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[COPO PETE]

Thanks for the reply MR.70. I've only had one Orange listed so far, so yes please send me a copy of those. It would be greatly appreciated. Is one of those the same car "9566 BA" as posted here owns, or was there maybe more orange cars that came to Canada? This is the kind of info I want to find out.It would be nice to get the copy of that other Daytona Yellow Chevelle as it sounds like a twin to mine. Thanks again!
Peter

[Casey Marks]

Pete is absolutely correct. GM Canada records can't be beat. As a point of reference, the only way to COMPLETELY verify the correctness of an Olds "W" car is to either have a totally numbers matching car (which is harder and harder to come by), or HOPEFULLY have a car that was shipped to Canada. The snag revolves around a records vault fire in 1977 in Lansing. All pre-77 Olds records were lost. Therefore, the only records that exist are the GM Canada EXPORT records for those cars. Luckily, my W-31 was a Canadian car, so I have all of the cool GM Canada paperwork - - Bill of Lading with all options associated with serial number, blah, blah, blah ....... neat stuff.

Pete - does George Zappora do all of the GM Canada documentation, or is he only responsible for the Oshawa cars ???

[COPO PETE]

Casey; From what I understand all the documentation comes out of Oshawa. George is the head of the department but there are people working under him. You may have names like Roy Mercer,( who I believe used to be the head guy), or a few others, but I have been told it all comes out of the same office in Oshawa.
Peter

[Mr70]

Peter
I have found out this is the same Monaco Orange COPO that is today in Tennessee.It was In Hawthorne Woods Ill.but was sold down south.It has a twin in 4 speed form,but that car had no buildsheet.So you have this buildsheet already.
Rick

[9566 BA]

Peter
I bought the automatic manaco orange car that Harry Snow used to own, from a guy who lived in Hawthorn Woods IL in Febuary of this year. I would be glad to send you copy of build sheet . It is the same one Mr 70 is refering to, so you may allready have it. Jeff

[bkhpah]

The Chevelle you are talking about I may have seen at Carlisle for sale a year or two ago. Could that be the same car?..BKH

[COPO PETE]

Thanks MR70, Jeff is going to send me his stuff. (thanks Jeff). It looks as though there were at least three Orange cars, two M22 and one auto. Mr 70 ;if you can did up anything on that auto car it would be greatly appreciated. Got your fax Rob, thanks. Thanks to everyone else, keep it coming!
Peter