1969 Chevrolet COPO Camaro Test Drive

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This extraordinary 1969 Chevrolet Camaro COPO 427 4-speed only has 15,883 original miles. It's listed in the Supercar Registry and has been certified twice by Camaro expert Jerry MacNeish of Camaro Hi-Performance. It was certified in June of 2018 prior to the restoration. It's also being re-certified in May of 2024 after the restoration which is in process now. This example retains its original VIN tag, Cowl VIN stamp, Firewall VIN stamp and Trim tag. It's achieved a Concours Gold Certificate at the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in 2021 scoring 986 of 1000 points. It's been featured in All Chevy Performance Magazine and Hemmings Muscle Machine magazine. It was also proudly displayed at the Camaro Nationals in 2021. A COPO is a General Motors Central Office Production Order. Exact “L72” 427/425 Camaro production numbers for 1969 are not known but it's believed that less than 1000 were built. This example retains its original factory VIN tag and original factory trim plate. As indicated, this example was built the 4th week of September of 1969 at the Norwood, OH assembly plant. As the NCRS Shipping Data Report indicates the actual build date was September 26th, 1969. Norwood body numbers will usually (but not always) follow a sequence pattern with 427 Camaros produced at the Norwood plant. This example was originally ordered with the following options: Lemans Blue exterior, Black standard interior, X44 trim package (no stainless trim, quarter trim and wheel lip molding), cowl induction hood, 14x7 steel wheels with dog dish hubcaps, F70 x14 raised white letter tires, AM radio, 427/425 V8, M22 4-speed, Positraction with 4.10 ratio and power front disc brakes. It was sold new at Ray Bryant Chevrolet located in Dayton, OH. Ray Bryant was a well-known dealership in Ohio and close to the Norwood assembly plant where the car was built. The car spent its entire life in Ohio until it was sold to MS CLASSIC CARS in April of 2024. The car has had nine owners since new and was raced extensively from 1970 until around 1977. It was campaigned as “Rats Nest” in the Super Stock D class. In the late 1970's the car had roughly 1,100 original miles. The car had 12,300 original miles in 1985. The 8th owner had the car from 1985 to 2018. The last owner's name is Jim Lammers and he lives in Minster, OH. Jim is responsible for gathering all the information, the Jerry MacNeish certification, the restoration, the awards and magazine exposure. Jim actually made a book about the cars history and restoration process which looks like something you'd buy at a book store. Listed below are the items that are included with the car.
This exterior of this car is absolutely stunning in every sense of the word. The body retains all of its original sheet metal with exception of the NOS front fenders that were installed in 1978 and the replacement original trunk lid. As documented the body was stripped to bare metal and sculptured like a piece of artwork. The body is extremely straight with excellent gap lines throughout. The original dated (34th week) “ZL2” cowl induction hood and original doors close very nicely. The body was re-painted in its original color of Lemans Blue (Code 71). The car sits on authentic 14x7 “XT” painted steel wheels with chrome center caps. Two wheels are dated August of 1968 and two wheels are dated July of 1969. The wheels are wrapped with the correct style Goodyear Wide Tread F70-14 white raised letter tires.
The interior of this car is mostly original and in excellent condition throughout. The only interior trim pieces that were replaced include the headliner, dash pad and carpeting. The original bucket seats and rear seat upholstery shows very well. The original seat belts have date codes. It retains the original gauge cluster with NA sticker.
The engine compartment is highly detailed throughout. During the restoration process an authentic and correct “L72” 427/425 V8 was sourced that was completely rebuilt to factory specifications. During the restoration process an authentic and correct “M22” Muncie Rock Crusher 4-speed transmission was sourced that was completely rebuilt.
The undercarriage is also highly detailed throughout. It was repainted in the correct shades of grey primer, black primer and Lemans Blue overspray. Everything was duplicated to how it was found from the factory after it was hand stripped.
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One of my dream cars ❤

[@noahdunaway]

Back in 1984 I went to the paint store and asked for 1968 Lemans blue not knowing that GM had a 68 Lemans blue and a 69 Lemans blue. Well I had no idea that I had been sold 69 Lemans blue until I went back to the paint store a few years later after racing my 68 Camaro, and getting rock pecks behind the 15 inch wide Goodyear slicks, to repaint the quarter panels. I happen to buy the paint from a different employee and you know what happened, he gave me 68 Lemans blue and after spraying the quarters there was no doubt that it was a different shade of blue. I took the paint back and talked to the original employee, Willie who I became very good friends with, Willie then told me that when I asked for “Lemans blue” he assumed that I wanted the 69 Lemans blue because it looks like candy apple blue and all the painters used that color. We got the paint right and I again painted the quarters and everything was good on the paint. I did put some mud guards on it to help prevent the paint damage. I remember thinking why in the world would GM make two different colors of Lemans blue in two different years and only one year apart. You can look up the paint codes on 68 and 69 Camaros and you’ll see two different shades of Lemans blue. I was glad after we figured out the problem that I wound up with the 69 color because it’s a much prettier color than the 68 blue which is in my opinion a shade or two darker than the 69.