1969 COPO Chevrolets

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All normal service parts are found in regular catalog listings. The supplemental information is furnished for greater detail, assembly and components peculiar or special to the vehicle involved.

⁽¹⁾ Identical with 3933143 product released on 15400-600-16400 series with RPO L72 except as noted.
⁽²⁾ Identical with 3933143 product released on 15400-600-16400 series with RPO M20 except as noted.
⁽³⁾ Identical with 3954445 product released on 13200-400-600 and 800 series (1968) and 13427-437-637-667 and 380 series (1969) vehicles with RPO G60 except as noted.
* Obtained from Central Office

All COPO cars carry at least one of the option codes below:
9562AA: 4-speed transmission and Positraction.
9562BA: M40 TH400 transmission and Positraction.
9562CD: 4-speed manual, special contour bucket seats, COPO tires and special-order springs.
9562CE: Same as above, excludes bucket seats.
9562DD: M40 automatic, bucket seats, COPO tires and special springs.
9562DE: Same as above, minus bucket seats.
9562EA: Four-speed manual transmission, Positraction, J52 disc brakes and L78 tires.
9562FA: Same as above, except M40 automatic replaced four-speed.
9566AA: Same as 9562EA with the exception of tires (used RPO PL5 14s).
9566BA: Same as 9562FA with the exception of tires (used RPO PL5 14s).
9694CA: 4-speed together with 9562, 9737 and RPO J50 vacuum power brakes. (This option modified RPO J52 power brakes.)
9694CB: Three-speed automatic transmission together with 9562DD, 9737LD and RPO J50 vacuum power brakes. (This option modified RPO J52 power disc brakes.)
9737LD Sports car Conversion/Yenko. This option was 15-inch tires and Rally wheels

It appears that only the 9566 options would have been used on non-Yenko orders. Yenko orders would have carried 9562, 9694 and 9737 codes. Of the 323 reportedly built, Don Yenko got 99, 17 went to Canada, and the remainder to any Chevrolet dealer that wanted to order them.

No matter what package you ordered, all of these cars included a special heavy-duty rear axle with special heat-treated 4.10:1 gears.

Records differ on just how many 4-speed and TH400 units were built. Some show GM built 96 COPO Chevelles with TH400 (Code MP) and 277 with a 4-speed (Code MQ) while others show 93 with TH400 and 265 with 4-speed. Accepted production run is COPO 323 units with the remaining engines used for service. Dealers other than Yenko ordered COPO Chevelles and the 323 quantity could be 350 or more.

COPO build sheets show the L78 engine even though the L78 engine was never installed in a COPO Chevelle.

Special Features:
* Super Sport blackout grille with bow tie emblem

* Super Sport hood

* Blacked out rear tail panel

* Positraction 4.10:1 rear axle

* Standard Malibu interior

* Steering wheel with either SS or Bow Tie emblem

Yenko Chevelles:
* 20 - LeMans Blue

* 18 - Fathom Green

* 16 - Butternut Yellow

* 16 - Hugger Orange

* 14 - Garnet Red

* 12 - Daytona Yellow

* 5 - Dover White

* 5 - Olympic Gold
Note: Don Yenko is reported to have ordered 99 COPO Chevelles. The paint color breakdown above totals 106 so take them with a grain of salt.

Camaro ZL1

The all aluminum 427 for Camaros ZL1 The ZL1 was available under Central Office Production Order 9560 and cost an additional $4160 over the base price of the 1969 Camaro. Fred Gibb wanted a more powerful option for NHRA racing and ordered 50 of them for his dealership; another 19 were ordered by various dealers. The high sticker price of $7269 was almost twice the cost of a comparable iron block Camaro. Only 13 were actually sold through his dealership; others were further prepped by Dick Harrell and most were distributed to other dealers and some had their engines removed for other projects.

The ZL1 had aluminum heads similar to the L88 and an all aluminum block with steel cylinder liners. The ZL1 started as an SS 396 body but included F41 suspension, ZL2 cowl induction hood, heavy duty front suspension and brakes and manual or 3-speed automatic transmissions. Two mandatory options were J52 Disc Brake and optional tires; neither were included in the cost of the COPO package.

Units #3 and #65 were optioned with E70x15 white letter tires with 15-inch rally wheels, 13/16-inch stabilizer bar, and 140 MPH speedometer under COPO 9737. Unit #68 had RPO PL4 F70x14 white letter tires.

The original Fred Gibb order for 50 of the 69 units were pretty much standard. Twenty have the M40 TH400 3-speed transmission which brought the cost up to$7364.20. Thirty were ordered with the Muncie M21 close ratio 4-speed manual transmission with brought the cost up to $7269.35.

The units with the M40 3-speed automatic transmission are #1, #2, #4-10, #25, #27, #31, #32, #38, #39, #45, #47, #49, and #52.
The units with the M21 close ratio 4-speed are #11-24, #26, #28-30, #33-37, #40-44, #46, and #48.

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