Does anyone know the numbers of Burnish Brown found so far? If you do what Dealership did the car or cars come from? Thanks in advance,Dan

As far as I know they came from Clippinger Chevy in West Covina Ca. Supposedly one burned up in a fire at the dealership. Maybe someone e3lse can chime in on this. Clippinger was a big sponsor of James Garner racing team and his Corvettes. Bob Wigate was a big hi performance salesman there in those days.

Seems there was one Burnish Brown 69 COPO Camaro that came from West Viginia.This car is owned by a collector in Nevada.Tom,I think the guys name is Bob Wingate and he still owns a Corvette from there.Yes your right about James Garner,his motors were done by TRACO.

Clippinger is where my 69 Z is from..I went by the old dealership last month to see if they had any records. The lady told me the old man died and the dealership was sold 7 years ago and the new owners cleaned house...I wish someone there would have kept the records.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/ChevyThunder/ZLN893.jpg

I believe the one from West Virginia is NOT the real deal. I had a chance to buy this car in the 90s from a collector in Ohio. Nothing jived and he had no docs. There was a discussion about this car on the SYC a few years ago.....

Dan, there was a guy who posted a couple of years ago looking for his father's old RS COPO that was Burnished Brown. I think he still had the POP and knew the VIN of that car. There is also that BB car that Reggie had that keeps popping up for sale as being legit when I don't think it is(that might be the WV rebody car). Just this past year that car suddenly had a POP with it and matching #'s so beware.

ChevyThunder,Very cool that California Black plate! I have a set that came with my 68 Nova 396/375 4spd car that came from Stockton Calif.While doing research on the 2 69 ZL1 Camaros that sold at Hauser Chevrolet in Bethlehem PA I found the same thing.Found the current owner of the building where Hauser was and asked about all the old dealership paperwork,missed it by 2 years!!The owner paid a company to come in and shredd all the papers.You think one of these guys that worked for these companys were carnuts and kept this stuff....Jeff,The WV car is not a RS...Tom,Since you wanted to buy this would you have the vin info,cowel tag info,person that owned it?? Thanks! Dan

Dan, I will try and find the info. It had a big rightup in one of the Muscle Cars mags. I think I have it and it does give all info.

Dan, here is what i have:

ST69 12437 NOR155017
TR 711 61 F PNT
11A X44DOO

A fellow name Rick Dyer found the car in a junk yard in West Virginia, he thinks it is a COPO but has no docs. If I remember correctly it was a shell no motor, tranny or rear end.
The magazine that it is in is "Cars & Parts Muscle Cars of the 70s" Sept/Oct. 1991 also note vinyl roof on cowl tag?

Tom,Build date 11A,wow! What is the latest built known 69 Camaro of any sort? Dan

How about this one....

http://www.motorcities.com/contents/03/1969-Chevrolet-Camaro-RS-COPO-burnished-brown_03JKJ462521048.html

Here's the discussion threads about this car and that it's questionable.

Brown RS COPO Discussion (http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB3&Number=175981&Searchpage=1&Main=175928&Words=NOR155017&topic=&Search=true#Post175981)

I just emailed the owner of Bob Wingate's old 67 Vette to see if he will put me in touch with Bob and I will ask him about the COPO's..here is an old picture of Bob's Corvette.... update - I just spoke to the owner of Wingates 67 Vette..he forwarded my info to him and I will ask him about any Copo Camaro's....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/ChevyThunder/Daytona%20Yellow%20Z-%2028%20Van%20Nuys/67day1.jpg

ChevyThunder,Cooool picture! You got me wondering,seems there all a awful lot of Norwood built Copo's but only 1 documented LOS 69 Copo Camaro.I think it would be a good idea if you contact Bob Wingate and see if he could shed light on how many Copo's they ordered and if they came from the LOS plant or Norwood plant. Dan

I don't know which B Brown copo from West Va you're referring to, but the one I owned, from Roger Dean(06A build) was documented by the original owner on Apr 25, 1991. He's still around & will tell you that his car was a COPO.
Also,the original title application for the State of West Va shows the purchase price as $3965.35
Figuring a base price of $3575.30 (from Camaro Enthusiast Mar "93) $32.65 for tinted glass, $35.85 Rallye wheels, $61.10 radio, $34.80 Rosewood wheel,$47.40 style trim & $94.80 for instruments/guages...that total is $3881.90 which leaves a diff of $83.45 for delivery?
Ed C also doc'd the car June 1996 after a personal inspection.
Sorry there wasn't a buildsheet, but I thought it was doc'd well enough or I wouldn't have spent the $$ to have it restored.

NOT the same car!!! This car I am referring to has an 11A build date. I know the car you owned is the REAL deal. The car referred to in this thread has NO documentation.

Tom Rick told me he pulled it out of the junkyard and made it into a copo.It turned into a copo after he sold it.He hasn't changed his story as far as I'm aware of.Judes copo and the CK Spurlock copos are copos..

Hey Jude excellent info,thanks for sharing!! Theres a reason I started this thread,I talked to a original owner of a 69 Burnish Brown Copo Camaro and he told me the second owners name.This info blew me away when he told me about it.I offered to give him a finders fee to help find it,he said I'll give you the info and you can run with it! I told him if I can find his old car,you'll be the first to know! So thats why I asked how many of these Burnish Brown cars have been found....Dan

Dan there was a Burnish Brown COPO sold in RI,it also had a vinyl top. Ed

Was the one from RI a automatic or 4 speed??

Ed,The car I'm looking for is a non-vinyl roof 4spd car....Thanks for your help! Dan

Was the one from RI a automatic or 4 speed??

Its a 4 speed. Ed

Oh I know of another COPO Van Nuys car..it was bought in San Jose and the original owner who now lives in Hollister is still alive and well...the second owner lives in AZ and the car is documented....I had a deal on the car a few months back but the guy changed his mind.....unfortunatley I have been asked not release any info on the car to the general public though I did give either Mark or Kurt some info on the car for feedback....I assume the other one you are talking about is the Brown car that Charley was talking about last year on this site.... I have Bob Wingate's emaila ddress and will email him on Monday.

http://www.dealsonwheels.com/search/detail.aspx?id=000396-200603-000010

Which one is this ?

Does anyone know who owns the Brown RS car now?
I lost track of it after it was sold at BJ a few years ago.
Thanks,
Eric