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I see in the "Cars for Sale" post there is talk of Nischan-Spalding Chev in Grand Rapids. How many dealers in Michigan sold COPO's that you guys know of?????? Does the above dealer keep any back records, or do any of the other dealers keep back records that you know of??? Besides Berger.
Peter
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COPO Pete,
Berger did not keep any of the "old" dealer paperwork. There are however a few Berger COPOs with original dealer paperwork as well as protecto plates, and of course the matching numbers original drive train COPOs. One Berger COPO even has its original owner. The exact number of COPOs ordered by Berger is not even confirmed, but an estimate. Many Double COPOs were mislabled as Berger COPOs in the not to distant past (mid 1980's). |
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Merollis in Detroit, Dick Watson in Williamston and Harry Max in Monroe are thedealers in Michigan that I know of that sold COPO/Yenko cars. Watson and Max were Yenko dealers. I live 150 miles north of Grand Rapids and I don't ever remember Nischan- Spalding in GR, but that doesn't mean they weren't there at some time in the past.Merollis sold, at least several, ZL1's.
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I would like to talk wih anyone who remembers Ray Ridge Chevrolet in Trenton, Michigan.
Today they have relocated and are known as Rogers Chevrolet,but they can not help me. |
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Mr 70
About a year ago I tried to find some information about Ray Ridge Chevy also and hit a dead end. Last summer I ran into a guy that worked there in the early 70's, but didn't know much about what was sold etc. in the 60's. He did give me the name of another person that was the service manager during the 60's, but I was never able to find him. His name didn't show up in online white pages, Detroit area phone books etc. I do remember making several stops at Ray Ridge back then as they always had a lot of muscle cars on the lot. We used to spend aweek-end or two every month on Woodward Ave.and checked out all the dealers in the area. Trenton is on the south side of Detroit. I have been watching and listening for information about Ray Ridge Chevy. If anything surfaces, I will post it. Vern Bauer |
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Does anyone have any info on Handley-Dawson Chevy? They were located in Detroit, I had a 409-425HP from there, I was wondering if they sold any copo cars?
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1968 COPO/YENKO 9737 Non-Converted |
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