Re: When did GM first introduce the COPO option ?
If I'm not mistaken, Fred Gibb used the COPO system to help LaHarpe area residents get cars in the immediate post-WWII days. Apparently, GM still rationed cars and gave priority to fleet orders for public services.
So Gibb got the idea to order a fleet of "taxis". He then sold those "taxis" to the local folks that couldn't get a car any other way...
By the time GM figured out that LaHarpe's 6000 population couldn't support a fleet of 50 taxis, it was too late.
It was only a matter of time before the Novas and ZL-1s...
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Jeff M.
ZL1 #49 (Dale, Waukesha WI) Super Stock restoration by SCW; 9561AA (Walters, Hebron OH) Super Stock motor by the Grump
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