Need help - 69 COPO Camaro?

[April L]

It's really almost impossible to see the trans tag from the angle with a mirror and a spotlight and the space is so tight I can't get a camera in there. I didn't see a color but I have a very bright light reflecting off of it so I'm really not sure. I'm probably not going to be able to get a picture of the tag without dropping the transmission and since I don't think it's the right one it is doubtful I will do that. Right now the car has a racing 454 and a built Turbo 400 transmission. I think its safe to assume when he took the engine out, he took the trans out too. :-)
Also, as I have said in an earlier post the original engine was with the car until a few years ago. If I can find the motor and get the guy to at least let me take a picture of any identifying numbers still on the motor I think this would go a long way in helping to identify the car. They didn't put the 427 motor in non-copo cars, did they?
As for the the numbers on the rear axle, I tried to take pics of them today with my iPhone. That didn't work out too well so I will try again tomorrow with a digital camera and see if I get better results. As I said before I need to figure out where to put the pics online so I can provide a link.
The previous owner's dad told him the car was a copo. When he bought the car over 25 years ago it was a racecar and had always been a racecar. That was all that mattered which explains why some very important pieces to determine if it is or isn't a copo are missing. This would also explain why someone would've welded over part of the BE on the axle tube. I also feel very fortunate considering how long the car has been a racecar that they didn't cut into the dash to mount the roll bars and that I still have some interior pieces as well. The car even still has the original headliner and interior light.