Chevrolet Camaro · 1969

COPO 427

The 1969 Central Office Production Orders that put a 427 V8 in the Camaro: COPO 9561 with the iron-block L72 and COPO 9560 with the aluminum ZL1.

The story

There were 69 ZL1s (COPO 9560), which the Camaro Research Group lists by VIN. No production records for COPO 9561 have surfaced; the Camaro Research Group works out 997 cars from Chevrolet's 1969 engine and Super Sport totals, which fits the 1,015 L72 engines built.12one source

Production by year

How many COPO 427s were built each model year.

1969
1,066
As a table, with notes
YearBuiltNote
19691,06612one source69 ZL1s (COPO 9560) and 997 COPO 9561 cars, as calculated by the Camaro Research Group from Chevrolet's 1969 engine and Super Sport totals; no COPO 9561 production records have surfaced.

Engines

The code is Chevrolet's regular production option (RPO) code.

YearsCodeEngineRated
1969L72427 cu in V8, iron block (COPO 9561)425 hp13one source
1969ZL1427 cu in V8, aluminum block (COPO 9560)430 hp14

Where the sources disagree

Every conflict behind the figures on this page. All rulings.

Settled

The ZL1's horsepower

Our ruling: We use 430 hp, the rating in the AMA specifications filed for COPO 9560. Over-Drive's engine list gives 500; Chevrolet never released a figure for the engine as installed, so we show the rating.

What each source says (3)

Sources

  1. CRG Research Report: COPO 427 Camaro Research Group · read 2026-10-11
  2. 1967-69 Chevrolet Camaro Regular Production Options (RPOs) with Official Chevrolet Production Totals and Dealer Pricing Camaro Research Group · read 2026-10-11
  3. 1969 Camaro V8 Visible Differences Camaro Research Group · read 2026-10-11
  4. Chevrolet Camaro (first generation) Wikipedia · read 2026-10-11
  5. 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Fact Sheet Over-Drive Magazine · read 2026-10-11

Year by year

The COPO 427 in each model year.

1969Chevrolet CamaroNew sheet metal for one year only, a model year that ran to November 1969, and the COPO 427s.243,085 built (disputed)