Canadian L-88 vette ?

[Charles]

I took a look at the only picture I have of the yellow 1969 L-88 and it appears to be the coupe others have mentioned here. It is NOT a convertible as I had previously thought. The picture was taken at some distance as the car was driven through the pits at Sparta. I believe Dave Mathers was driving it that day in April 1970

[Charles]

Hi LT1 Vette: Do you know if the people at Gorries still have their Corvette collection? Doug Hall found them a perfect 1960 white Corvette in California many years ago. The owner had taken off and stored the hubcaps when it was new! A perfect low mileage '60. They also had a green 1967 big block coupe with the white stinger hood, that a local owner here sold to pay for a 1968 blue on blue 427 Coupe. Any COPO cars in the collection or does the collection even exist today? Thanks

[copo9566aa]

[ QUOTE ]
It was reportedly ordered by a dealer in Montreal

[/ QUOTE ] More info about this Vette and the dealer name.

Thanks

[whitez]

Pete: Do you know if the rest of the rumour about this cars history is correct or not? The story goes that Dave Mather being the salesperson for this L-88 had to take delivery of the car in Detroit and drive it back to London due to the fact it was a heater delete car and could not be shipped into Canada. Dave did this in Jan. or Feb. in sub zero weather and had a very difficult journey.

Don

[COPO PETE]

Don
Not sure.... Just spent the day with Dave about a week ago. I'll ask him next time I'm at the track. This will be the car that the lady who bought the red COPO Chevelle brand new, and traded it in 4 months later to buy this L88 Corvette!
Peter

[whitez]

Pete:
Yes I was aware of the history of both of these Central Chev cars, however, it was the refusal by GM to deliver a heater delete car to Canada that always intrgued me. The heater delete cars of mine were not imported. It would be interesting to see if Dave Mathers could comment on the L-88 rumour.
Don

[Rowdy Rat]

Don,

The heater delete option for credit (RPO C-48) was a 1967 L-88 requirement only (although it was offered for any 1967 Corvette). All 1968 and up Corvettes, including L-88s, were equipped with heaters to comply with federal regulations requiring an operational defroster.

The regulations covered all cars that were to be delivered in the continental United States. While there were other cars such as Camaros and Novas delivered to Hawaii, Canada, and other locations without heaters, Corvettes were equipped with heaters regardless of where they were to be delivered.

For what it's worth, I was just at the NCRS National event in Hershey, PA... There are six 1969 L-88s in attendance (including one Canadian delivered car)... All of these cars have heaters.

Regards,

Stan Falenski

[JoeC]

Stan, There was an article on the restoration of the 68 Yenko L88 DX race car and they said it was heater delete. I don't know if this is true but with Yenko's connections he may have had some way of getting this car special built.

[whitez]

Stan:

Thanks,then this storey must involve a 1967 L-88 or possibly just a 435 HP car, only Dave Mather can clarify.Pete you see Dave more I do these days, ask him to fill in the blanks. The storey also goes that this was one of the cars that was shipped out west by Central Chev,where the muscle car market was still strong in 1970 & 71. Last I heard the car was still in BC.

[PhilS]

I believe my yellow 4sp coupe may be the car involved in the COPO Chevelle trade. According to GM of Canada the car was originally sold through Dan Kane Chev Olds in Windsor, On. The dealership may have gone by another name in late 68 when the car was delivered. Shortly after that it was sold or dealer traded to Central I think. I'm not 100% sure on that but it did go to another dealer. I have been told that a Chevelle was traded on the Corvette. Later it ended up in Vancouver where I bought it in 99.