# Tripple Black COPO Painted

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [January 10, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688 "2008-01-10T06:56:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/1 "2008-01-10T06:56:35Z")

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Well after almost 2 years, the tripple black COPO camaro finally got its fresh coat of paint. After hundreds and hundreds of hours of prep, sanding, etc… I think she came out beautiful. I am at our other shop right now and do not have the original pictures to post, but Brian and Joe from Super Car Workshop took these pictures in the booth yesterday and posted it up on their forums. Here is a link. Once I get back to the other shop, ill try and get some higher res pics up. Enjoy!

**Scroll 3/4 down the page to see the pictures**  
Brain from SCW out of Latrobe is the person that posted the pictures

[http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=scw&Number=271479&page=0&fpart=all](http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=scw&Number=271479&page=0&fpart=all)

The owner is from Elk Grove, CA… he shipped it all the way here to get it done!!!

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**Author:** ![brewer15650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@brewer15650](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brewer15650)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/2 "2008-01-10T07:21:50Z")

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Very nice…I think the owners going to be real happy.

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**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/3 "2008-01-10T07:31:14Z")

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Looks awesome…

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**Author:** ![claymanSRT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@claymanSRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/claymanSRT)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 7:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/4 "2008-01-10T07:34:23Z")

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thats some DEEp shine

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**Author:** ![dyingwish](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dyingwish/32/6041_2.png) [@dyingwish](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dyingwish)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/5 "2008-01-10T07:36:07Z")

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> [@PARTOUT: 92 honda civic(650whp)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/partout-92-honda-civic-650whp/34259/13):
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> thats some DEEp shine

:eek3: nice

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**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/6 "2008-01-10T07:43:34Z")

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You should see it in person! Im going to try and make it up to the other shop, maybe around lunch time if I can… and snap some higher res pics.

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**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/7 "2008-01-10T08:04:50Z")

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looks awesome mark

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**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/8 "2008-01-10T09:50:48Z")

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What’s the story on the car? Is it going to be full resto original, resto-mod? All black or some rally stripes?

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**Author:** ![laxian55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47774/32.png) [@laxian55](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/laxian55)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/9 "2008-01-10T09:57:19Z")

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please all black, that paint is way too purrty to put stripes on.

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**Author:** ![zxtuner98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecc23a/32.png) [@zxtuner98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zxtuner98)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/10 "2008-01-10T10:10:12Z")

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I’d rock that! Looks killer!

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**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/11 "2008-01-10T10:23:44Z")

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> [@4doors5gears"](#):
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> What’s the story on the car? Is it going to be full resto original, resto-mod? All black or some rally stripes?

Full original restoration, this car is worth WAY too much money to “customize” it. There will be a small white hand painted pin stripe that will go along the bottom of the sides of the car. These cars are restored to the T.

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**Author:** ![1st\_v-dub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ee7513/32.png) [@1st\_v-dub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1st_v-dub)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/12 "2008-01-10T10:32:24Z")

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> [@84 Years Old and Still Driving His First Car](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/84-years-old-and-still-driving-his-first-car/34290/8):
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> Full original restoration, this car is worth WAY too much money to “customize” it. There will be a small white hand painted pin stripe that will go along the bottom of the sides of the car. These cars are restored to the T.

yeah, in that thread they were talking details like dropped "E"s on the stamped part numbers of the rear end and intentional overspray on the trunk hinges.

btw, you guys did a great job on it. What part did Robert’s play? Was it metal fab, taking the car apart, smoothing?

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**Author:** ![4doors5gears](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/4doors5gears/32/6006_2.png) [@4doors5gears](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/4doors5gears)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/13 "2008-01-10T10:33:18Z")

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yea that’s what I was thinking/hoping… COPO cars just don’t appear every day.

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**Author:** ![04VDubGLI18T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/9fc29f/32.png) [@04VDubGLI18T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/04VDubGLI18T)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/14 "2008-01-10T10:45:07Z")

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Completely numbers matching car? That’d be one heck of a find if so. I don’t know the background on it, but damn. Looks good. My personal favorite is still probably 69 Yenkos though ;). My dad had a frame off resto’d 69 Z28 RS. The only thing that wasn’t correct on it was the glass. The thing was ridiculous - all parts were NOS or originals and it was even taken to the point of having the markings from the assembly line (on the firewall and a couple other places) redone. They even left the stickers on the springs as they would have in 69 and stuff. It’s out west now and last I heard I think it sold for like 68k - much more than he got out of it :(. Muscle cars that are restored properly are seeming to be the best investment anymore. I would love to see this one completed.

