Yard full of COPO's............................

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Is that the same lot were they hold the Fred Gibb show now? Can't think where else all those copo's would be on grass at the same time. Some interesting things I noticed, three cars have Rally wheels, several have vinyl tops and at least one yellow one has an endura bumper. Cool Shot, thanks for sharing.
Jeff

Here is the part of the article.....................
remember reading that Fred Gibb nearly had a heart attack when he saw the sticker price... Over $7,000 a car!

He was able to arrange a transfer of cars back to GM to be resold to other GM dealers (I believe the term used is "DX"). All cars in the original order of fifty that Gibb placed found homes. According to the redistribution records, Yenko Chevrolet did not receive any COPO 9560 (ZL-1) Camaros. The cars shown in the photo are actually COPO 9561/COPO 9737 (L-72/"Sports Car Conversion") Camaros. These were the cars that Don Yenko convinced GM to build as the basis for his SYC Camaros

I saw that picture years ago in an article on Don Yenko and apparently this lot was said to be a storage area for nuclear waste. I am not kidding!

What are the 3 non Camaros in the pic? Very cool shot by the way.

Those are future Yenko 427 Camaros. Yenko rented that lot behind his Canonsburg dealership and used it for storage.
The lot is still fenced in and filled/sealed under Gov. Radiation Control Act

from gov web site..........

HISTORY OF THE SITE
The Canonsburg site was operated as a radium extraction plant by Standard Chemical from 1911 to 1922. Later, Vitro Corporation of America acquired the property and processed ore to extract radium and uranium salts. From 1942 until 1957 Vitro was under contract to the federal government to recover uranium from ore and scrap. For the next nine years, the site
was used only for storage under an Atomic energy Commission contract. In 1967, the property was purchased by the Canon Development Company and was leased to tenant companies for light industrial use.
REMEDIAL ACTION
Remedial action at the Canonsburg site consisted of placing the RRM in a disposal cell designed to meet EPA longevity standards for 200 to 1,000 years of safe storage. The cell occupies six acres and has a clay liner to protect ground water from contamination by RRM. The tailings were placed atop the liner and covered with three feet of clay, soil and a bentonite mixture, which serves to prevent the escape of radon gas from the tailings and the penetration of water into the cell. The radon barrier was then covered with layers of rock and soil and seeded with grass. Remedial action was completed in 1985 at the Canonsburg processing site.

picture is one I took a few years ago. The lot sits higher because of the cleanup process

I can just see those people who bought those cars thinking how lovely they looked in the dark. There was almost a glow to that paint. LOL>
Thanks Joe658 I knew I read that about the Cannonsburg site many years ago.
Funny thing when I purchased my 69 Camaro Z in August of 69 There was a lot like that at my local dealer and it was full of all of the left over Camaros that could not sell. Maurice Carter had collected all the strange color, high optioned, and low optioned Camaros. There were about 100 all together. It was quite a sight. There were Copos, 375 horse cars and some strange color combos. The Model year had been extended and nobody was buying. It was a wait and see on the 70 1/2 cars. I wanted a Z and had quite a selection. I chose one with almost no options. No tach, no console, radio delete, flat hood, standard steering. Actually it was the cheapest Muscle car on the lot!
But hey a newly married kid straight out of college and that was all I could afford.

Nice History Guys, I guess there are a few radioactive Yenko's out there..............

I remember when that picture came out as I had been looking for info on my Yenko at the time.

It was in an article in MCR where they interviewed Don Yenko. He supplied a bunch of great pictures and info on the Yenko cars.

Not long after the magazine came out, Don was killed.

The article is not 100% factual but is still the best article ever done on the Yenko cars and is
a must have for any Yenko fans.

I saw that picture years ago in an article on Don Yenko and apparently this lot was said to be a storage area for nuclear waste. I am not kidding!

Do you mean to tell me that all we need now to identifiy a true COPO is a gieger counterl:)