1972 COPO Camaro 1 of 8?

[al8apex]

LOL

Hooked on Phonics member

"THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1 OF ONLY 8 1972 CAMARO SS SPECIAL ORDER OR (COPO)FLAME ORANGE CODE 65 ,TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE NON EDUCATED LOOKERS IN 1972 THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 6562 Z-27 SS PACKAGES SOLD OUT OF THOSE 970 WERE LS3 (396) 5584 WERE L-48 OR THE K CODE AND THE REST THAT TOTAL 8 WERE SPECIAL ORDERS (COPO) THIS IS ONE OF THOSE 8. "

Let's do the math again

6562 Z27 SS Camaros

-970 LS3 SS Camaros
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5592 L48 SS Camaros

it all ads up, where did the 8 come from? Better yet, where does he get the L48 production number from?

failrly amusing to try to read the illiterate posting, but hey, I am not going to buy it

[ANDY M]

Jim, somebody paid 14k for it. If it runs as well as it looks in the photos, they got a nice car for a good price.
"Well Bought", as they say at the auctions.

[al8apex]

true that, assuming 25% of what he said about the body, mechanical is true, it is just the huckster surrounding it that is a turn off and makes one want to run the opposite direction

[RichSchmidt]

Ha Ha.I think I got this one figured out.The secret is supposed to be hidden under that wrong air cleaner{but isnt thanks to equally wrong intake and carb}.This car has an H in the 5th digit.As he said,K code L48 cars,but what he didnt mention is that his is an H code L-65 2 barrel car.A lot of things are real nice and correct about that resto,and many could easily be changed,but you would think that if the car's claim to fame were it's lowly 2 barrel,he would have at least put it on the car.

[BARN FIND]

Well, I missed the "H", that means it is not a SS Camaro because the engine is part of the package. You either got a LS3 "U" or a L48 "K", therefore it is a base model Camaro. Look at the right rivet on the body tag, it is kinda smashed flat. Tag changed?

[RichSchmidt]

He did say it was a copo which may explain why it was equipped with the L-65 engine.Somebody needs to document this if it is the case,not that such a car should be so overly desireable.Since nobody even knew they existed,it isnt like they have some kind of special history or anything.

This might be another case where a potential buyer might want to watch a lot of other adds on Ebay like I do,and compare the build dates of other cars to the VIN sequences of those cars to see if this car's build date matches approximate run area of the assigned VIN.Another thing to look at is under the A pillar moldings,there is a date stamped there on these cars that should be reasonable close to the build date on the tag.Since this seller stripped the heck out of this car it may never be known if this is the original color,but while the A pillar molding is off,the potential buyer could pull off the molding that holds the headliner over the door and sneak a peek at the inner roof panel which might still have evidence of the original color overspray.

I sure would like to know the real story behind this COPO L-65 deal though.

[BARN FIND]

LOL, well if it is in fact a COPO because it has a special order L65 I just have one question...WHY...Why would anyone go to the trouble of special ordering a L65 for the car?

[al8apex]

regardless of the hysterical story, it appears to be a decent buy for a Camaro, despite the story I should say

the old fart with the RV really must be lonely, he had this coot going with his "Hey honey, I found another one of the 8 ..." story

too funny, glad the RV tale spinner caught on to this clown and played his game and had fun

[RichSchmidt]

I agree.It is actually a nicer restoration.Not super correct even in the finishes,but the fact is that I have seen some driver quality cars with the bottoms covered in undercoating and sheet metal over the heater box selling for as much as this car.I consider it to be a clean Sunday driver that would show well at most local shows.If the guy got over 40 grand for it,I would say that somebody was getting ripped,but you couldnt pay to have this kind of job done for that price.