Ohio COPO Dealers

[GrumpyJeff]

Originally Posted by markjohnson

I’m pretty sure that any time a Chevrolet dealership in Ohio would order plain ‘69 Camaro’s for dealer stock, COPO’s arrived on the transport!

Sound’s about rite haha ! Seems every other COPO was sold New in Ohio ?

[69z2x4]

Glockner had ten COPO's. Langs in Xenis sold a few. I do not know how many.

[68l30]

Originally Posted by JoeC

there was a post about Earl Evans Chevrolet, Painesville OH , having some 1969 427 Camaros and Chevelles

this may have been a 427 Camaro that Dale Evens ran

Joe, according to Dale, he remembers this as a dealer trade. I have many pics of this in different paint schemes.

BIG

[ragtop]

BIG could you post some pictures of Dales camaro in different paint schemes. Thanks

[no69x-44]

Mine rolled off the floor from the Norwood, Ohio plant but was sold from Baldwin Motors in New York.

Anyone have any idea how many COPO Camaros were built in 1969? I have no way of confirming or deny this number ... but my back of the envelope math from what I have read, etc over the years seems to point to about 900 +/- Again that is just a guesstimate number on my part. If anyone has more solid information/numbers ... I am all ears and would love to hear it.

[William]

L72 COPO production was buried in the Tailfins & Bowties data. The data was obtained directly from Chevrolet in the ‘80s and reprinted in the book. All of the oft-repeated ’69 Camaro production numbers-3,675 Z11s, 20,302 Z/28s-came from this data.

The data lists 1969 Camaro production by engine size; 230, 250, 327 et cetera. No 427 engine is listed but the figures total 243,085, same as 1969 production. COPO 9560 [ZL1] & 9561 [L72] build records always list L78 for some reason but not Z27 [Camaro SS].

Ergo, both COPO 427 options are included in the L78 totals.

The L48 [300/350] was the standard Camaro SS engine; 22,339 built. Camaro SS optional 396 engines; 13,659 built. Data shows 34,932 Camaro SS produced. Adding L48 and 396 totals, 22,339 + 13,659 = 35,998.

That’s 1,066 more than Camaro SS.

There were 69 COPO 9560 Camaros built; 1,066 – 69 = 997 COPO 9561 cars.

That means the L78 total of 4,889 is inflated. Actual L78 production would be 3,823.

[no69x-44]

Originally Posted by William

L72 COPO production was buried in the Tailfins & Bowties data. The data was obtained directly from Chevrolet in the ‘80s and reprinted in the book. All of the oft-repeated ’69 Camaro production numbers-3,675 Z11s, 20,302 Z/28s-came from this data.

The data lists 1969 Camaro production by engine size; 230, 250, 327 et cetera. No 427 engine is listed but the figures total 243,085, same as 1969 production. COPO 9560 [ZL1] & 9561 [L72] build records always list L78 for some reason but not Z27 [Camaro SS].

Ergo, both COPO 427 options are included in the L78 totals.

The L48 [300/350] was the standard Camaro SS engine; 22,339 built. Camaro SS optional 396 engines; 13,659 built. Data shows 34,932 Camaro SS produced. Adding L48 and 396 totals, 22,339 + 13,659 = 35,998.

That’s 1,066 more than Camaro SS.

There were 69 COPO 9560 Camaros built; 1,066 – 69 = 997 COPO 9561 cars.

That means the L78 total of 4,889 is inflated. Actual L78 production would be 3,823.

Excellent information here. Thank you for the detailed response and the data. I will have to look for “Tailfins and Bowties” for sure.