69 Copo Camaros sold new in Canada

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Are the air cars that surfaced the reason for them not offering the microfilm pages anymore? That is a shame! It was really neat to see a few of those from some Impala guys who got the docs back in the 90s etc.
steve

[/ QUOTE ]I would have to think it had more to do with the privacy of information act. I can see GM not wanting legal battles over the 15 or so extra vin#'s with build info they gave with every requested one

[Keith Tedford]

I don't know much about the Privacy of Information act, but I have the GM of Canada documentation for our one car along with the page from the microfilm containing our car along with all the rest of the cars on the page. I was told that the problem with giving out the pages, was that the key codes are also on there. This could make it very easy for a thief to steal one of these cars. The license bureaus here sell you a $20 information package that lists all previous owners. When we bought our 396 car in 1997, we got the list of all owners back to the original guy who I have met. I don't believe it goes back that far now.
As far as legal problems for GM, I can't see any. They aren't actually documenting your car. They just send you information pertaining to a given VIN, nothing more. It's a nice piece to add to the puzzle.
Nurse Chev-Olds, Whitby, sold a red COPO Camaro. It was written off in '70-'71. A few have been lost along the way I would think.

Yea it would make it a bit easier all right. Then the only problem you would have is finding one of the cars with the vin# on the page

[Keith Tedford]

Actually there was a COPO on the page that belongs to a guy named Dave. He called me one time and was surprised when I rhymed off all of his options. I've never tried to track down any of the cars but would gladly help anyone one who has a car on the page.

How long ago was that?

[Keith Tedford]

That was probably 5 years ago. I understand that he got the car back on the road a couple of years ago.

[PeteLeathersac]

You're talkin' another Copo Chevelle Keith and not a Camaro?.

And your statement above "...They aren't actually documenting your car. They just send you information pertaining to a given VIN, nothing more..." is very well put and exactly true!.


~ Pete

[P.J.]

[. I've never tried to track down any of the cars but would gladly help anyone one who has a car on the page.

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great idea maybe I will post some of the vin numbers on my
micro and see if any of the numbers are out there.
PJ

[William]

Let’s approach this analytically.

All of the 19 non-Gibb ZL-1s are accounted for and only #67 no longer exists.

Of the 50 Gibb cars 34 are known to still exist, ranging from complete to basket case.

Of the remaining 16 two almost certainly no longer exist. One is titled to an insurance company after being stolen in ’72; another one is recorded as stolen/junked.

That leaves 14 with sketchy or no history. Of these 2 were still titled last time I checked but could not be verified. Two others were extensively raced and one reportedly crashed; the other is Malcom Durhams’ Strip Blazer which may still exist. Another was shipped to Australia and has been reported as destroyed. One was stolen new in CA. 5 have never shown any registration history.

That leaves the Merollis cars. Merollis Chev in Detroit received 5 Gibb ZL-1s all of which were supposedly stolen. Two were recovered; one junked, another is in restoration. What is odd is that none of the remaining 3 was titled to an insurance company. Either they were not stolen or they were recovered. If the ‘mystery’ Canadian ZL-1 came from Detroit it virtually had to be a Merollis car.

The three are:
#32 N610515 Hugger orange auto
#37 N612963 Fathom green 4 speed
#50 N620498 Le Mans blue auto

The five that have no history:
#10 N608969 Dusk blue auto…may have been DX’d to Van T Chev in VA
#19 N609530 Dusk blue 4-speed
#21 N609651 Dusk blue 4-speed…engine block found in AZ
#45 N618522 Fathom green auto…may have been DX’d to Penske Chev in PA
#48 N618902 Le mans blue 4-speed

Happy huntin’

[wwchevy]

I absolutely love William's posts. You sir are a number crunching, data analyzing genius. I really appreciate your analytical approach to different scenarios. Even though you make it sound like they weren't really stolen or have been recovered, I still look for the Merollis ZL1's everywhere I go.