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1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« on: October 07, 2011, 11:45:33 PM »
The orange 1969 camaro copo rs is up for sale. See the thread "COPO?" from July 2006. This is that car. All the stuff from the divorce makes it just too hard to hang on to. $100,000.00 firm. You can offer more if you want, but I wont take a penny less. I dont like haggling. I hope Im not violating CRG rules by advertising a car for sale like this. About the car: The body is solid and the hugger orange paint came out really nice. Its straight and stock and it glows. I did all the work myself and would classify it as my amateur effort but better than alot of the work people hire out. I've been working on these cars for 25 years, but im a lawyer, not a certified bodyman or mechanic. I'll post some pictures on here when I figure out how. Interior is stock and complete but for the dash pad. Standard black buckets, console with guages. Engine is a souped up 496. Really nice piece with aluminum heads, etc. The car hauls butt and so does the gas guage, or it would if it worked! 4-speed borg warner t-10 works great. Rear end is a new drum-to-drum moser 12-bolt with 3:42 gears. If you're still interested, e-mail me at rehctelfnod@gmail.com and I will send any picture you want or answer any question. Nobody's going to steal it, but Im not trying to stick anybody either.  Thanks.



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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2011, 12:04:20 AM »
I did a search and there are 10 pages of Copo stuff listed. Can you post the link?

...Never mind, found it...http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=1008.0

WOW...love reply #24!!! A shame it has to go!

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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2011, 01:29:05 AM »
Don, sorry to hear you have to sell the COPO and look forward to seeing the pics.

Marty thanks for posting the link as that thread was a great read.
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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2011, 04:31:57 AM »
Here's a few photos I had on hand.






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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2011, 02:10:50 PM »
Engine is a souped up 496. Really nice piece with aluminum heads, etc. 4-speed borg warner t-10 works great. Rear end is a new drum-to-drum moser 12-bolt with 3:42 gears.
Don 

For those of us who are not familiar with the Copo, can someone clarify how the above quote differs from a 427/425hp & BE rear w/4.10 Posi which I believe the Copo's were born with? I guess my question is...does this car have the original drivetrain?

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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #5 on: October 08, 2011, 02:24:27 PM »
None of the drive train is original.
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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #6 on: October 08, 2011, 05:10:54 PM »
Tmodel66 is correct. Neither the engine, trans nor rear-end are original. I do have what I believe to be the original driveshaft and flywheel. I also have the protect-o-plate verifying what the car is, plus old photos given to me by the original purchaser. The guy still lives in the same house as when he bought the car from Gene Snow's north texas dealership, on July 17, 1969, the day after the Apollo 11 launch. He was just back from vietnam. Pretty cool. Anyway, please post if there are any questions. This is kind of a hasty decision for me and I left alot out of the 4-sale ad. 

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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #7 on: October 08, 2011, 08:44:20 PM »
so whats a real car worth now days?  I have an original numersmatching one coming into my shop for a resto this winter.  It has been raced as a stock eleminator car for many years and we are going to put it back to original standards. should be a lot of fun!!!

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« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2011, 11:51:15 PM »

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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2011, 04:05:20 AM »
Nice looking car Don and good luck with the sale and also sorry to read the reason for forcing the sale. Just wondering why or thought process of not trying to at least install a correct rear, and period correct engine. How correct are the components on the engine, manifold/carb/distributor, etc?
Again, good luck!
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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2011, 09:08:16 AM »
Don,
I mentioned your car to some local car club members, they were wondering if you were planning to post it on e-bay?
Steve
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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2011, 12:06:35 PM »
Good morning. I've thought about posting on ebay. I dont know. Looks like a bit of a hassle. The sea of clones kinda takes the pizaaz out of seeing a real car. When I got the car, my intent was to build a driver. Then I found out it was a copo and that limited what i could do with it, but i still intended on driving it. Since I didnt have the original engine, I took a few liberties with that, at least temporarily. The way i see it, you either have the right engine or you dont. For the rear, I chose a new moser unit because i knew i could sell it easier if i did ever find the car's original rear end. Same for the engine. Then because of personal reasons, I never got around to doing a title search. There's about a ten year gap in ownership history that I have not yet tracked down. And none of those components are original. The carb is a quickfuel 850 custom built. The radiator is an aluminum piece with twin electric fans, but I have the harrison curved neck that was in the car when I got it. I had it checked and had a small leak repaired, its in a box - goes with the car of course. The brake booster is original. I had it restored by a guy in california. Obviously the documentation goes with the car too, along with some 1972 photos and the original owners contact info (with his permission).   

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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2011, 04:39:15 PM »
  This thread has gotten very interesting.  First, this COPO in previous post has ALL original Drivetrain and certified by Jerry M..  Even original type rubber.   The other 2 COPO's in the 2nd. link are ZL1's, different ballpark.  So, Don I love your car, that said, it has NONE of the original Drivetrain.  The tires are definately not original type.  The Rally Wheels are nice, are they original?   I think you have to figure in the FUN factor on this car.  As Don said this is are Driver, you can take it out and have some REAL fun with it.  At the end of the day IF it breaks, it can be replaced.  What kind of pricetag can you put on that?
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Re: 1969 COPO RS Camaro for sale $100,000.00
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2011, 03:43:17 PM »
probably not $100,000 in todays market, but you never know till you put it out there.