what does copo mean

[JoeC]

thanks Ken.
Jim Mattison stated in the MCR interview that he remembers writing COPO paperwork on special paint cars when he worked at GM. There may have been different levels of special paint orders. For example if you wanted a 67 SS Camaro without nose stripe it may not need to go through the COPO process. If you wanted a complete color change, like the Carolina Blue cars sold in NC where the color was off the charts, you may have had to go through the COPO process. Jim M did state that he remembered processing COPO paperwork for Chevrolets in a normally Pontiac only Green.

[68TopStock]

Yenko Deuce Registry,

Not THAT one!

[Norm reynolds]

It's interesting that GM management missed the boat while copo's were used to beat the system on the 400 rule they shut the door on money to be made, mean while Dodge&Plymouth in the late 60's made no bones about what you could have as a hi-po ,and they did sell a lot of them
We will never know how many more hi-po cars Gm could have sold
Norm

[Belair62]

I would equate COPO's with Hemi Darts and the like.I doubt they made much money,if any,on those cars and volume was pretty low too.

[kiva75]

I seem to remember reading an article about a COPO Nova that was ordered with Plymouth Plum Crazy paint on it for a zone rep. I will try to dig it out, but I bet it's one of the rarest COPO orders!

Britt
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