X66 COPO's

[JTH74]

Jeff what did the X22 package consist of?

[Jeff H]

I thought the X22 COPO was just a chrome trim car. I don't know of any X66 cars other than the Yenko cars but it certainly seems possible. What were the earliest ZL1 cars coded as?

[camarojoe]

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What were the earliest ZL1 cars coded as?

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X44.

[Yellow 69 z28]

My current Camaro is a documented X66 COPO sold and raced out of Mac's Chevrolet, Crete Nebraska. This may be the only one identified so far. There are a few threads on this board showing history back to 1969 and a last december interview with Charlie Jacobs (who drove the car for Al MacNamara) at the NHRA Division 5 Legends dinner by a member (fpcopo).

Some of the other threads;

My First Post

Thread on Charlie Jacobs

Clutch Driven Turbo 400

This car or I should say the drivers were hard on engine blocks (and trannys) because the original block, plus a ZL1 engine, and an L88 were all destroyed in explosions during the course of its racing life. According to fpcopo one of the blocks is in a racing museum in the midwest. The clutch driven hydro 400 and the paint scheme where borrowed from Dick Harrel, but never given back!

Al MacNamara, Charlie Jacobs, Jim Hayes, Delmar Star, fpcopo, and many more have contributed countless history, recounts and paper work showing the journey this car has made since 1969. Hopefully one day I will be attending a future SCR (SCR10 or 11 and racing it) and maybe get Al Mac and Chuck Jacobs to attend.

[Belair62]

Very cool...and you won't run into a better guy than old Frank Payne !!

[resto4u]

Is this the copo that sold really cheap out of canada?

[JTH74]

Very cool, hope you get that monster done soon, what is the deal with the clutch driven TH400?

[Kurt S]

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Rich,
What kind of documentation were you able to find on the car?

[markjohnson]

You know, I'm pretty sure that there was a big feature on this car in that musclecar magazine that was put out in the early 90's by Car&Parts magazine. I have it somewhere but I'm currently packed up for moving so someone else will have to try and look it up. I remember it talked about the car being found in a junkyard and there something peculiar about the door jambs indicating that it was one of the very late '69's that was produced in the first half of the '70 model year.

[Unreal]

On late 69 carsm the driver door frame was modified to add a couple of raised horizontal lines to indicate where to put the blue GM certification sticker.

My October 69 car does not have them. but the overspray on the inside of the door is the original color of the body. Either somewhere along the line, someone replaced the door with a donor of the same color, or it was built with earlier design doors.