Another 1969 Chevelle COPO Inquiry

Denis · #1 02-26-2007, 12:09 AM

The old copo.com site showed a Dusk Blue COPO Chevelle at the same dealership, with the VIN only 11 off from yours:

VIN: 394248
Dealer: Earl Evans Chevy
Location: Painesville OH
Color: Dusk Blue
Trans: M22

Maybe you can find the original owner of the blue car and he'll remember a red one too?

Meresq · #2 02-26-2007, 12:49 AM

Thanks Denis.
According to the second owner, who was working at a dealership just down the street from Earl Evans in 1969, there was another COPO on the show room floor at the same time as mine--and it was blue!!

L78M22Rag · #3 02-26-2007, 12:54 AM

Very nice find!!!

Any photos you could share??

Your trim tag info looks right according to another thread on this site which compares several copo Chevelle trim tags... can't find it right now.

Congrats.

Meresq · #4 02-26-2007, 03:18 AM

Thanks Helmut and everyone for the comments and information.

I have posted a few photos--not real great as I have the car in storage--in the COPO photo gallery section with the title Meresq-Earl Evans COPO.

Helmut if you run across the site comparing COPO Chevelle trim tags--please send it!

Steve, I bought the car from a guy in Madison OH ( near Painesville) who did the restoration--new paint and a BB 454 with 427 heads. He had been working on the prior owner for some time to get her to sell it. I talked with her--she says the car was originally a BB--she removed the interior Mailbu emblems and the bowtie in the grill and and put in SS emblems--and she also took out the bench seat and trashed it.
Thanks again.
Mike

**mhassett** · #5 02-26-2007, 05:38 PM

Mike, my Black '69 L-89 Chevelle came from Earl Evans. Earl's son Dale was into drag racing and maybe that is why they had so many High Performance Cars. I know of (2) COPO CAMARO'S that were Sold there: a Blue One and a Black One. Don't know the car from Madison, we are only 15 minutes from there. If she put the SS Emblems on it, it lost it's identity, did she do that right away?? Most people didn't know what a COPO was back then, but even our little dealership (Calender Chevrolet) sold a White COPO Chevelle.
Mark

Meresq · #6 02-27-2007, 07:58 AM

Hi Mark.
I believe she purchased the car in the early 70's from Sig of Sig's automotive (Have you heard of Sig's?) . Like you said, people at that time had no idea of the significance of COPO and "SS" was cool. It seems this COPO sat on Earl Evan's showroomm along with a blue Chevelle COPO.

L78M22Rag · #7 02-27-2007, 10:42 AM

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Mike, my Black '69 L-89 Chevelle came from Earl Evans. Earl's son Dale was into drag racing and maybe that is why they had so many High Performance Cars. I know of (2) COPO CAMARO'S that were Sold there: a Blue One and a Black One. Don't know the car from Madison, we are only 15 minutes from there. If she put the SS Emblems on it, it lost it's identity, did she do that right away?? Most people didn't know what a COPO was back then, but even our little dealership (Calender Chevrolet) sold a White COPO Chevelle.
Mark

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Mark, did that white COPO Chevelle happen to have a black vinyl top and a red bench interior with a T400?

I've been trying to track down some history and the origin of my COPO Chevelle - it spent quite a bit of its life in Ohio. Does the car's description ring a bell? I haven't heard of any other white COPO Chevelles yet.

Thanks!

**SS427** · #8 02-27-2007, 04:25 PM

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I haven't heard of any other white COPO Chevelles yet.

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About 25 years ago, there was a well known '69 White COPO Chevelle that was owned by the owner of local transmission shop here in Minneapolis. I remember him showing me the car before I had any idea what a COPO Chevelle even was. I am pretty sure Earl (mnyenko) knew of this car as well. I have not seen the car for many years but last I heard he still owned it and was fully aware of it's value based on a conversation I had with one of his employees.
Rick

**micky69396** · #9 02-27-2007, 04:48 PM

I have a title for a White COPO Chevelle also that was made into a drag car from WV. Motor and parts I picked up from original owner. I also think Reggie Jackson owns one or did at one time. There are a few out there.

L78M22Rag · #10 02-27-2007, 10:55 AM

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Thanks Helmut and everyone for the comments and information.

I have posted a few photos--not real great as I have the car in storage--in the COPO photo gallery section with the title Meresq-Earl Evans COPO.

Helmut if you run across the site comparing COPO Chevelle trim tags--please send it!

Steve, I bought the car from a guy in Madison OH ( near Painesville) who did the restoration--new paint and a BB 454 with 427 heads. He had been working on the prior owner for some time to get her to sell it. I talked with her--she says the car was originally a BB--she removed the interior Mailbu emblems and the bowtie in the grill and and put in SS emblems--and she also took out the bench seat and trashed it.
Thanks again.
Mike

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The thread was called "COPO Chevelle trim tag data" and it was active back in 2002... here's the link:

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...0/fpart/9/vc/1

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