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08-10-2000, 08:00 PM
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firewall markings
I have a 1969 Camaro SS 396/375 and began restoring under the hood. On the firewall above the heater core/blower housing I found the number 179 written with marker which was not affected by the cleaning. This must be the daily job number for the body sequence that day? Then as I cleaned the rest of the firewall, right near the center to the left of the wiper motor is the marking CoPo also hand written in marker?
Just like that Capital/lower/Capital/lower. My car is not a COPO car. This is very clearly written, is it a mistake? I have been taking pictures along the way just for my own documentation. I just thought this was interesting to find. I know most early '69 COPO cars were built the 2nd week of January.... Here is my trim tag and vin info: VIN: N577451 TRIM TAG: ST69 12437 NOR 219570 BDY TR 721 57 S PNT 01B X22
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1969 Camaro SS 396/375 4 speed fathom green, dark green vinyl top, medium green standard interior 1970 Corvette convertible 350/350 4 speed cortez silver 
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08-11-2000, 02:41 AM
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Re: firewall markings
Kurt is exactly right about the sloppy CO8. We own the Yellow Berger and she had the same CoPo on the firewall that we thought initally stood for COPO. We realized that the marking actually stood for CO8 because D80 was claerly marked slightly below the other marking. The only other options on the car besides the obvious 9561/9737 were the rear spolier and the vinyl top. The oPo part of the marking is slightly tilted in relation to the C and does look like CoPo. Must have been the same guy on th assembly line about 10,000 car later.
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