Uncovering the Drag Racing HISTORY of a Wild COPO Camaro

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Jim Lammers didn't know he was buying a COPO or an ex-drag car when he purchased a black 1969 Camaro from a previous coworker in 2018. He would later discover that the car was truly a COPO Camaro with a 427 big block, but his favorite discoveries involved the Davis family, who were the second owners of the car back in 1970. Doug Davis turned the car into an NHRA-legal Super Stock drag car, and raced it for several years. The car then bounced around to many owners, eventually landing with Jim Lammers, who truly appreciated its drag racing history.
Jim tracked down all the history, and restored the car to its original condition. He took it to one show in original condition and then turned his high dollar COPO into a drag car to replicate the early '70s "Rat's Nest" configuration that Doug Davis raced.

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@zoomxf644 10 месяцев назад

Tommy, Outstanding job with the video and sharing the story on my brother's car. It has been so much fun, to be a part of the restoration and build and the great people we have been able to meet along the way. Thank you!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you Mike! I appreciate you introducing yourself at the Super Car Reunion. Otherwise I may not have understood the significance of the car...it's such a cool piece. You guys did an awesome job restoring it.

@InnocentBirchForest-md8hm 5 месяцев назад

Me dad was the fast oner he was in the marlter and had to salit be cost he was being the plord and cord not tack it with ham

@mattskustomkreations 10 месяцев назад

The wrap fooled me too! This car is the best of both worlds!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

For sure, a very cool piece!

@BastardX13 9 месяцев назад

Chiseled the Camaro on his Tombstone. Spellbinding tale and telling. Very clever to recreate the look in vinyl. Looks fantastic. I could see it side by side with the Sox and Martin, Red, White and blue Cuda.

@chrislinn4486 10 месяцев назад

The best story you have presented. Absolutely amazing story.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words and thanks for watching!

@davida.p.9911 10 месяцев назад

They don't make them like that anymore, and the history can't be matched! Beautiful car! Thanks for sharing! 😎 🛞💨

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@joshuagibson2520 10 месяцев назад

Dayton O, Ault & James, Kilkare, etc, etc. This is a jewel.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Yes sir, that area was covered up with fast cars back in the day...still is!

@joshuagibson2520 10 месяцев назад

@@HotRodHoarder it's strange. I used to live around Dayton for decades. Dayton Ohio that is. Now I live a little north of you in Morgan Co, and am often down around Dayton TN fishings and kayaking. Lol. Life is strange sometimes.

@biscuitboy3617 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely incredible! And the fact that this car still survives today, is a testament to all the owners over the years!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

It's pretty wild that it only racked up 15,000 miles in all those years, and through all those owners.

@doug81337 10 месяцев назад

Awesome car, awesome story & you delivered it perfectly! 😎Well done & thanks for sharing this!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching Doug!

@davidsantos8206 10 месяцев назад

Wow! What a great story. Love the car in both configurations. Really enjoyed the video. You did a great job narrating it. Thanks for sharing this awesome story with us.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you David! I love this kind of stuff and hope to do more of it.

@TrashcanGarage 8 месяцев назад

Former Ohioan here. Great rundown on the car’s history. Sub’ed. 💯👍

@roberthill2219 10 месяцев назад

So many great drag cars have totally lost their history because of yuppie car collectors... there's a Hemicuda convertible that won multiple Wallys that has been returned to OEM I'm aware of that the current owner could not care less... There are still people who have their '68 Hemi Darts and Barracudas in primer... no... this is the way these very special cars should be restored... thank you for sharing this awesome car and story with us...

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

I agree 100 percent. The COPO history is cool but it's just a blip in this car's history, compared to those drag racing days. Such a cool idea to restore the car to original first and then do the drag car setup.

@gmain1977 10 месяцев назад

I agree, all these people turning everything to stock, since the millemium car scene has got worse

@jayholland8420 9 месяцев назад

As the owner of a 70's muscle car , i really like the Love of the car side of this story & not so much about the money , AWESOME job

@markweber7275 10 месяцев назад

To be appreciated for sure. Personally admire people that dig deep in this type of restorations.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely! Thank you for watching!

@chassisresearchkid 8 месяцев назад

I've done it myself. It brought all the people from the past,.. back together again just to help me accomplish my goal. They all lost touch over the years, they all still talk to this day. As my friend Dave Crane used to say " it's about the people and the stories, the car and project just happens to bring us all together. It's about the people".

