Vintage Camaro Pics - Page 11

ORIGLS6 · #**101** 03-22-2003, 04:31 AM

Yeah, the vinyl runs to the drip rail. Pretty cool if it's still the same material installed in '69.

COPO PETE · #**102** 03-22-2003, 10:14 AM

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Car was sold in Haney, British Columbia and raced at Mission Raceway by Buck Kinney.
I believe that this is a COPO.

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Is the dealership in Haney called Reuben Burge Motors????? any other info on the 3 cars beleived to be sold there???
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68z302 · #**103** 03-22-2003, 01:52 PM

Dealership is as noted on the rear quarter panel.
Mussalem motors. Still there as Mussalem Chev Olds.
Back then it was in the middle of nowhere.
Buck Kinney, being a racer & a young mechanic there, talked the owner into bringing in 3 cars. They apparently sold so fast the dealership tried to bring in more but couldn't get them. There's a great story about the one car that was restored. A Camaro guy named Gary Grant came accross a 427 COPO engine & used the VIN to track down the original car.
The car was then totally restored, I'll see if I can dig up the whole story as it was in a local magazine a while ago.
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68z302 · #**104** 03-22-2003, 07:22 PM

COPO PETE
The copoconnection website has a car from Mussallem listed.
Must be the restored one. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]
just noticed that I misspelled the dealer name. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
http://www.copo.com/L72-VIN-69-Canadian-Camaro.htm

**hvychev** · #**105** 03-22-2003, 10:02 PM

Kim Howie, I really think your camaro is cool. How did you find it? Do you have any "as found" pics? You find some really cool ones. I still love the pic of the late Dennis Hartwegs Deuces Wild COPO Nova.

Kim_Howie · #**106** 03-24-2003, 02:34 PM

Frank , I bought the car about eight years ago . Bill Porterfield owned it he has all the Gibb records of VINS he found the the six miles away from my father-in-laws in Meredosia,Ill Enclosed is pics when Bill bought it and when bought it. Alot of difference.

Kim_Howie · #**107** 03-24-2003, 02:35 PM

Two shots of it when bought it

Kim_Howie · #**108** 03-24-2003, 02:36 PM

Another

JoeC · #**109** 03-24-2003, 02:58 PM

Kim, is that the car that was used for the drawing on the cover of the Dick Harrell parts catolog?

Kim_Howie · #**110** 03-24-2003, 03:46 PM

Joe, I would like to yes, but can't, The drawing is a composite of mine and the GT car the lettering on my car is backwards to all the other Gibb-Harrell cars. Dicks name on the back and Freds name on the door ,mine is backwards. The car your talking about has the lettering the as the GT car but the Gt didn't have a tunnel-ram and hood scoop

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