Park A 1969 RS/SS Camaro next to this car for a second, and proceed to eliminate that gene mutation that tells most of you why you should look at this car. Go stock for stock for a moment, like it’s 1969 and you only know that you’re looking at two Chevrolet Camaros. The RS/SS is a looker…houndstooth interior, stripes, spoilers, and that cool hideaway headlight front clip. It looks ready to raise hell on a Friday night, is bright enough to be seen from down the block, and it’s a stout performer with it’s 396 big-block. And make no mistake, we aren’t putting down the RS/SS for what it is. But remember, right now you’re not a car geek, which is why you’re looking at the green car strangely. Seafoam green, green interior. Plain wheels with caps. The basic grille, no call-outs, not even a blacked-out tail panel. The only real interesting part about the car is the cowl-induction scoop, and that’s pretty much it on the surface. No air conditioning, olive-colored carpeting…would you jump for it?
That’s the difference between a boy racer’s choice and a professional’s choice, folks. Again, not knocking the RS/SS, but if you were hunting, then all you needed to know was one code: COPO 9561. This plain-wrapper Camaro is built to kick in ribcages. It’s meant to give the engineers at Goodyear something to think about when they hear about tires melting over the course of a couple hundred miles’ worth of use. This was the equivalent of the quiet kid who spends his time after school in the boxing gym learning how to beat somebody’s ass because that sounds like a mighty fun time. 
The Central Office Production Order system was meant for internal use only, namely for options that weren’t normally available to the public. Leave it to a couple of wise dealers to use and abuse the system to crank out some absolute monsters that GM themselves weren’t ready to cut loose. It looks plain Jane up front, but even the most car-daft individual would know something wicked was sitting once that L72 427 cracked off. The RS/SS was built for comfort and speed. The COPO was built to be a problem for anyone ready to test their luck.
Mecum Auctions’ Indy 2020: Lot R406 – 1969 Chevrolet Camaro COPO 9561
Nice Beastly Camaro, BIG BUCKS at auction, to bad it’ll sit in someones collection instead of being used as intended (IMO a very pretty car)
I have seen this car before and it was brought up by the hardcore camaro guys about the steering wheel is on upside down. That really needs to be corrected before the auction.
Yep, another blow and glow restoration job done just for auction resale. People are so stupid to buy into this crap. I’ll bet you as it goes through the auction, only 3 of the 4 tail lights will be working also.
Yep, look at the steering wheel. Just dumb…
Very nice, I think I have lust in my heart.
But it’s green on green.