@SunShine-dk6rk 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for a great upload, really luv the work and effort you put into finding and unearthing history and stories behind these old cars, Best wishes to yourself,family,friends,car owner and fellow channel viewers.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@davidnorth3411 9 месяцев назад

10:45 that must have been an emotional day , the Davis family are truly tthankful for the cars bringing into the next era . Jim did it right

@joshthemediocre7824 10 месяцев назад

This would make a awesome Hot Wheels livery for one of their cars, they have a 69 copo that would be perfect. They have recently done Matt & Debbie Hays Thunderbird livery on the drag thunderbird, The Rats Nest would make an great premium Hot Wheels too, maybe in the 1/4 mile kings line.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Yes sir it absolutely would make a great Hot Wheels car. The color scheme is perfect for a 1:64 car.

@ryanhebein155 10 месяцев назад

An absolute gem of a car! It only gets better when you hear about all the effort that went into restoring it to its former glory. Thanks for the video!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@kylesaad5647 10 месяцев назад

Warms my heart! How Amazing!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

It's an amazing story on this car....one of a kind, for sure!

@haworthlowell805 10 месяцев назад

Just a sweet looking Camaro. Always love a nice Super Stock car.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@z06doc86 Месяц назад

Cool story. Well done!

@ceegee3664 9 месяцев назад

Awesome restoration

@2000TA 8 месяцев назад

What an awesome dedication! Pretty cool they took it to his grave site. I'm sure he was smiling from above.

@joemilbrandt9320 7 месяцев назад

So cool history!!!

@tiny-hj3xo 10 месяцев назад

Awesome story on that car and family

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@tiny-hj3xo 10 месяцев назад

You're welcome I enjoy watching your videos you have some great content. I have learned a lot about older drag race cars and drivers

@kensutherland414 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely brilliant. Love him for that keeping the history alive attitude. Great vid on two people. Thanks.

@HotRodHoarder 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@nickhoffman5524 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely Stunning!! Love the history!

@HotRodHoarder 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@paulturner7798 9 месяцев назад

You did a fantastic job with this one I really enjoyed watching it and all the other cars you have showed .I'm Paul Turner I live in West Virginia and I am a drag racer to .thank you for the cars you show

@smileychavez8093 9 месяцев назад

Awesome!!! Story thanks great job

@jackperry9369 10 месяцев назад

Man what a beautiful piece of history thank you so much for the coverage

@tedecker3792 6 месяцев назад

The tombstone made me look around for whoever was slicing onions.

@mick_1949 10 месяцев назад

What an excellent history

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@coachieshort5413 10 месяцев назад

just for your info, kil kare dragway is stull up and running, ault & james speed shop is still open, do some work still,kil-kare is my home track we run @ national trails to. thank you for what you do.love the content.

@granddad-mv5ef 10 месяцев назад

Great story! I really appreciate your channel; obviously no one can go back in time but this is pretty close.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words! I wish I had grown up in the '60s and '70s, but I like to live vicariously through the stories of these old race cars.

@stevehilliard1495 10 месяцев назад

Great story my friend, your videos are top of the line 😊

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Steve!

@domcorleone66 8 месяцев назад

Very cool story!!!

@midnightrider5797 10 месяцев назад

What a great story that surrounds such a great car! Lots of time, effort, and money, thank you.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@leotherocker94 6 месяцев назад

Wait.. i remember seeing this car as the black and gold configuration! I remember thinking "that's a nice Camaro".

@benrossbach6501 10 месяцев назад

Love it. Enjoy the car and keep the history, what more could you want.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@terryeustice5399 10 месяцев назад

Love the history of this 1969 COPO Camaro beautiful car. Thank you for your research on this Car. Thanks for sharing. 💯👍👊

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

I loved learning about this car and telling its story. Jim (the owner) did all the hard work as far as researching it and tracking down the previous owners, so it made for an easy story to tell.

@shanetaylor7621 10 месяцев назад

AWESOME story and video Tommy as ALWAYS!!!✌️

@ARKANSASHUBCAP 8 месяцев назад

Great video awesome Camaro thanks

@is3180 7 месяцев назад

Great looking muscle car...💪....

@johnjubie7144 10 месяцев назад

Great story, love this kind of history.

