Possible COPO on ebay

[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.

[396L35]

I would have to agree with Charley and Jeff, restore it back as a race car and run the s--t out of it....

[69hurstSC]

before jumping the gun on making it a day 2 COPO i would trace every last detail of this cars history. i sat here (on this board) and asked a general question about anyone remembering a 1970 GTO Judge out of Albertville, Alabama and ended up finding the original owner with original documents. the car hadn't been in Alabama since 1972! there are people out there who know the history of this car (COPO or not) and all that MUST be addressed before deciding on the fate of said camaro!

[king_midas]

Why pay $20K for a car your going to make a Day 2 COPO out of?

Restoration costs of even making a presentable race car out of that thing aside, why make a drag car out of it when you can find 50 others that you don't have to pay $20K for, but $2K. I do know that how fast you go is directly proportional to what you spend, so once again, it seems like a bad investment.

Where one is starting from with that car, just about any old leftover drag car/rustbucket will do, and you could buy one of those repro tags and say it's COPO regardless, because none of the COPO parts are there to contradict.

Hence the saga comes full-circle.

I need help.

[69LM1]

King Midas,

So, if you got a 69 CoPo drivetrain, even the BE rear, and put it in a six banger, would that make it a CoPo?

My point is that the cars are the same, only the drivetrains and some other associated parts were special (as far as I know).

Which leads to the argument that the 6cyl "Clone" car was never a CoPo and never will be. Which of course begs the question, if this car discussed here was a real CoPo, won't it always be one, even if it had a six banger in it?

For someone like me, this would have been a deal. I can't fork up the 185K for a finished CoPo, but could afford 20k for a project. I could work on it for a few years and in the end have the same car many of those out there do, a NOM original CoPo car. How much metal repalcement is too much? Many CoPo's out there have new quarters, and in some cases floors.

In the end though, I do kinda like Charley's idea of a day two, real CoPo, that you could run the snot out of at the track!

IMHO,

Rich

[Lynn]

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Why pay $20K for a car your going to make a Day 2 COPO out of?
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Where one is starting from with that car, just about any old leftover drag car/rustbucket will do, and you could buy one of those repro tags and say it's COPO regardless, because none of the COPO parts are there to contradict.

Hence the saga comes full-circle.

I need help.

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I can't tell you how distrurbing that statement is. Especially the part about "buy one of those repro tags and say it's COPO". That is what we call fraud. I won't even get into the whole argument about there being no such thing as a repro tag, only forgeries.

Lynn Bilodeau