The Term "COPO"
Jim,
There has been a discussion in the "For Sale" seciton regarding the use of the term COPO, and I thought I'd bring it here. It started because a guy was selling a 73 Chevelle SS454 wagon. The seller claimed it to be a COPO because it recieved special paint under the COPO ordering process.
Some contend that any Central Office processed car is a COPO. Others contend that the term COPO was coined by the musclecar hobby, once it learned that supercars were build through the COPO system.
So the question is, when you were there, did you or others at Central Office, or on the line, refer to Taxis, Police vehicles, etc as "COPOs"? If not, how were they described informally? Also, what term did you use when discussing the supercars? COPO, 9561, or what?
Thanks,
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