@sublime929 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely perfect

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@RiverBanks-OzarkStoryteller 10 месяцев назад

That is just an AWESOME story! Rare 1969 COPO CAMARO! Turned Drag Race! By a Doug Davis who just enjoyed his Race Car!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

It's a great car...I enjoyed learning about it. I didn't really have to research this one because the owner had already done all the legwork. Pretty amazing what he found out about the car.

@ltform 10 месяцев назад

Great video, so well done. Thanks

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@andyday1981 10 месяцев назад

That’s amazing, no other word for it.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Agree 100%. This car is a treasure.

@stevend984 10 месяцев назад

At 71...almost 72...do the math...the '60's were my teen years. I would not trade that era for anything! The best cars and the best music. My older brother...now passed...bought new and drag raced a '66 427 Stingray where we grew up in Stockton, CA. so of course I was always a Chevy guy too. The 60's Camaros were my favs. After that they just didn't have the same appeal. To me the '69 was the odd duck of the '60's litter...who'da thunk! I still like the '68 the best..no wings! Thanks for the memories!

@johnbehneman1546 10 месяцев назад

THANK YOU SO MUCH. A TOTALLY AWESOME VIDEO. AND A TOTALLY AWESOME RESTORATION. THANKS FOR SHARING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SPEAK YOUR TRUTH.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@MichaelJones-ci6hq 10 месяцев назад

Wow. That’s the coolest car story ever. Etched in stone….

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@pallie1000 10 месяцев назад

Wow! ….. just wow. Best video ive watched on youtube in a looong time. Awesome work. By you and him.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for the kind words!

@jakespeed63 10 месяцев назад

From Ohio!!!! Am I the only one that cried tears of joy during this story?? Truly awesome story!!! God Bless you for all you do 😎👍❤️

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching...I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@stevehowell4425 10 месяцев назад

Love it! Love the fact that they made it back into a drag car, what it was made for.Great to see it survived. I'd like to know the vin#, I have a September 69 x-44 lemans blue 69.Might have been built close together...

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

That's awesome! If I remember correctly, it was built in the fourth week of September.

@stevehowell4425 10 месяцев назад

If I remember, mine is too! I'll check tomorrow, gonna drive it to church while the weather allows. Its a all original matching #s 350, automatic, factory air, white top and interior.I'm the 3rd owner.@@HotRodHoarder

@stevehowell4425 10 месяцев назад

Finally got to check my cowl tag, 09D, same week!My vin ends with 0649. Were all the COPO's built in late production?@@HotRodHoarder

@r68gto12 10 месяцев назад

yours was built about 300 VINs before mine. Likely built the same day.@@stevehowell4425

@georgepiskopos4200 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely amazing car and a fantastic history well done as always !!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@Ls6racer 10 месяцев назад

Outstanding !🏁🏁

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@mohamedbhamjee1856 10 месяцев назад

Greetings nice story line great work 🚙⛽️

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@JA-sm9zf 10 месяцев назад

Wow - another amazing car. Way to go !!!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@mikehush8828 10 месяцев назад

Wonderful vid..Elegant piece of History..🙏🏻🇺🇸🙏🏻..!!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@richardbyrne4659 10 месяцев назад

Well done! Thanks for sharing!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@keithreiffenstein9909 10 месяцев назад

Cool story! Thanks for sharing!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@mikedaugharty5544 10 месяцев назад

great story there!!!!😍

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching Mike!

@Mattisgarage 10 месяцев назад

Amazing story, thank you!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@keithcalitri840 10 месяцев назад

Killer car with a great story thank you for all your research and props to all the people involved in bringing this car back hate to say this but once they are gone they are not coming back

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@stayhappy9893 10 месяцев назад

Great story my friend. Thanks for sharing. 🥰

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@alexisdietrich7556 9 месяцев назад

I wonder if it ever raced at Thornhill in morning view ky

@karensavarese5684 10 месяцев назад

What a kool story. Jim did the real deal right thing, with this labor of luv COPO camaro. Right on,,,,,,,Izzy Strong,,,,,,

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@gregleenyit 10 месяцев назад

Truly incredible thank you

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@randyl6512 10 месяцев назад

Great story great video thank you

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@mikej.2975 9 месяцев назад

One of the best 69 camaros by far.