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**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/15 "2008-01-10T11:10:50Z")

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> [@Watch Crew: What to buy?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/watch-crew-what-to-buy/34295/13):
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> yeah, in that thread they were talking details like dropped "E"s on the stamped part numbers of the rear end and intentional overspray on the trunk hinges.
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> btw, you guys did a great job on it. What part did Robert’s play? Was it metal fab, taking the car apart, smoothing?

We get the cars from SCW without a motor, just basically body on frame. We take the body off the frame, we restore everything, even sourcing parts sometimes. From welding panels in, to the final sanding / buffing. We restore the rear ends even… this car has been here about 2 years to get it 100% perfect. We can do them in about a year, but we were pretty busy this year and had to stop working on it for a little while to catch up with the collision part of the business.

> [@I'm Trying To Blame New Era Performance For Blowing Up My Tranny...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-trying-to-blame-new-era-performance-for-blowing-up-my-tranny/34195/114):
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> yea that’s what I was thinking/hoping… COPO cars just don’t appear every day.

We have done a good deal of them, my dad has a Cortez Silver 69 COPO, I love it, no stripes, nothing, plain silver. Its definatly an investment.

> [@04VDubGLI18T"](#):
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> Completely numbers matching car? That’d be one heck of a find if so. I don’t know the background on it, but damn. Looks good. My personal favorite is still probably 69 Yenkos though ;). My dad had a frame off resto’d 69 Z28 RS. The only thing that wasn’t correct on it was the glass. The thing was ridiculous - all parts were NOS or originals and it was even taken to the point of having the markings from the assembly line (on the firewall and a couple other places) redone. They even left the stickers on the springs as they would have in 69 and stuff. It’s out west now and last I heard I think it sold for like 68k - much more than he got out of it :(. Muscle cars that are restored properly are seeming to be the best investment anymore. I would love to see this one completed.

Yes, this car is 100% all matching numbers. We have done a gold 69 Yenko down here that was something crazy like 1 of 6 in that color or something, I cant remember the exact numbers. Your right about the parts, all parts on this car are NOS, same with all the stickers, etc… thats what makes them worth all the $$. This car is worth upwards of $250,000.

Next on the chopping block after this car is completely done, is a 1969 Mustang Boss 429 worth $400,000!!! We have never done a Ford before, but it should go well. The owner of the Boss is from Colorado.

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**Author:** ![imported\_gearhead](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_gearhead/32/5957_2.png) [@imported\_gearhead](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_gearhead)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/16 "2008-01-10T11:41:19Z")

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hopefully it will get driven 😉

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**Author:** ![SP71Supra](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sp71supra/32/5955_2.png) [@SP71Supra](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SP71Supra)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/17 "2008-01-10T11:46:05Z")

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> [@FS: 1995 Dodge Dakota](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-1995-dodge-dakota/28126/24):
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> hopefully it will get driven 😉

I doubt it will… but my dad drives his… onto the trailer and back off 🙂

There worth way too much money to drive on the road.

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**Author:** ![bgblockelcamino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bgblockelcamino/32/5997_2.png) [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/18 "2008-01-10T11:46:24Z")

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drool

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**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/19 "2008-01-10T16:02:18Z")

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> [@WTB: Truck](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-truck/34238/6):
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> There worth way too much money to drive on the road.

I understand this, but what were they built for?

These cars were never that nice when new. Most classic cars are over restored today. Cars are just a product, built by a manufacturer for the general public (kind of like a toaster or a microwave). The manufacturers would have lost money if they made them that nice in the beginning.

Looks great by the way.

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**Author:** ![SmokinDiesel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/57b2e6/32.png) [@SmokinDiesel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SmokinDiesel)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tripple-black-copo-painted/194688/20 "2008-01-10T16:19:58Z")

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Look awesome Mark! … That paint looks super deep

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