uncommon copo found

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1969 copo camaro

" the blue mule"

doing what comes natural

I believe this is the car that Pro Stock standout Tommy Martino shoed in the early 80's prior to him campaigning his SBC Lenco powered Monza in the S/G S/C classes. An interesting side note is when Tommy won the Summer Nationals in Super Gas at E-town in I believe 1984 Jim B. from ATI Automatic Trans paid Tommy and his crew to wear ATI T-shirts in the winners circle photos knowing the car was Lenco equipped. This was in the early stages of the Sprag vs. Spragless Torque Converter "wars"!

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you are correct about who drove the copo, you wouldn't have any old pic's of the copo hanging around would you?

p.s.
this copo is a brother to some of the other n.j. m.k.
copo's.

thx, alan

Alan, Sorry, I do not. Next time I see Tommy and his wife Robin I shall ask them if they have any photos of the Blue Mule, Rob.

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i appreciate the help!
having some more photo history would be nice.
here is a pic. of the MN block which came with the car.

thx, alan

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I called Tommy after reading this post, I gave him the info to look this up. He said he would check it out. I have been freinds with Tommy since I started working at RP, I actually worked for him at Jesel. When I told him that there was a picture of a 69 Camaro on the board he asked if was blue, I said yes, he said if he got a chance he would. Andrew

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andrew,

i appreciate your help, more vintage pic's would be great.

thx, alan

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interesting thread found in the COPO-UNITED STATES section of the web site....

another MK copo camaro has been recently discovered, interestingly enough, it is also a sequentially numbered trim tag car. it would seem on this batch of cars at least, they were sequentially numbered..... i'm not saying always... just in this instance.


alan

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