@ldnwholesale8552 10 месяцев назад

69 Copo to me is the ZL1. All alloy engine, manual or auto. Bob Jane here in Oz had 2 of them. Manual for road racing and auto for drags. Bob was behing the Bob Jane T marts here in Oz and also owned Calder and AIR tracks. A major figure in Aussie Motorsport. Auto car was long wrecked but the engine was still in stock. Now in the Hugger orange road race car. Car was extremely rebuilt from what had become a hacked up drag car back to its original road race spec.

@Axial_Andrew 10 месяцев назад

The joy, the pain, the good times, and the bad times, can't ever be truly priced with a dollar amount...😎

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Agreed! It does my heart good to see this car put back to its drag racing configuration.

@roycopeland9009 10 месяцев назад

Just right.. perfect

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@TheShadeTreeFixitMan 10 месяцев назад

It would be helpful if you would have done a little explanation of what a COPO car is. Very nice car and a great tribute to it.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

I considered that when I was putting this video together, but I figured there was plenty of videos/articles out there that cover COPO information, so I tried to stay focused just on this car. Maybe somewhere down the road, I'll do a piece on COPO specifically and cover some of the cool combinations that were possible with these specially ordered cars.

@danielhicks7593 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video pimp

@stevejohnson6858 8 месяцев назад

Where in Ohio(?) was this car first run as a drag car? I believe I remember this car and Dan Nicely. Could be wrong, been a long time ago. Born and raised in Cincinnati area. Used to run at Edgewater, Tri-State and Kil-Kare up in Xenia.

@HotRodHoarder 8 месяцев назад

It definitely ran a lot at Kil-Kare, but I have seen photos of it at Edgewater.

@stevejohnson6858 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for the reply. Yes, one of the photos in this video is, I believe, from Edgewater. I used to get my transmissions done by a guy named Mike Niceley and I think they are also related. Again, thanks for the reply.@@HotRodHoarder

@r68gto12 7 месяцев назад

Steve, you are correct. Daniel Knisley used to own this car.He bought it from Doug Davis. He raced it primarily at Edgewater, he was from Bainbridge, OH

@gmain1977 10 месяцев назад

Amazing car, I love the Drag Racing History. Today people just want to take it all back to stock.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Stock definitely brings the most money at auction, but loses all the personality.

@danielhicks7593 10 месяцев назад

I'm somewhere in the process of searching for the car that I grew up in back in the day 67 Firebird 400 speed

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Nice! It's a difficult process to track one down.

@donaldgray8864 10 месяцев назад

Awesome story

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@MRobichaud99 10 месяцев назад

Awesome Camaro, and good memories for sure!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@edwardwilliams9923 10 месяцев назад

AWESOME!!!

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@jamessharp9790 10 месяцев назад

Amazing car.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@bobbrinkerhoff3592 10 месяцев назад

A 396/375 Nova was classed as SS / D . A 396/375 Camaro ran in SS / C . The COPO Camaros ran SS / A back in 1969 .

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Interesting! I never thought of that. A 427/425 wouldn't have run in D. I wonder if this car was campaigned as a "396/325hp" car to fit the D class at certain events.

@bobbrinkerhoff3592 10 месяцев назад

@@HotRodHoarder might have been a 350 horse 396 . They couldn't have run the 427 short block with oval port parts on it in D , as the bigger pistons wouldn't pass teardown .

@r68gto12 10 месяцев назад

I'm no expert in the classes back then, but I can tell you that I have all the time slips that list SS/D and two US Nationals programs from 1972 & 1973 with this car registered in SS/D.

@bobbrinkerhoff3592 10 месяцев назад

@@r68gto12 it's very possible that the car ran in SS/D , but with what engine in it ? When guys found out that their combination was no longer competitive in one class , they would change engines and or transmissions to run in a class they could win in . I seem to recall that the original engine was long gone when the car was restored, this could be why .

@r68gto12 10 месяцев назад

Doug Davis's racing partner is still alive. He said they ran the 427 that was in the car. I've seen quite a few other COPO's that ran the same class back then.@@bobbrinkerhoff3592

@shanehyden4205 10 месяцев назад

Great story.

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@jimronayne1719 10 месяцев назад

Amazing

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for watching!

@doctorromex7804 10 месяцев назад

I have a name of the possible original owner. Very short ownership of copo. Two brothers out of Ohio. Both still alive and one still races. That would be the correct original blue color

@HotRodHoarder 10 месяцев назад

Please email me byrdrods@yahoo.com. Thank you!