69 Camaro COPO on Ebay

[gemleeus]

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I won't be the one reuniting the engine and the car.
I can't justify the numbers he is placing on the cars value. I spoke to the seller tonight about buying the car or selling him the engine.
I offered him the engine and the BE 0424 rear and he didn't seem interested in anything but the contact info for some possible documentation on the car.
He stated that someone has offered him 90K+ to end the auction early. He didn't appear to care that the engine he lists as "original" is a restamp and didn't see anything wrong with the way it was listed. He says he is ending it early Thursday.
He also stated that the car was verified by a "Mr. Lopata"
and a "Mr. Cuneen". He said Tim had him just about completely disassmble the car to verify it was original.

Is a "base" COPO project with a restamped block/wrong trans/wrong rear worth 90K? Just curious on unbiased thoughts from other members.

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are you not the person stating this information in a phone conversation?

[Lynn]

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I won't be the one reuniting the engine and the car.
I can't justify the numbers he is placing on the cars value. I spoke to the seller tonight about buying the car or selling him the engine.
I offered him the engine and the BE 0424 rear and he didn't seem interested in anything but the contact info for some possible documentation on the car.
He stated that someone has offered him 90K+ to end the auction early. He didn't appear to care that the engine he lists as "original" is a restamp and didn't see anything wrong with the way it was listed. He says he is ending it early Thursday.
He also stated that the car was verified by a "Mr. Lopata"
and a "Mr. Cuneen". He said Tim had him just about completely disassmble the car to verify it was original.

Is a "base" COPO project with a restamped block/wrong trans/wrong rear worth 90K? Just curious on unbiased thoughts from other members.

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are you not the person stating this information in a phone conversation?

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Not sure whom you are directing your question towards, but I believe Eric (the one who has the engine) made that statement.

Lynn

[Charley Lillard]

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Another thing, I'd be holding off on buyng any US Muscle Cars especially the high dollar ones "COPO, sYc, ZL1, L78, LS6, LS5, L88".

My .02

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Why do you say that ?

[gemleeus]

yes, the phone conversation qoute is between the man with the engine and the man with the car, where as earlier the man with the car posted he never spoke or came in contact with tim lopata or ed cuneen, but the phone conversation clearly states lopata "having him almost completely disassemble the car to verlfy its authenticity" someone is clearly not stating the truth. if the phone conversation in the post is not with the man that owns the car presently and posting in this forum i'am truly sorry for my misunderstanding.

[Belair62]

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Another thing, I'd be holding off on buyng any US Muscle Cars especially the high dollar ones "COPO, sYc, ZL1, L78, LS6, LS5, L88".

My .02

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Why do you say that ?

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Is doomsday coming ?

[Jeff H]

I think the Canadians are about to invade us and take all our oil!

[Belair62]

Thats what I read too Gem....I think the consesus is the car is a real COPO but which motor is legit...

[JQ]

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As a courtesy I did offer the engine to him at $10K (what I had to invest to get it). He declined. The price went to $20K when the first intersted buyer contacted me about me restamping my engine. After a few more people told me I was referred to as a restamper, the engine became no longer for sale. But it was available for inspection.

Tonight I made an offer of $45K for the car to Jim.
The car at present is an X44 body with:
1) NO paperwork
2) a RESTAMPED engine
3) an INCORRECT transmission
4) an INCORRECT rearend
5) in need of a $30K to $40K restoration

I already have a large investment in the engine, rear, and tracking fees for the car. Lot of good my trackers turned out to be.

I think my offer for the car is fair for its current state/condition.

Does anyone think my offer is out of line?

I even offered to let Jim use my engine as evidence in a fraud suit, if he wanted to try to get his money back from the person he bought the car from. He declined that offer earlier. [/quote

Eric, I don't think your offer is out of line at all, he wants to sell, you want to buy. Has he given you a concrete price? Hopefully the two of you can work a deal.... After looking at the pictures I thought it was mandatory that all copo's came with power front disc brakes. I don't see a power booster on that fire wall..

[gemleeus]

i thought they all came with power brakes also. no booster but it does have a power brake pedal pad. wonder what happened to the booster?

[COPO427]

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Another thing, I'd be holding off on buyng any US Muscle Cars especially the high dollar ones "COPO, sYc, ZL1, L78, LS6, LS5, L88".

My .02

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Why do you say that ?

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What I'm saying is and I have said it before, I think to get the prices down everyone needs to stop buying all muscle cars/parts until the prices become affordable to us. I don't know about you, but I don't have a money tree and I want a nice 70 Chevelle SS 396 and can't afford the high dollar cars IE LS6, L78.