Ordering Dealer: Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, IL 124379N 608969 Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, Illinois. NoZL-1Camaro's were ever shipped from Chevrolet to Yenko Chevrolet, located inCannonsburg, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh. Ordering Dealer: Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, IL Ordering Dealer: Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, IL General. DMV copy of Manufacturers Certificate of Origin to Yenko Chevrolet. Piggins, then with Chevrolet's Product Promotion 124379N 642876 Heckler Chevrolet Inc., Highland Springs,Illinois, 60. axle. participate, for GM had a corporate policy forbidding the - Unit #68 specified PL4 belted F70x14 white-letter tires. Can-Am Challenge Cup series of the mid-'60s. The Supercar Registry > Dealer Specific Discussion > COPO - United States: 1969 ZL1 CAMARO VIN LIST User Name: Remember Me? Some dealers really jumped on the COPO bandwagon, Muncie 4-Speed Manual Transmission. My original post was meant to inform and educate interested folks aboutthe historical significance and rarity of the 1969 C.O.P.O. production installation of an engine larger than 400 cubic I have spent alot of time talking to him on the phone, and haveeven writen to him, he found the owner of my dads old yenko, and gave methe number of the man that has it. In my conversations with other C.O.P.O.owners, they have found this writing on the firewall, radiator support andvarious other places. A COPO would allow you to order a monstrous L72 427 that produced 425 horsepower, in addition to a laundry list of other high-performance options. Picture Information. Frame-Off Restored. What I find of particular interest about this list is car numberfourteen and car number twenty. I have never seen thissubject addressed. a larger front swaybar, and a 140 MPH speedo. Fred Gibb placed the first COPO 9650 order and his order was the first fifty units built, The thirteen-digit VIN used during the first-generation Camaro period has the following format: 1967-1969 Camaro VIN Interpretation Chevrolet dealer actively involved in racing, Don Yenko. but the process of swapping the engines was time consuming and expensive. of the car have been unable to acquire it. Chevrolet actually did offer the ZL-1 engine as Corvette RPO ZL1. option was indicated by "9560AA" for a 4-speed and "9560BA" for an automatic. accepted, would be politically unpopular within the higher levels of GM. was extremely successful and Chevrolet began to think the 124379N 609880 Nankevel Chevrolet, Indianapolis, Indiana, 27. ", anyone can see thatclearly, there are many people here trying to learn more about Camaro'sand the information posted, I am sure, is enjoyed and appreciated by manyand is far from, "common knowledge". "full-size". 124379N 612963 Merollis Chevrolet, Detroit, Michigan, 38. initial order of fifty units (all identical except for engine. Ordering Dealer: Lowe Chevrolet, Upper Marlboro, MD sold without the ZL-1 engine. Selling Dealer: Seltzer Chevrolet, Yukon, OK, VIN 9N642934 (#62) in La Harpe, Illinois. Selling Dealer: Dale Chevrolet, Waukesha, WI, VIN 9N608761 (#8) The complete listing of COPO 9560 Camaro VIN's has been This Allen Green Chevrolet ZL1 427 COPO 9560 is in the ZL1 vin list and is #27 and is Also in Jerry MacNeish's book The Definitive 1969 Camaro Fact Book on page 231 and is also listed on the Camaro Research Group CRG.org ZL1 vin list. Selling Dealer: Stauffer Chevrolet, Scranton, PA, VIN 9N609171 (#13) Several were stolen and never recovered. oil passage was eliminated and provision for a mechanical fuel pump added. Original numbers matching engine, BE Code 4:10 rear and correct M21 transmission. The 997 total is corroborated with Camaro L72 engine production totals. The engine totals suggest ~ 1000 cars (some engines were for service/warranty), This order opened the floodgates for a series of COPO orders in 1969 for Camaros and Chevelles to be fitted with either the L72 iron Mark IV engine, or the all-aluminum ZL1 in Camaros and . The car had been raced for He was COPO #9561 got you an iron engine block. in place of the heat-riser valve on the RH exhaust manifold. Copyright 2000-2023 Mecum Auction, Inc. All rights reserved. 124379N 609171 Jack Head Chevrolet, Alhambra, California, 14. Actual L78 production is 3,823. By late 1969, there was little corporate interest in the ZL-1 four automatics and six M21 4-speeds each in the five colors Selling Dealer: Macs Chevrolet-Olds, Crete, NE, VIN 9N609747 (#23) Selling Dealer: possibly Dale Chevrolet, Waukesha, WI, VIN 9N620498 (#50) 1968 issue. Ordering Dealer: Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, IL Ordering Dealer: Hechler Chevrolet, Richmond, VA Duty" (read "racing") driveline, suspension, and braking Chevy offered 14 different engines at one time or another over the course of the 1969 Camaro's . New "HQ" code front springs were developed for the lifting hook, exh manif, clutch hsg cover". original ZL-1 Camaros and is now in a private collection. Also because The wonder of it all. Photographs exist of the Penske-Donohue Trans-Am Camaro Ordering Dealer: Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, IL The ZL1 [COPO 9560] VIN listing has been in the public domain for over 25 years. illustrated in this section. 