers. Everything you need to know is in the VIN, and they don't have serial #'s on the motors!

BTW-- Don't worry about the rust. The best part of Ohio is that they still have titles, so how much easier could it be?

[Leonard]

[Charley Lillard]

Why restore it back to stock ? Restore it as a tubbed COPO. Put a 572" engine in it and make it look like a 427. Put the big meats on the back. Would be a fun drag car.

[Jeff H]

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Why restore it back to stock ? Restore it as a tubbed COPO. Put a 572" engine in it and make it look like a 427. Put the big meats on the back. Would be a fun drag car.

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That's what I was thinking too. Day2 COPO race car. But that body definitely needs some rust repair. As for the car being resold as a number's matching COPO, it's now in my database with notes so I'll know it's history when it comes back around.

[PeteLeathersac]

I'm not saying the buyer's planning this and nothing personal against him....but if it is confirmed as a real Copo car maybe it could become 2 cars? . One original Copo car modified-tubbed drag car....missing tags of course but with a sworn letter confirming it was originally a Copo car. . The second car a rebody using the identity and tags....it seems like there's a big market of guys who could care less about rebodys and are happy w/ 'matching numbers' even though it's all restamps etc? .

~ Pete

[JChlupsa]

A lot of fast triggers as to what happens to the car. I agree with Charley restore it Tubbed and a built engine and go have fun with it.