What makes a COPO a COPO?

[Steve Shauger]

There is really no answer to this subject, because everyone had different comfort levels. For instance (an this doesn't only pertain to COPO's) you can have an original drive train car but the body is completely rusted and it is rebodied,then you have a race car where the body is near mint, but not one drivetrain component is original or you have a car with great docs and only the firewall is usable. This is a slippery slop issue.

I believe the ford guys are not as concerned with the #'s because they have access to factory documentation, and for the most part chevys don't. Because of lack of documentation more emphasis is placed on original components and ownership history. My preference is a car with original metal, drivetrain with docs (not always realistic). As I stated before it all comes down to comfort level, the more people comfortable with the car and its pedigree, the higher the price (condition being the same).