Originally posted by GtoRA2
The 69 ZL1 Camaros where copo 9560 cars like the speacail order they used for cop cars etc? the aluminum block ZL1s had only 69 made right
are the Iron block ones that went to yenko and dealers like that still called ZL1s?
The codes were COPO 9560 and 9561. COPO is not the same type code as they'd use for a police car. The police use code is 9C1 in most cases, and police cars are Regular Production Options, or RPO. COPO is Central Office Production Order, and is only used to create a new limited one time only option.
The ZL-1 was an all aluminum 427 L-88. The L-88 was only a Vette engine, but could be had with the L-89 aluminum heads. The iron block cars were NOT called ZL-1, they were L-72 cars, the L-72 is the 427 425HP engine. The L-72 was available in the Camaro, the Chevelle, and the Impala.
A friend had an L-72 69 Chevelle SS that he ran in A/S, B/S, and B/SA. That car was a blast to drive. He sold the car, and he offered it to me first, at $8500 (that's a REAL 69 Chevelle SS L-72, numbers match, with spares to race three classes, and a guarantee to run on the world record anywhere it ran) but I was buying a new house. Even my wife says we should have bought the car. The house sucks, and the guy who bought the car ruined it. She loved the car, I never knew that.
When the Chevelle sold, my friend bought a 69 Camaro L-72 that still runs today in SS/EA. It is fun to drive, but I like the old Chevelle better.
