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[Les Quam]

I am essentially a Ford guy with only one Camaro in my collection so I don't know how this COPO connection stuff works? So if I understand this a Camaro with a COPO connection paperwork is not necessarily inspected by Ed C.? But is rather only "VIN relative" in that the particular Camaro has a correct VIN for a COPO Camaro???? I am confused how this works in Chevy world? For Mopars Galen will decode a car for you which is easy to understand that it means that it was not physically inspected by him? A physical inspection by Galen is a physical inspection no confusion there and Galens inspections include casting date codes as well as part numbers.

I have seen some Chevy inspection paperwork from a Jerry Mcniesh (probably not correct spelling) but the inspection report generated for a purported LS6 Chevelle failed to have any casting date codes to verify any of the important parts such as the block for instance were built before the data plate said the car was built? So I couldn't understand how the car was considered or certified to have it's original block when the report failed or Jerry wasn't paid enough or perhaps not asked to get the casting date codes????