Verifing COPO totals imported into Canada

[chevelleheart]

I’ll admit it , I have Keith’s , since 2009. Ken Tully’s was in Calgary also for quite a
while , about 500 feet from Me , but it ended up sold in one of the Mecum Auctions last year

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by chevelleheart

I’ll admit it , I have Keith’s , since 2009. Ken Tully’s was in Calgary also for quite a
while , about 500 feet from Me , but it ended up sold in one of the Mecum Auctions last year

I thought so! Keith did say that they were really close to each other for a while...when we visited him in Canada. Ken Tully came to Keith's house when we were there

[chevelleheart]

Great you joined in Keith , nothing like the original owner , and +/- 35 year GM employee fill in the blanks from back in the day !

[midyr]

6 to Central in London
5 to B&A Toronto
3 to Belmont
...fewer numbers to other dealers
6 of total were Exception Orders (paint)
8 X M22
8 X M21
2 X M20
12 X M40

[Keith Tedford]

Ken, John, and I worked together in GM Oshawa. John's brother worked in the GM Oshawa main office and was the person who gave us the heads up that the 427 cars were going to be built. Ken's car came with the M22 and John's and our car had the M20. We all bought our cars through Beare Motors, Port Perry, Ontario. I believe that Ken's car was brought in from Chevy Yonge Holdings in Toronto. I haven't seen him in a few years, but I understand that Al, the salesman who sold us our cars lives near Haliburton, Ontario.

[bergy]

Keith - did you know anyone who worked at the St Catherine’s foundry? I visited there quite a lot when worked at at Tonawanda. They were great people & great foundrymen.

[427strato]

I bought one of the 5 that went to B & A Chev in Toronto. That day, Oct. 1970, they had 2 green ones and 1 blue one to choose from in their compound on Avenue Rd. The salesman told me they had an orange one that went to Barrie and a yellow one which I can't remember what city it went to. Mine was green and one of the M22 cars. It also came with Uniroyal Tiger Paw whitewalls. I saw the blue one back at the dealership some months later and it was in for a new engine under warranty. It could have been the one I saw a couple of years later in Kitchener.

[midyr]

Originally Posted by 427strato

I bought one of the 5 that went to B & A Chev in Toronto. That day, Oct. 1970, they had 2 green ones and 1 blue one to choose from in their compound on Avenue Rd. The salesman told me they had an orange one that went to Barrie and a yellow one which I can't remember what city it went to. Mine was green and one of the M22 cars. It also came with Uniroyal Tiger Paw whitewalls. I saw the blue one back at the dealership some months later and it was in for a new engine under warranty. It could have been the one I saw a couple of years later in Kitchener.

B&A got:

Fathom Grn/blk M22
Fathom Grn/blk M22
LeMans blu/blk M22
LeMans blu/blk M22
Exception order (paint)/blk M21

The exception Order was likely the H. Orange you mention.

Do you have the VIN of the one you had? If not, did it have factory 4:10s, ZN1 spring option? PM me, too much fraud on these puppies to broadcast details.

[scuncio]

Cool discussion. Lance, wouldn't they all have been ordered with 4.10s?

[midyr]

Originally Posted by scuncio

Cool discussion. Lance, wouldn't they all have been ordered with 4.10s?

4:10s was a G84 option and only 10 of the 30 Chevelles into Canada show it in their individual data, including 1 I ordered at Belmont. Other than that I don't recall what the standard issue rear gear was. I will check further, though, and see what I can come up with