69 COPO, Real or Not?

[JoeC]

A COPO rear has different internals then a normal 12 bolt so the rear can be checked but would require removing the cover. Some of the restampers are very good and may be difficult or impossible to tell if a block has been restamped. Some times you can catch them on the date codes. IMO

[Stefano]

As COPO Pete Stated the vin and trim tag are 100% Canadian COPO. George Zapora at GM of Canada can provide you with the documents.

It is very unlikely based on the information found here that any of the Drive train is original to the car.

Yes I heard the story that one of the previous owners had the parts sitting in a barn, but found the story too convenient.

You just need to do your home work like COPO Pete did and talk to the prior owners or pay a pro to do it for you.

If your worried about what other People are going to say about a "Put Together COPO" then save your money and buy a different one Like "Mr. Gassers", for $85,000.00, it has already been judged on numerous occasions, so you'll know exactly where you stand with the Hugger COPO, and it also has Canadian Documentation .

Or you can get an original unrestored one like Brian's for $185,000.00

I for one,thought that the Documented Endura Bumper,NC8 exhaust and M22 made it a very desirable COPO.