Fred Gibb COPO

[COPO]

Saw this on EBAY:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...769092&r=0&t=0

[Charley Lillard]

Can someone explain this one to me ? It looks Cool but I know nothing about them. What makes it a COPO ? Is it a L78 ?

[bbdon]

It is the heavy duty Turbo 400 Transmission that makes it special. The cars were specially made to qualify this combination for racing. Yes,it is an L78. I wish I had some spare cash laying around right now.

[Charley Lillard]

Have any changed hands lately ? Prices ? That Red one would be killer done. So they were all autos ?

[JoeC]

The 1968 COPO #9738 Nova was the first production car to use the TH400 with a Hi HP solid lifter engine. One of the 50 (a red one) was set-up and raced by Gibb/Harrell. Here is a copy of the Chevy letter to NHRA.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

These cars generally trade hands in the upper teens for a car in decent shape. This one is rough, but is comparable to another one that is currently for sale. The other one has not yet sold for its asking price of $25k, even though offers have been made in the low $20k's. (It reportedly has the window sticker still on it!) I saw one in Hemmings about 3 years ago for $25k, it may have been the same car.

The significance of these cars is exactly what JoeC says, first time for a GM car with solid lifter engine and an automatic trans. Several of these COPO Novas were shipped to Harrell performance for additional tuning and or, 427 engine swaps. These are the high value deals, if you can find one for sale!!

I wish I had some spare cash laying around as well!! Maybe Holub will do a payment plan??

Marlin