Possible COPO on ebay

[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

[Charley Lillard]

So you can pay 2K for a 6 cyl car or 20K for what we think is a COPO. It costs the same dollars to build either car. One is gonna be worth alot more when it is done. I would much rather pay the 20K for the COPO. So you then throw 50K at building it...Pretty cool COPO for 70K. The trick is proving it is a COPO.

[Jeff H]

I think a COPO with race history would be much cooler restored to raced condition. Especially a car like this since the original drivetrain is gone and the car might have real race history. But that's my point of view and I'm sure other people would restore it back to original. Should be cool to see what happens.

[396L35]

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I think a COPO with race history would be much cooler restored to raced condition. Especially a car like this since the original drivetrain is gone and the car might have real race history.

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Thats what Bill thought with the #1 ZL1, hell I would take that one over a restored one anyday... By the way, where are these $2000.00 69 camaro's at???? All the trash I see starts around $3500.00 for a shell... Good luck whoever ended up with the car...

[bkhpah]

Were are all the 2K 69 Camaro's at?...BKH

[396L35]

Brian I'm in line first!!!!

[bkhpah]

I'm 1 minute behind...I bet its a long one...BKH