69 COPO chevelle buildsheet

[Keith Tedford]

Three of us bought COPO Chevelles at the same dealer. My car had the blue bow tie on the steering wheel. One had the SS and the third had the Malibu emblem.

[JoeC]

Another interesting question on the COPO Chevelles is the underhood decals. In the 1969 Super Stock magazine road test of the COPO Yenko Chevelle there is an underhood picture. There are no visible decals not even a 427 decal on the air filter lid. The emission tune up spec. decal for the 396/375 engine could not be used so Baltimore would have had to use the 427 Corvette or Impala decals. Does anyone have any original underhood pictures or an unrestored car with decals? The sheet metal radiator top plate on my car is unrestored and still has the original Yenko decal with no signs of any other decals

[A69COPO2]

JoeC, from what I under stand, they didn't come with the decal, on the air cleaner. But most put them on, kind of a 90% rule, if you know what I mean. I have talked to many original owners, and I get the same out come, no sticker, but end up putting one on. I won't be putting it on mine. I still have the original box arms, still mounted, with green paint marks on the bolts, and the original sway bar, was in the trunk. I didn't know the rarity of the F41, but I knew mine was very loaded, for a COPO. After researching the COPO build sheets, I have, I noticed that only one, was option out, like mine. There were a few NC8 and M22's. But as you might have noticed, no one has spoke on the buckets, console, and Gauge package.I need a few more NOS parts, then I'll start the restoration, but not until I have them.

[sYc]

Joe; I can not speak for the Chevelles, but the 427 COPO Camaros came with the 396/375 tuneup/emission decal on the radiator support. No 427 markings anywhere. Most factory line workers did not know that is was a 427, most thought it was the L-78. Theory is that Chevy did not want to spend the time/money on certification for 1000+ engines, and, except for bore, the same as the L-78. This is where much of the confusion on these cars came from. Many people who bought used 427 cars in the '70s thought that they had a replacement engine, because of the decal and because Chevy had not verified any of the 427 engine codes. In fact, many dealers were not aware of the 427 engines, thus Chevrolet Zone reps spent a lot time as go betweens when dealers would not do warranty work on these cars. This was really true with the 1969 Yenkos. I have heard several horror stories connected with the Yenko COPO cars, including my own Camaro. Tom