New member - old Motion fan

[FANTASY FACTORY]

I'll shed some first hand light on the "COPO" Vette,
MY father worked for Custom Auto Collision that is displayed on the quarter panel.late 60's. My dad was very good friends(goombas) with "GENE COPOBIANCO" aka Gino, Owner of COPO motors, I recall going down to hang out at the shop many a saturday while the car was being prepped by my dad for paint as gino was not a very patient man when it came to such things, the shop was located in astoria queens under the "EL" the day it was to have the paint started my father decides to exercise the big block while it had some puny painter tires on it, i think this scenario was later used in the french connection movie, but the car returned unscathed, as is the way friends go their seperate ways and i only saw the car once again after it was painted,(picture does not do it justice) at National Speedway in Center Moriches, by now I was class racing my 66 cuda, Gino remembered me and allowed me to stroll the pits in the car, I belive the pic here is in the far end of the pits after the ticket booth, along side Graham road. As a side note I have lived within walking distance of MOTION since 1975.