Ummgawa
Feb 7th, 07, 10:52 AM
Hello to the site. Long time lurker and member, but low poster. I live outside of Atlanta in Douglasville, Ga. and have a number of GM cars. I have a 69 Z-28, 74 Z-28(Original needs full resto), 69 Pro-Touring Convertible(being built) and a 70 GTO Judge Convertible(clone-but what the hey). I also have a rough as a nite in Jail 66 Super Sport that some of you might find interesting.
My Uncle(s) all worked in the Lakewood GM (A bodies and Bus chassis-go figure)plant in the 60's and 70's. My Uncle Noah was the guy who worked the COPO cage for 14 years, My Uncle Sheridan and Uncle Gordon worked there on the assembly line from 64 until the plant closed and were moved to other GM plants around the country. They have alot of stories to tell and have told me many of them concerning the thousands of Muscle cars that rolled through the plant and the stuff you could get done if you knew the right people, or were related to the COPO cage guy.
I have one particular story to share if anybody here is interested concerning the 66 Chevelle SS I have now, my Uncles (One that had the car built for himself)and the Uncle that was in charge of the COPO cage and what he was able to accomplish concerningthe build of this particular SS.
I have noticed that any variation from what everybody seems to know about production and what you could and could not get in and on a car is generally met with trepidation and general disgust, LOL. This car is not special other than the fact it was built as a pure race car from the factory, not ordered this way mind you, but walked down the line by my Uncle and special for what it does not have and a little for what it does (or did, the engines gone now when I traced the car down and found it in a field behind a barn in extremely Rural North Carolina).
My Uncle(s) all worked in the Lakewood GM (A bodies and Bus chassis-go figure)plant in the 60's and 70's. My Uncle Noah was the guy who worked the COPO cage for 14 years, My Uncle Sheridan and Uncle Gordon worked there on the assembly line from 64 until the plant closed and were moved to other GM plants around the country. They have alot of stories to tell and have told me many of them concerning the thousands of Muscle cars that rolled through the plant and the stuff you could get done if you knew the right people, or were related to the COPO cage guy.
I have one particular story to share if anybody here is interested concerning the 66 Chevelle SS I have now, my Uncles (One that had the car built for himself)and the Uncle that was in charge of the COPO cage and what he was able to accomplish concerningthe build of this particular SS.
I have noticed that any variation from what everybody seems to know about production and what you could and could not get in and on a car is generally met with trepidation and general disgust, LOL. This car is not special other than the fact it was built as a pure race car from the factory, not ordered this way mind you, but walked down the line by my Uncle and special for what it does not have and a little for what it does (or did, the engines gone now when I traced the car down and found it in a field behind a barn in extremely Rural North Carolina).