Ohio COPO Dealers

[mhassett]

Tom, our little Chevy Dealership here in Ashtabula, Ohio (Callender Chevrolet) sold a new '69 COPO Chevelle, white, to a John Popso. I remember looking at it at a gas station trying to figure out what it was!?! I was 15yrs. old and wanted a '69 SS Chevelle. Didn't get one until 15yrs. later.
Mark

[NCGuy68]

Can anyone list the name and town of the Ohio dealers that sold COPO cars?

I've got 'gear-head' kinfolk in the Akron/Canton area that may know the where abouts of any that may still be around.

[bbbenny]

i know of two dealers in columbus, ohio. that sold copo camaros. jack maxten and konners. konners, got two groups of 10 69 copo camaros. i know there is more, then that. i;ll see what i can find out. bbbenny

[ANDY M]

There were at least 18 dealers in Ohio that sold COPO cars,and 5 were in the Columbus area alone. There were 3 dealers in and around Springfield, which is 40 miles west of Columbus, 2 in the Cincy area, a couple on the river, 4 or 5 in the Cleveland area and a few scattered around the state. And these are just the ones that we know about.
Andy

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I have compiled a comprehensive list of Yenko Dealers over the years, the following is the Ohio section:


Central Chev Cleveland OH
Earl Davis Chev Mansfield OH
Glockner Chev Portsmouth OH
Hugh White Chev Columbus OH
Joseph Chev Cincinnati OH
Konners Chev Columbus OH
Luby Chev Cleveland OH
Marve Minneman Chev Youngstown OH
The Central Motor Co. Hamilton OH
White Allen Chev Dayton OH
White Chevy Lima OH

[95S-351]

Mike S,My father-in-law sold #69 Z-L1 when it was new ! He also sold some other COPO's! The name of his dealership is Huebner Chevrolet Carrollton Ohio.He has since retired and sold the dealership! Mark

[Jeff Murphy]

I understand from talking to the current owner's son that Walters Chevrolet (now Bowman) in Hebron sold one COPO Camaro, one COPO Chevelle and one Yenko Camaro. I've been able to confirm the Camaro and was also recently able to confirm that they had a Yenko on their lot. The below image is an edit of a full page classified ad from late August 1970:



Seems like $200 wasn't much of an ask to go from an SS350 to a sYc... Wonder if it was Rally or Fathom Green?

[68l30]

Here's a few....


Prout,Elyria Oh.
Jackshaw,Cleveland
Ed Stinn,Cleveland
Earl Evans,Painsville
Lavery,Alliance
Minneman,Youngstown
Konners,Columbus
Rodenfelds,Parma
Edgewater,Cleveland
Ewing,Canton

I'm sure there's a lot more than this....


Steve

[Stefano]

Jeff,
What is the date of the adv., 11,000 miles and one previous owner makes it a used Yenko?

[Jeff Murphy]

More from Walters. Hope you like the following series of ads.

1. February 13, 1969