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AnthonyS 04-04-2021 03:35 PM
Great progress!

Photos would be awesome!

Cheers and welcome!
Anthony

Carleen 04-04-2021 03:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by whitetop (Post 1385788)
This car was definitely a COPO and was purchased new at Bob's Chevrolet Barnesville ohio. Local guys are sending me the history. The guy who owns it blew up the 427 years ago but it is sitting in a garage 3 houses down. Owner later replaced it with a small block.

The guy who owns it now is the original owner. Another guy tried to buy it from Bob's Chevrolet but could not come up with the money and the current owner then bought it.

The grandson of the owner has reached out to several restoration shops recently to inquire about restoring the car.

It is not for sale.
X

Billohio 04-04-2021 04:27 PM
Great progress. Take a lot of pictures and bag bolts that you can reuse and mark where they came from. Sure helps later. There is an assembly manual you will probably want to get a copy of

dvss1 04-04-2021 04:29 PM
Good luck with the resto!! I offered to buy your grandfather a tarp for the car when I went to look at it 20 years ago. He denied stating he liked telling people stories and getting their hopes to buy then shutting them down with not for sale!!

AnthonyS 04-04-2021 06:05 PM
^ wow. :(

Stihl 04-07-2021 04:38 AM
Papsmaro, where exactly in SE Ohio are you located? I travel the area on business regularly. Might be able to assist you sometime.

PapsMaro 04-07-2021 03:07 PM
More eastern, Belmont, but I’m going to try to get back this weekend to move it. I’ll update later with pics of everything!

PapsMaro 04-07-2021 11:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by dvss1 (Post 1544058)
Good luck with the resto!! I offered to buy your grandfather a tarp for the car when I went to look at it 20 years ago. He denied stating he liked telling people stories and getting their hopes to buy then shutting them down with not for sale!!
While I’m happy he never sold it, I’m upset it sat in the ground so long. Sometimes old stubborn men will always be that way I guess lol

R68GTO 04-08-2021 12:13 AM
Will make the resurrection all the more satisfying.

69LM1 04-08-2021 11:16 PM
PapsMaro,
Here's some hope for you. While I have a 69 Copo Camaro (the Tin Soldier) I also found my high school car several years ago. To anyone else, nothing special. To me, first car I kissed a girl in and first car I drag raced in. It was in a junkyard and as bad as this one. I sent it to Goodmark (back then) and they replaced all the metal on it. It can be done!

As found
https://i.imgur.com/B9i7AXH.jpg


https://i.imgur.com/WTujauC.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WTujauC.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/IIq3UO8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Q4NMX8O.jpg

And as a bonus found this:
https://i.imgur.com/04f7tlY.jpg

Now:

https://i.imgur.com/USusM5N.png

So it can be done!

Rich


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