The CONVINCER II

[COPO_Anders]

Kevin, that is a copy of the invoice from Holsey Chevrolet in Jersey City.

I have attached the ad I sent to the Swedish "Wheels magazine" before going to SCR9. When I came home I received just one call, but what a call. He knew where the Convincer was! The same guy had bought the race-rearend off my 1969 SS 396 Chevelle, so he knew me before.

Now I´m off on vacation !

[4274speed]

Dan Rich is the other name.

[4274speed]

Dan Rich is the other name on the door.

[Musclecarkid]

According to my copy of the window sticker I got from Pete Dedella, this 69 COPO Chevelle was very unique. Does anyone know the earliest Vin # on a 69 COPO Chevelle?

VIN#13637 9B3799xx

13637 8 Malibu Spt Coupe $2,690.00
Destination Charge $68.50
6AO1GA Soft-Ray Tinted Glass $36.90
6J52FM Power Disc Brakes $64.25
6M22CB Special 4-Speed Trans $264.00
6753BA Black Cloth Trim .00
6924FF 71-71 Lemans Bue .00
9566AA High Performace Unit $532.95
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Factory Installed Options $898.10
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Total Cost $3656.60

[Salvatore]

What a bargin!

[COPO_Anders]

Here is another pic of the car in Sweden. It´s from 1978 I think.
It´s a small world. The guy who was the manager of Comfort Custom in Stockholm,is a friend of a friend. He lives only 3 miles from here. We had him and his wife here for dinner last spring. He´s an old school Hot Rodder.



Don´t you guys have other pics of the Convincer II ?

[COPO_Anders]

I found a lot of old photos today. I have been looking for some of them for a long time, but I also found some I didn´t knew I had.
Would you believe it! I was actually at Mantorp Park in 1978 and took a picture of the Convincer II ! Look at the first pic I showed of the Convincer in Sweden. I took my pic at the same time, with the HemiCuda in the other lane.

[COPO_Anders]

Here is a pic of the HemiCuda when it still had "Speedwin" on the doors.

[COPO_Anders]

And here are a couple of pics that I found in an article about the in Sweden famous dragracer Jöran Persåker. They were published in Wheels magazine, January 2008, as you can see. The first one shows the car repainted and the second one taken in 1984 at Santa Pod England, shows the car after the fire.

Until Jöran and his friends returned to Sweden, Jeff Hauser took care of the remains of the car. Jeff Hauser was then the owner of a Super Stock Challenger which for obvious reasons caught Jörans interest. That Challenger was a factory T/A Challenger which had been acid-dipped and turned into a Super Stock car by no other than Paul Rossi. Jöran bought that car in 1985.

[COPO_Anders]

It seems like Dan Rich was actually Dan Rzeczkxxxxx, and the story goes that his last name was too big for the door.
Dan was the driver, and at Island Dragway he took the Convincer down the track in 11.20 seconds. They used the L-88 cam in the L-72 to make enough power at the time.

Peter Dedella, the owner, was the parts-guy at Holsey Chevrolet in Jersey City.
I have also been told that Ralph Truppi was involved in some way when the car was ordered.