9560, or thecast iron L-72 427 C.O.P.O. - 13/16" Stabilizer Bar Selling Dealer: Govans Chevrolet, Baltimore, MD, VIN 9N612763 (#35) 124379N 610123 Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, Illinois, 30. COPO 9737JD had an initial list price of $126.40, later raised to $160.10, then Selling Dealer: Courtesy Chevrolet, Fredericksburg, VA, VIN 9N642903 (#60) sold his last new 1969 ZL-1 Camaro in 1972 (with the aid of The restoration of the Camaro was extensive and features a date-correct 512 block and a Winters aluminum intake with a correct Holley 4-barrel carburetor. 124379N 569358 Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, Illinois. Hugger Orange paint, Black vinyl top and Black interior. Selling Dealer: Indian River Chevrolet, Cocoa, FL, VIN 9N642876 (#59) 44. with special automatic transmissions.) When I asked Vince how in the world he came into possession of thesedocuments, incredibly, he told me that when he heard that Yenko Chevroletwas being sold, (they now sell Honda's if you can imagine that), he calledthem up and asked about all the files and record books. 1969 Camaro, including the design of an ignition amplifier list again. Fred Gibb may have believed the ZL-1 Camaro was his exclusively. the first, featuring the #1 car in full AHRA trim, and Information found on the website is presented as advance information for the auction lot. Concerning the, "atrocious" spelling errors you too have also noted, Ithink it may just be a case of a young person, making the typicalinexperienced spelling errors. The COPO Camaro was a little-known byproduct of the fleet sales end of the business. had commissioned an outside firm to build Hemi Darts and Barracudas, and even lowly AMC Three days later, Jim called back to say, "You're not going to believe this." Two doors down from his house he had found a 1969 Camaro in his neighbor Tom Murphy's . Talkabout being in the right place at the right time. most notably McLaren Racing with its famous orange cars. On some of the 1969 C.O.P.O. Assembly line workers wrote "427" in crayon Unlike the originals, this legendary racer's identified by a serial number rather than a VIN. Gibb received verbal assurance that the option price would Jan 14, 2023 Location Kissimmee, FL, USA Odometer Total Mileage Unknown Transmission Manual Driver Side Left Hand Drive Originality Restored-Original Sold at auction I lived there at the time and remember seeing it on the showroom floor. Ordering Dealer: Seltzer Chevrolet, Yukon, OK The street version ran an incredible 11.64/122 mph with open Auction Source: 2011 Mecum Indy Spring Classic. Ordering Dealer: Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, IL 124379N 620934 Jim Rathman Chevrolet, Melborne, Florida, 53. Selling Dealer: Holley Chevrolet, Brownwood, TX, VIN 9N608613 (#7) 124379N 612913 Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, Illinois, 37. The Cortez Silver Camaro ZL1 pictured below is number 66 of 69 built through 1969, and one of. several cars, the selling dealer is noted as unconfirmed or unknown. #4296. COPO Recreation. This very special machine has previously been owned and in the collections of Floyd Garrett and Robert Lyle. 124379N 609510 Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, Illinois, 19. Gibb and central/south phx. RPM was limited to 6750. This #27 was re-sold to Allan Green Chevrolet of Seattle, WA, in late 1969. Owned by a Chevy dealer in Portland Oregon. Camaro production figures may hold the answer. The oft repeated but unverified 26. was marginally profitable. Chevrolet developed the Central Office Production Order system to meet the need for a procedure to build non-standard cars with Regular Production Order parts. In April 1969, a Camaro SS-RS hardtop was delivered to the Tech Center. Road Art, Infonet & The Bid Goes On are registered trademarks of Mecum Auction, Inc. The Glockner Chevrolet Co., Portsmouth, OH. By the The original engine exists but, as of this writing, past owners domain and available to anyone sending the requisite fee. VIN 9N635720 (#54) Since the car had firewall issues, the question about hidden VIN's is critical. List. Selling Dealer: Lustine Chevrolet, Hyattsville, MD, VIN 9N615229 (#41) Currently, the COPO Camaro uses one of three different fuel-injected engines with NHRA-rated power: a 302-cubic-inch, LT1-based engine with long intake runners rated at 360 horsepower; a naturally aspirated 427-cubic-inch engine rated at 470 horsepower; and the supercharged 350-cubic-inch LSX-based engine, making 580 horsepower. CLASSIC.COM is a trademark of CLASSIC.COM LLC. It was coded "BE", It was a Hugger Orange car. 1969 ZL-1 Camaro #27 COPO 9560 Aluminum 427 ZL1 and is one of the original 50 ZL1's sold to Fred Gibb Chevrolet, and was returned for redistribution due to the excessive cost of the ZL-1 option. For the There was an easy way around the corporate bureaucracy: a special fleet order 124379N 608381 Gibb Chevrolet, LaHarpe, Illinois, 6. brakes and transmission option pushed sticker prices over His family Where are you getting, > your information about a Yenko ZL1? the cars would list for around $4900. package: the aluminum ZL-1 engine, the new cold-air hood, 124379N 610515 Merollis Chevrolet, Detroit, Michigan, 33. 1981 issue, albeit with a few typos. Originally delivered to Mr. Willard Clements of Toronto, Canada. 2023 Honda Civic Type RHas Its Exclusivity Gone Too Far? oreven Yenkos, and if you wish to test my knoweldge let do it on the 70Yenko Deuce, which is not nearly as well known as the Yenko Chevelle, orthe Yenko Camaro, or wait that would be to easy for you, how about theYenko Stinger Corviars?Charlie, GT55133 wrote in article<19970103042@ladder01.news.aol.com>> <