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169INDY

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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2022, 03:33:18 AM »
Yup, Cool thing just surfaced.

Lots of talk on the Y.net site.

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http://www.camaros.org/copo.shtml
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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2022, 03:58:50 AM »
I take it, it doesn't have a YS number, thereby indicating it wasn't a converted car (Yenko conversion)?
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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2022, 12:20:03 PM »
Correct.  No Yenko tag in the door frame.

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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2022, 02:56:30 PM »
It has a CE block as well, so that’s a bummer.

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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2022, 03:14:00 PM »
Could someone explain the trim tag to me? As in how it appears wonky and the “Magic Mirror finish”. We learn new things all the time.

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« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2022, 03:30:02 PM »
I don't know so don't blow me up but just because it was sold by Yenco does not make it a COPO does it? I see nothing in the letter calling it a COPO just that it was sold by Yenco. Am I missing something?
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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2022, 05:44:01 PM »
COPO 9737 in 68  included the 140 mph speedo, larger dia sway bar, along with L78. The "magic mirror" cowl tag is another indicator.

Quote from Joe C in the SYC thread;
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To answer your second question, I believe Yenko was the only one who ordered the 1968 COPO 9737 L-78 Camaros.

COPO 9737 was called the Yenko Sportscars conversion in 1968

Similar to Fred Gibb's special order - 50 1968 COPO 9738 L-78 TH400 Chevy II (Nova)
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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2022, 08:29:31 PM »
As I read it,  it was ordered as a COPO but nothing more done to it.

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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2022, 05:31:35 AM »
The Magic Mirror TT does not have the FEDERAL COMPLIANCE NOTICE like typical 1968 Camaro TT's, which is why it is believed the 68 COPO's received the tags.
IIRC the missing link is a POP for one of the 1968 COPO's to determine if the ENGINE suffix code was different than the other L78's.
 
If not mistaken the Orig Owner of the 68 Rally Green unconverted COPO said there was a Corvette Bronze unconverted car on the Yenko lot when he bought his car.

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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #11 on: June 12, 2022, 09:13:42 AM »
I'm in learning mode on this also....were the 140mph speedo and heavier sway bar regular options for a different model?  Or were these components specially made for Don Yenko?
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« Reply #12 on: June 12, 2022, 11:23:42 AM »
  All the 9737 parts were installed by Chevrolet. The sway bar was 1 1/16" and used two special bars inside the frame rail to support it. Some had QD rears. All the COPO 68's had the "Magic Mirror" tag except the very early cars that did not have any of the COPO parts. The Corvette Bronze demonstrator was an L78 non COPO. The COPO Camaro's used an MV coded block, that included a different carburetor. The cars would have been assigned a YS number using the tag in the door jamb. Early versions were screwed in, later units riveted. Only if converted to the 427. A YS number would still have been used on paperwork. I have never heard of an automatic version,but one with AC was sold.  BKH

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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #13 on: June 12, 2022, 02:47:20 PM »
Was the A/C car this one Brian?


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Re: 1968 copo?
« Reply #14 on: June 13, 2022, 10:58:37 AM »
I think it was red. its been years since I saw the car. I do believe it was a RS. ..BKH

 

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