How To Tell A Real Copo Camaro

1969 Z28 Camaro with Fake Cowl Tag 9N607652.

How to tell a real copo camaro. There were several COPO designations but basically this meant there was a limited run of non-standard vehicles-something you could not order from Honest Harry at Chevy Land in Anytown USA. I contacted HBC to let them know the radiator tag they had for the 68Z28 was wrong and I was told the pattern came off his original 68Z28. Of course that could have been changed.

The salesman sells cars. The top of the cowl will be painted the stripe color. COPO is an acronym for Central Office Production Order and was the ticket to getting some souped-up Camaro with big-block power under the hood.

We can tell you that the fuel-injected V-8 features forged steel connecting rods and crankshaft a cast-iron block and four-bolt mains. Reply 13 on. 1972-1980 Camaro VIN Decoder.

Jerry MacNeishs Definitive Facts book is the best listing of Z28 identifiers I have ever found 67-69s. NNorwood Ohio LVan Nuys California. The COPO 8561 option came with the regular L-72 427 made of cast iron while the COPO 9560 came with an all-aluminum version of the motor -- called the ZL-1 -- so it was much lighter.

See codes below Sixth Digit Year. Repros are just flat metal with a hole and a nuts welded on the inside. Also for either L78 or L72 the tach would be 6000 redline 7000 max.

QCamaro 1972-79 PCamaro 1980 SType LT 73-78 or Berlinetta 79-80 Third Fourth Digits Body Style. Overall the impression is one of this Camaro being quite a nice survivor. ALL Van Nuys built cars that had factory applied stripes were painted this way.