Belmont COPOs

[midyr]

Am not real slick with computers, don't spend enough time with them to figure out how to do much, like posting photos. There is a site with a lot of good old pics on it but it's a million letters long. I'll see if I can't copy and post it.

Just read some of the postings on Turk. He spent a lot of all-nighters cruising the east end with me way back in the beginning, looking for street races. Yes, he was popular with the cops. One night he had outrun them and the next day he showed up at George Masicotte's (spelling?) Supertest station on Vic Park, we were having a coffee when all at once the lot was full of sliding cop cars and they took him in, Turk loving every minute.

My shop did a bunch of work for him, including slapping on the tunnel ram and pair of Holleys, which I seem to remember him insisting I do myself.

They only made one of him. Probably a good thing. I liked him a lot. Hope he's still out there doing his thing.

Lance Hill

[midyr]

I think this is the site...

http://public.fotki.com/predmond/ass...ian-drag-cars/

[mockingbird812]

Good stuff Mr. Hill. Love to hear the old stories: "the lot was full of sliding cop cars and they took him in"

[P.J.]

If 11 was fast can you imagine this 68 Camaro doing 10;45
in the 1/4 and both at the track and on the street.
A lot of money was made from this great Canadian camaro
Well It looked a little different back then!!!
PJ

[AlsV8vair]

Mr Hill

This is one of a couple photos I have saved from my brother When he workd at Drag Dimensions. we just watched a DVD the other night with the same car in it. I think it was Grand Bend or St Thomas dragway.


If you get a chance take a look at CanadianDragRacing Group
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group...ianDragRacing/
or the Ontario Nostalgia Drag Racers
www.fastpast.ca

thanks

Al

[midyr]

Pete,

I don't have any reliable recollection of the Novas being available with that combination and doubt it ever was. I have Davey's salesman book from 1969, which is complete even to written-in price changes, and it shows the L89 option in Chevelles but not Camaros or Novas, yet we know we sold a yellow L89 Camaro. Some stuff was not included in the salesman books anyway, as we know, that was what COPOs, etc, were for. But, also, a dealer would put anything on a customers new delivery that they wanted, including aluminum heads, all day long, so that could be an explanation. And then of course if you knew somebody with pull in a zone office or the plant your car could be 'customized' as it went down the line. L89 heads? M22? You got it. This was a widely known and well established practice, on either side of the border. The paperwork reflected the original order, not what actually went on the car. Money changed hands and cuts went up the food chain. I saw numerous examples of it over the years. Sorry I couldn't have been of more definitive help on the question, guys.

Lance

[midyr]

Rick,

I talked to Davey and neither of us specifically remember an orange COPO Chevelle, but it is entirely possible we had one, or even more. We do recall silver and blue in our initial order of 5, and then there were additional orders later, both stock and customer orders. We do not have VINs or paperwork left, so can't help there. If you think Belmont delivered an orange Chevelle, you can tap GM Canada's records to know for sure.

As for a Le Mans blue COPO Camaro, we ordered a column-shift M40 car and subsequently sold it to a friend who kept it in meticulous condition until he died young of cancer. It was not a RS car.

Lance

[Mr70]

I thought you were referring to an Orange COPO 4spd. Chevelle earlier,but see now how you weren't.
Appreciate the follow up & sorry to hear that too..
Thanks Lance.

[camaromb]

Lance,
A good friend of mine owns a Belmont sold Lemans Blue column shift auto Copo Camaro with original paint. It has blue standard interior. It sounds like the car you remember from Belmont. Sorry to hear the original owner died at a young age. Its always nice getting the complete history on these cars.
Mark

[Stefano]

A Rally Green Copo Camaro with Spoilers and no Style Trim sold out of Belmont is working its way back to Chicago. It sure would be cool to get info regarding its previous life!

A Belmont Chevy sold Monaco Orange COPO Chevelle 4 speed does exist and it is back in Canada.