1969 DOUBLE COPO Camaro sitting with just 241 Miles?!?!?!
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- This 1969 Chevrolet Camaro is not a barn find like usual, it has been sitting an extremely long time with just over 200 miles on the odometer. It is a real DOUBLE COPO Camaro. This Double COPO is one of only 50 special ordered 427 Camaros sold by the Berger Chevrolet in 1969.
The Double COPO refers to the 9561 and 9737. The 9561 was the order code for the 427 engine, and 9737 was for the "Sports Car Conversion Package," which equipped the car with a 140 MPH speedometer and beefier suspension and handling components.
When you think of the rarest Camaros in the world, this is right near the top with the Yenkos and ZL1s.
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Arguably about 1,100 COPO's shipped in 1969 and amazingly 23,000 of them are still on the road !
lol, very true!
True brother lol I had an LS6 Chevelle and it was real, with both build sheets,I would pull into a cruise and there were three other LS6 Chevelles. Mine was the only real one, more now than 1970!
What most people do not realize is the L78 production totals include the COPO 9560 and 9561 cars. WHY? because the COPO was a L78 with, the L78 engine replaced with the 427 and the SS emblems and trim deleted.
I've been around muscle cars all my life, and have never heard anyone call one a " double COPO". Learn something new everyday.
I hadn't either until just a few years before this.
I agree never heard of a double copo almost sound like a topping like double chocolate with sprinkles etc
Yea me to!!
Double top secret probation.
It is trying to make it sound better. COPO is Central Office Production Order. It allowed certain dealers to order options not normally associated with the car. Whether the dealer put one option, or several, it is still only one order to the Central office. This is a multiple option car. The odds of a second COPO (order the engine in one, then order again for the sports car package) being sent and actually making it to the car after the first was made is nil. Normally a second order from a dealer would cancel the first order or build a second car, depending on what they specified.
All 241 miles added by ¼mile increments. 🙌✌
Other than that initial drive home, yup!
@@AutoArchaeology Absolutely beautiful sir! Such an important part of American culture it's a shame they don't teach this stuff in our schools history classes.🙌✌
@@AutoArchaeology is there not a break-in period for the motors? 1200 or so before you should drag em or is that just bs apparently. Awesome video!! Doin the Lords work man!
Mostly at Milan and Norwalk
Have to get back to the pits, and then back yo the line. Do it's not like the car only had 241 x 4 quarter mile runs.
Right now painting a 74 Super Duty Trans Am with 1700 original miles was a drag car from day one
Sweet cars those SDs
They sure are amazed about no rust being in upstate New York lol
@@wheelhorseaddict884 yeah a dude had one down here in the Hudson valley back in the late 80s, it was original and in good shape, paint was toast though when he got it.
I know it didn't rot away,the dude only used it in summer and garage kept it.
Most by then weren't even on the road anymore from the rust by early 90s ,even standard ones.
Nice story! Nice car. I had a 69 427 Caprice. It ate Trans Ams for breakfast! Good old days!
Very cool!
Weight on street tires is just more traction! 👌
Nice, my neighbor has one similar, not a copo, but a 69 ss. Original owner bought bit drove it for a month on the street then made it a race car. Current owner has returned the car to street duty.
Still cool
A whole new era in automotive history is about to unfold with the advent of electric cars. Today's rides will look like horse drawn behemoths of yore.
Never heard of a double COPO, all I can say is WOW!
I have heard you could get up to a 3x COPO with options.
What a great story. Thanks for sharing!
Imagine that trading a low buck 307 Nova for a beautiful monster like the Berger 427!!! What a great score for sure! The paint is still gorgeous too,along with the rest of the car! It's fantastic they got the original engine back together again and running too! It goes to show these sweet treasures can still be found out there today! Thanks again!
Right?!
The true meaning of all original! Love the color too....👍🏻🏁
In Dec. 1969 I was 20 yrs. old and living in Jacksonville, FL when I saw one of these 1969 COPO's (sold new by Berger) street race a 1970 Buick GS Stage 1 with the Stage 2 cylinder head package.race. That Buick idled very nicely so it surprised quite a few onlookers when it beat the COPO on two straight flag-offs for $150, which was pretty big bucks back then. I still remember the small Berger hand-painted scripts at the top of the doors and the "Jardine Headers" decals on the Camaro's rear windows.
Wow, that's a cool memory!
Badass I've owned a 68 nova SS factory 4 speed car but didn't have the original motor sucks been 20 years this year lol
No problem. I dumped an original 440 from my Superbird down a well, to get rid of it
I went to College in Michigan during the early 80's. My buddy worked for Berger Chevrolet too.
I was lucky enough to see some of the Dealer's awesome collection of Muscle cars.
Also, the way you're pronouncing Berger is the correct way the dealer says it !
Cheers
Happy to hear that, I've never been there!
Awesome !!!!! Glad it is running and preserved
I remember watching Rick Cornell race that copo at milan dragway in the early 80's. Very cool car!
That's cool
Absolutely sweet car
The story makes the car perfect
Pretty cool. Thanks for sharing
That's special in a very special way.
