"Barn Find" The Last 69 Yenko Camaro......

[William]

COPO 9737 was likely developed in conjunction with COPO 9561, supposed to be exclusive to Yenko Sportscars Inc. The only documentation known is the internal parts listing Chevrolet may have sent to certain dealers. The copy I have is included with a letter originally dated January 2, 1969; revised July 1969. The listing includes a grid with 12 ECLs and the equipment associated with each. 4 of the ECLs are flagged “used as a vehicle combination with COPO option 9560”; the other 8 are exclusive to COPO 9561. They are differentiated by transmission type and whether or not the center fuel gauge was included although a tach part number is not included or mentioned. None of the 4 9560 ECLs included the fuel gauge.

I have a few shippers and window sticker copies that list 9737. One of the first COPO 9561 ’69 Camaros built lists 9737JD [no fuel gauge] with a price of $126.40. A June car has 9737FD with a list price of $184.35. This car is known to have been built with U16 but it is not on docs and must have been included with 9737FD. ZL1 #65 was built with 9737JD but has a list price of $160.10.

Worthy of note: at some point 9561 no longer included positraction and a 4.10 axle. The June car lists G80 as an extra-cost option [probably mandatory] at $56.90 because it included H-D cooling when a 4.10 axle was specified. There was an additional charge of $2.15 for the 4.10 ratio.

So, much remains to be learned about COPOs.