Missing COPO in Hot Rod magazine?

[William]

There was a small write-up with a photo of the body in restoration in a recent issue of Hot Rod.

This reminded me that someone has docs showing Chevy Engineering acquired a production '68 Camaro SS. They installed a B-body L72 engine and submitted it for for emissions testing. No one knew what became of it. Maybe this was the same deal; wasn't built as a COPO. I'd like to see what the GM Heritage Center has on it.

If you had contacts at Chevy back in the day you could buy some of their styling/engineering cast-offs. Local beer magnate Augie Pabst managed to buy the "Cherokee" '67 SS-RS show car complete with Weber carbs. I asked him about it at the RA Vintage races a few years ago. He said no one could get it to run right so they put a Holley on it. Car is still around-has a clear plexiglass hood panel ala ZR1 Corvette.