Very cool. Thanks for the video. Nice to see some GM stuff.👍
I had a '69 COPO. X11 doesn't mean it's a COPO. X11 is base coupe/style trim, which means it has all the chrome trim (headlight trim, taillight trim, rocker trim, quarter panel louvers, and drip rail. My car had the door edge moldings also. That car should have the wheel well moldings too, but most, like mine had them removed for slick clearance. The 427 emblems on the hood are incorrect. Most COPO's were X11 cars.
Yeah, he liked the Impala 427 emblems better.
Most COPOs were built out of bodies coded with X11 or X44. Apparently some early COPOs had X22 or X66-coded bodies. X11 indicated with Z21 Style Trim or Z22 Rally Sport Trim which included what you indicated although I'm unaware of the door edge moldings...however it's not surprising. I'm also unaware X11 included chome rocker trim and again I'm not surprised as I have seen it on many big block 427s.
Correct
Black scorpion that's might be correct for a Norwood car ,but not s Los angles car
Wonderful car - thank you for sharing!
Awesome car Ryan!
Wow you got R done 😎👍✌️
Great video nice find!
Also has the rare endura body color front bumper!
Very cool!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍
Damn u find the best cars!!
New sub here ... Awesomeness always love a great car story ..ugh looks like I will be binge watching all night lol .. Thanks for the hard work that goes into making these videos and your time well spent researching them as well ... EPIC CAR EPIC VIDEO MY NEW FRIEND ... LIGHT AND LOVE TO YOU AND YOURS ...
Thank you, I hope you enjoy the shenangians!
I got a triple COPO Camaro w only 86 miles on it so ha ha.
Sweet
Yeah, sure.
That was really cool man! I live in Ohio and there is some real rare stuff setting in peoples garages. Talk to you later buddy!👍
Oh absolutely!
My Uncle has the " test mule " for the 69 copo Camaro no. 1 . Has the all aluminum 427 . Red with the pizza cutters rims & dog dish hubcaps . Bad ass !!! This is the one for 69 !!!
Nice! Is it restored or original?! Does he get it out?
Nice to here that.
William, does it have 3 dueces on it? I smell a Tonawanda, New York made ZL1 engine. Back in the late 70s a Harley dealer bought the tooling for the ZL1 motor from Powerplant. They were selling the engines for use in boats.
Only 40 Double COPO Camaro super cars were made and they all went to Berger Chevrolet in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They have a lower and wider body that offers a much tougher appearance. This lower body set the way for the future of Camaro's, as many models ever since have gone about keeping this same look. There were options to add specific cosmetic packages and trim codes, which would enhance the performance of the car as well as the appearance. The car was basically a street legal drag racing car...
EVERY SINGLE one of the 199 YENKO Camaros and the 99 YENKO CHEVELLES in 1969 were Double COPOS. ALL but one of the BERGER's were Double copo's Emmert, Sport, and other dealers also ordered 9737 Sports Car Conversion with the 9561 IRON Block 427.
Worth a sub, my man.
Thank you!
So fucking cool. My cousin had a 69' Camaro and my uncle had a Mark Donohue edition AMC javelin i loved going for rides in when i was a little kid! 69 Camaro is my all time favorite car and the copo is a dream 😫😫🤣🤣💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That's cool!
Love that sound...so did everyone in the vicinity...all heads turn if sound was reason the car looks will cause you to hold your gaze longer...Great styling created in the sixties never age...I am a 1962 model though this does not hold true in my case lol..
I own the real COPO Camaro it was my high-school graduation present my father worked at the GM Assembly plant where the cars were made in Norwood he was a paint supervisor real COPO Camaro what's a six-cylinder body with a 427 motor in a four speed or automatic on the column how to rosewood steering wheel and not one bit of chrome or radio plain Jane I drag race this car on the highway for four and a half years never wrecked it and never killed anybody in acquired every ticket except via killer manslaughter in triplicate those were the good old days the ultimate heartbeat of America and not living to regret it only regret ever having to sell it
Sounds like one heck of a graduation gift. So did you sell it? You said you own the COPO. You still have it?
great video, thanks !
saw that car many times at Milan dragway
That's cool.
That would be a fun Car to drive!
The whole family use to race at milan dragway mi. May even have sum race footage from the old day at milan.
That's cool
Love it.
Glacier Blue code 53 ? Thanks for the great content.🏁
I believe so
Great story
A 307 -2 dr Nova for a COPO Camaro..sounds like a helluva deal to me..lol.
And I'm sure some cash!
Let's assume it was 41 miles from the dealership to the owner's house. That leaves 200 miles for racing. At most that was only 300 passes. Because you're going to put conservatively 3/4 of a mile per run with the run itself, the burnout and the return to your pit area. So it doesn't seem like it was even raced that much.
The 427 is the copo upgrade, not the original engine..
My dream car 😍
I had Camaros my whole life .. jus bought gen 6 . 2022 Camaro 1Le track package .
very nice!
👏 amazing
Bonks automotive is now a dance studio , still in Milan, my buddy lives next door, they hate him.
That's sad to hear
WOW!!!!
