1969 COPO L88 Corvette Race Car

**Rob** · 08-10-12, 09:28 AM

The only COPO L88 Corvette known to exist!

Corvette Action Center | Model Center | C3 | 1969 | 1969 COPO Corvette L88 Race Car

**Mac** · 08-10-12, 09:36 AM

Base colour is yellow. Imagine that.

-Mac

**Vettehead Mikey** · 08-10-12, 09:59 AM

That's a load of mumbo-jumbo hype. All 4 speed L88s had an M22. None of the options listed would require COPO intervention.

**Mac** · 08-10-12, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Vettehead Mikey

That's a load of mumbo-jumbo hype. All 4 speed L88s had an M22. None of the options listed would require COPO intervention.

Is there stats on how many L88s went into convertibles? I thought they were all in coupes. Perhaps that's the COPO?

-Mac

**Vettehead Mikey** · 08-10-12, 10:32 AM

I forget the split between coupe/convertible but think between 25- 40% were ragtops.

**6880 Mike** · 08-10-12, 10:45 AM

I agree with Mike; there is nothing COPO about Mecum's L-88. It's an otherwise nice car and deserves to be sold for what it is without the COPO fiction.

Mac: You could get an L-88 in a convertible.

**Chas** · 08-10-12, 11:29 AM

Can someone tell me what "COPO" is?

TIA Chas

**Mac** · 08-10-12, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Chas

Can someone tell me what "COPO" is?

TIA Chas

Central Office Production Order... Basically, it was the way dealers could special order something that wasn't on the "menu" so to speak.

-Mac

**Chas** · 08-10-12, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Mac

Central Office Production Order... Basically, it was the way dealers could special order something that wasn't on the "menu" so to speak.

-Mac

Thank you Mac

**Evolution1980** · 08-10-12, 01:33 PM

In addition to me agreeing with the Mikes, this isn't restored to factory original either. I'm fairly certain it didn't show up with a fuel meter or an MSD box bolted to the front glovebox, among other noticeably newer items. And didn't these cars still use a waterpump-driven clutch-fan? I don't see a fan, unless it's electric and inside the radiator shroud.

I think for this to a be a real money car, it would need to be like it was from the factory or after it's last official campaign of the period.

**Vettehead Mikey** · 08-11-12, 09:17 AM

I think they're trying to push the racing history of the car and are presenting it in it's modified config. That might help bring more money than showroom stock.

**Mac** · 08-11-12, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by Vettehead Mikey

I think they're trying to push the racing history of the car and are presenting it in it's modified config. That might help bring more money than showroom stock.

When it comes to cars that have been raced, especially if there is some documentation of that heritage, modifications are par for the course... and collectors seem more forgiving of non-original equipment, even to the engine...

-Mac