1969 Chevrolet Camaro Copo Zl1
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1969 chevrolet camaro copo zl1. As was the case with Chrysler General Motors realized that the Mustang had heralded an entirely new sector of the automotive. That means the cars were very basic very expensive and extremely hard to get. The first owner of the car was Dick Tutino.
Fast forward to todays collector car market and authentic first-generation COPOs change hands on the high side of half a million dollars. By using the Corporate Office Production Order AKA COPO system several enterprising. It combines the one-year-only sheetmetal of the 1969 Camaro with the rare all-aluminum 427-cubic-inch ZL-1 big-block that was designed with racing in mind.
1969 Camaro ZL1 427 COPO. This car is very well documented from its original delivery to Fred Gibb Chevrolet of LaHarpe Illinois the dealer that spearheaded the original concept of an. This 27 was re-sold to Allan Green Chevrolet of Seattle WA in late 1969.
It went a step beyond the 427 Yenko and even the mighty L88 Corvette to where few production muscle cars tread. Allan Green Chevrolet Seattle Wa. Requests from dealers notably Don Yenko who were dealer-installing 427 cu in 70 L engines in the Camaro prompted Chevrolet to use an ordering process usually used on fleet and special orders taxis trucks etc to offer.
The COPO Camaro story is one of my favorites in automotive history. The first-generation Camaro was built through the 1969 model year. Show quality 69 camaro copo zl1 427 4 speed replica in black.
15 a Cortez Silver ZL1 delivered to Gibb Chevrolet on March 10 1969. 1969 ZL-1 Camaro 27 COPO 9560 Aluminum 427 ZL1 and is one of the original 50 ZL1s sold to Fred Gibb Chevrolet and was returned for redistribution due to the excessive cost of the ZL-1 option. Everything has been rebuilt or new.