GM Canada Show Car Acct

[Pacecarjeff]

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Kurt, just an update from Vintage Vehicle Services. 80055 is not a Zone Office account, there was no zone office in Oshawa, Ontario, this was head office. Zone offices were out in the field such as Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, etc. 80055 is a Show Car account used by the Sales Department for company show cars that were sent to new car shows to display our products. These cars were usually heavily optioned so that customers could see a wide variety of features on the vehicles, but not always. I am just a newbie here but thought I should clear up a few misconceptions.

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Glad we finally cleared that all up.

George nice to hear from you!!!

[Zedder]

From GM Canada Vintage Services in 1990...

[Zedder]

Page 2..."code 80055 GM of Canada Chevrolet Sales Promotion".

[Pacecarjeff]

Sales Promotion, Show Car Account, VIP, Special Prepared.
Those terms really all mean exactly the same thing.
My guess, is that the 80055 Account was the special request account that GM of Canada used to order "Special cars". They were possibly inspected for better quality, and likely had a better fit and finish about them. The paint may have been polished to a better shine. The engines were likely detailed for display.

These were the cars GM was going to use to put their best foot forward.
Used at races, auto shows, celebrity, and sporting events, ect....

The 80055 cars were specialy prepared AS show cars.
Everything about these cars was maybe to a higher standard.

[Zedder]

I followed up with George concerning this letter and here is his response, "Mark, a show car account is like Larry described, basically a catch all for special or excess inventory. Different people may have various ways of describing it, but official technical name is the show car account. This was looked after by the sales dept. Just because it says show car does not in effect mean it was an actual show car, it was just relegated to that account till sales could figure out what they wanted to do with it, in effect a holding account. Sorry to raise some peoples hopes or dash others, but it was just the name given to that particular account, we use those accounts even today. Regards, George"

[Pacecarjeff]

That seems reasonable enough.
I would like to hear more...

Some cars were ordered throught that account as inventory.
Others were prepped show cars. You would have to see the final delivery useage, to really see what each one is intended as. EXACTLY like Central Office Production Orders (COPO).

Some of the COPO's were Supercars with HiPO Engine and racing destinations, Most were just special requests - Trucks, Taxis, Police cars, even farm equipment.

So Just because a car is ordered through the COPO program, Or 80055, doesn't make it a COPO or a Show car. Have to look and see what makes it special. Or what it was intended to be used for.

[Belair62]

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So Just because a car is ordered through the COPO program, Or 80055, doesn't make it a COPO or a Show car. Have to look and see what makes it special. Or what it was intended to be used for

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You have that in the wrong order I think. If it was ordered thru the COPO system it is a COPO but not necessarily a Supercar or anything special.