Loose the wide angle lens. Super annoying. Great cars deserves proper videos.
Was the other dealership in Monroe MI. HARRY MAY CHEVROLET. I bought a 1973 Z/28 rs off of Mr Cornell.
I'll double check
Cant believe they removed the lettering
It was falling off in reality. You couldn't wash the car without it coming off.
They also removed the roll cage and fuel cell. I think it would be much cooler if left the way it was raced for 241 miles.
My buddy has a 69 copo Camero with 2300 miles on it
Lucky friend!
Yea it's a 427 4sp car
So did sell it to the guy who restored it? How much did it go for?
I do not know the price, but it did get moved to two or three owners since my first video.
Never even heard of a double copo ,
Yup!
How much is everyone's question!
I didn't even know it sold until recently. I have no idea
Maybe its just me but that puck stripe seems out of place on that car. I wouldnt have touched the original paint but everyone is different
Still the original paint, just the flaking later added on signage came off.
Wondering about those A/C vents. Most COPO's got the solid-lifter motor which they usually didn't put in A/C equipped cars. Or was it ordered with the 390hp hyd.cam motor?
No, this was ordered with the 427.
Let's clear something up once and for all since apparently not everyone has watched Barrett-Jackson car auctions and heard Steve Mangante excellent description of what a COPO car is. A COPO is an abbreviation for the "Central Office Production Order". A car can only be ordered once, therefore a car cannot be a double COPO. The closest thing to a double COPO would be a Yenko Camaro where Yenko Chevrolet would COPO a Camaro and then do other modifications to it at the dealership.
You are incorrect, the COPO is the order number. You could order up to 4 different COPO numbers for the Camaro in 69. This one has two COPO numbers. There are a few with three, and only two known with all four of the COPO numbers.
@@AutoArchaeology What are the other 2 COPO order numbers then? Interested to know.thanks.
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9560 was the ZL1
9561 was the L72
9737 was the sports car conversion, ie: rally wheels, 140 mph speedo, stiffer suspension, etc.
Don't know the 4th COPO number
What makes it a double Copo?
It has two special COPO codes for ordering, instead of just one.
@@AutoArchaeology ok, I understand.
9561 for the 427.
9737 for the sports car conversion, ie: rally wheels, 140 mph speedo, stiffer suspension, etc
My first car was a 69 Z/28 RS, hit lite in front, got running went for a ride with open headers got chased by cops. My mom made me sell it. I was 14, so I sold
Oh geeze!
In other words the Speedo was disconnected after 241 miles. Who buys a car like this to race and only puts241miles on it?
Nope, speedo hasn't been touched. That's all there was. That's a few hundred passes at the drag strip over a few decades.
Trailered everywhere, half mile for every race (quarter mile race, quarter mile return road) A hundred and some races, then it gets parked. Happened to alot of rare muscle cars.
I would love to give that car a home next to my cuda
You can't even remember your 'cuda.
@@barnabyjones5161 ?
i worked in milan or milan in french lol
X11 does NOT mean COPO
With this setup it is part of it
.. So they raced it in 1986 huh? ... hmmmm
What?
So, what transmission was it born with? A Turbo 400, or Muncie?
Muncie
@@AutoArchaeologythank you.
Well my neighbors uncle's dad's dog knew a guy who knew a transgender that had a triple copo camaro.
You could get all the way up to a quad Copo.
Would have been nice to hear the e.t.
We didn't have any times
@@AutoArchaeology thank you for the response. I expect the answer in the next one and a half minutes. Over . never heard of a double c o p o. Check out the actual times. Has to be between 10 1/2 and 11. Just kidding and just curious
He acts like 86 was eons ago!!
I know the Cornell family.
Very cool!
They didn’t order it twice, it’s a copo not a double copo.
Did you even watch the video?
Double COPO means it has two COPO-only options, not that it was ordered twice.
Please watch the video, it explains what a Double COPO is
@@AutoArchaeology - No, it is two special options. A COPO is the order itself, not the options. Whoever told you COPO is the option doesn't know what they are talking about. COPO just means it is a special order and the restrictions on some options is removed.
COPO 9561 for the L72 427, and COPO 9737 for the sports car conversion package. They are COPO options, and this Camaro has two of them. 💁
Had a big let down when the original engine was not there...
The original engine is there. It's in the car, running, right now.
@@AutoArchaeology
Oh cool!!
Was it out for a rebuild/storage ?
@@cjdubuisson the guy says early in the video he has the original engine but it is broken. The end of the video shows the camaro with the original rebuilt engine installed back in the car as it had been when it was delivered.
No such thing as "double copo"
There is, and you could get all the way up to a Quad COPO.
@@AutoArchaeology then I stand corrected, cool channel btw 👍
A double COPO, 😆 🤣 😂
That is indeed what it is
Ya, it has two Central Office Production Order (COPO) options. COPO 9561 for the 427 and COPO 9737 for the "sports car conversion package". What else are you supposed to call it, two times a COPO?
Yeah and those rare where but mine is more rare I got a quadruple copo
I've heard the 4x Copo is the top you could get.
Sure you do.
Awesome!