C.O.P.O

[Sam D.]

How do you find out if a car is a C.O.P.O car? I have a 64 Corvette and one of the shops I took it to get tuned up mentioned that it might be one.

Thanks,

Sam

[Warren F.]

Re: C.O.P.O

Sam,

Not sure on this early of a car. Later cars that had the Corvette Order Copy sheet with them, had such a box to include information as to deviations from the norm.

[John H.]

Re: C.O.P.O

All Chevrolet Order Copies (Cars, Trucks, Corvettes) had a box labeled "COPO/F&SO"; hardly any were COPO's."It may be one" is the over-statement of the century.

[Joe L.]

Re: C.O.P.O

Sam------

In order to even suspect that a car might have been originally built as a COPO, one would have to note some difference from a normally ordered and optioned Corvette WHICH APPEARED TO BE ORIGINAL TO THE CAR.

Even then, about 99.9999% of the time, that difference is going to be something that occured "post-St. Louis".

The only way to positively identify a car as a COPO-ordered vehicle is to have original documentation. Absent that, there's no way to say, for sure.

[Harry Sadlock]

Re: C.O.P.O

This is what I have an it is still impossible to figure out what it is????

Harry

[Michael H.]

Re: C.O.P.O

Yes, I agree John. The COPO was a very rare unit, although I did see quite a few in the late 60's and early 70's. Most were very basic changes and the majority seemed to be for paint/interior color combinations that were not normaly available.

Wow, how about those 69 ZL1 Camaros, all 69 of them. Now THAT was a COPO that went down in history.

[John H.]

Re: C.O.P.O

Yes, I think the Camaro ZL-1 was the most "famous" COPO of them all. As a young Chevrolet engineer, I walked every one of those engines for the first batch of fifty units down the engine dress line at Norwood in February and March of 1969; they were pretty special then, but nobody ever dreamed they'd be $1 million+ cars 37 years later.

[GL Anderson]

Re: C.O.P.O

I got a call from Joe Pike, he was one of our contacts inside Chevrolet when it came to Shrine Corvette stuff, wanting me to take 2 of the then unknown number of ZL-1 Camaros. 1 with an automatic and 1 with a 4 speed. I tried my best to pre sell them to anybody cause the price was much higher than even a hipo 396 Camaro. No luck with selling them so called him back and declined. Damn should have ordered both even if we sold them for cost I would still have the invoices etc for those 2 cars and that original paperwork would be worth a good bit I am sure. GL

[Alan T.]

Re: C.O.P.O

Harry, I'm not sure because I don't have the 1964 paint/trim availability chart handy, but it may be that your '64 had a deviation from the standard because saddle trim was not normally available with black paint that year. To get that combination, it would have had to go through the Central Office (COPO). These things DID happen, as a few years ago I bought a Daytona Yellow 1969 with Saddle interior, thats what the trim tag said, I thought it was kind of odd as the charts said that combination was not available. Got it home, managed to get a chunk of the tank sticker off, and there was a code in the COPO box, as well as indicating the yellow with saddle. That car had the best body panel fit on any Stingray I have ever seen. I surmise that because it was a COPO, special attention was paid to the car as it came down the line.

[Clem Z.]

i ordered new corvettes,camaros and full size

chevys painted non standard colors. my dealer had a book with every color that GM could paint a car or truck, some were special company colors. we also would put on the order it was a show car and i always got good paint. one corvette with a special color paint only took 14 days from the day the order was sent till it showed up at the dealers. i had to hussle to sell my other corvette