Don't know. Lost track of him and the car. Probably got married and traded it for a Caprice. There was a very cool White/blk striped LS6 with Cragers running the streets about the same time. That was a very cool piece too. I don't think I ever ran across this OG Camaro. After talking to these guys Doug bought the car from, they were street junkies. Ran the ones on the IL side. We stayed on the IA. side. IL. cops would pick you up in a minute for just being there.

Just received from the original owners daughter. Rick Barratt at Indy 1970 with his almost new Yenko.

Sweet shot - congrats!!!!

I give all the credit to Schonye and Joe Schoenthaler for locating the car and Matt Lamer for his detective work locating everyone including the original owner.

Ricks Gold Yenko at the US nationals 1970 behind the AMX.

On another discussion on this site it mentioned that only 2 1969 Olympic Gold Yenko Camaros of the 10 produced had white stripes this is number 3. Pictures are whats left of the original white yenko stripes wrapped around front edge of the door. You can also see some of the Olympic Gold paint underneath the Maroon Lacquer that was applied in the 1970s.

Original 1970 NHRA Nationals Indy Official Entry List. Rick Barratt SS/D in his gold yenko camaro “Motivation”. Alot of big names in this booklet.

When you start closely inspecting the car and paint check the fenders below the rocker trim for blackout... then check the rockers below the doors.

x66 bodies got blacked out rockers at Norwood.
Dave's (Bill Hunter's) original paint car shows the fenders were never blacked out and the rockers WERE painted body color over blacked rockers EITHER in the touch up at end of Chevrolet Assembly or at YENKO.
The tape job is horrible...

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We are starting the restoration soon and will inspect that...Troy painted the car maroon in 1979

With the attention to detail paid in the 67 restoration, this is something I thought I should point out.

I looked at some of the gold pictures and could not tell FOR SURE whether the rockers appeared gold or not...
When I then saw the pictures showing the stripe ends in the door jamb it led me to HOLD out HOPE there is the possibility that the actual original tape job on the rockers could be determined if carefully inspected while stripping the paint.

Most people if they found the huge dip below the rocker molding would never think it came like that, however it did.
NOW actually restoring it like that, well that is up to the customer, however I would think most customers would be OK with the 3/16 wide black strip between the rocker and quarter at the end of the spear on a X66 Yenko, if it were determined that the car was painted that way out of Norwood.

Thanks James I will definitely speak this over with Frank I expect to get him the car in the next 30 days

Here is a picture of the Yenko approx 1978 still wearing its Olympic Gold paint and notice the blacked out rocker panels and the holes in the fenders under Camaro emblem for the Yenko emblems.

Great pic!

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Great photo

This car is going to look so GOOD when it's done...

Frank is going to have a great canvas ...when Troy purchased the car in 76 it had approximately 8 thousand miles on it ...it is rust free with all original sheet metal , glass and interior. It reminds me of our 67 Yenko in the same condition....we will ask Troy to help with questions during the build. He is very proud of his car. When we finish the car I hope to have Troy and family come to MCACN for the show.

Cordova Drag Strip approx 1975

This hood was a short lived addition before the original cowl hood was put back on. Notice the black rocker panels.

More pictures from the 2nd Owner Max Gasser of the OG X66 Yenko from 1972. can barely make out Max Gassers name on the window.

special car for sure!!

I want to give 100% full credit to Matt Lamer for the relentlessness amount of research that he has done for this car.....thank you is not enough appreciation for your efforts. You have given your time and passion for cars to make this happen. This support team is going to bring this car back to its former glory when sold new at Nankevill Chevrolet.

Looks like the rockers were Gold in this photo...

For Black to have been applied to the fender during the painting process at Chevrolet Assembly there would have to be a SPECIAL NOTE as it would not have fit typical production what so ever - non style trim cars have body colored rockers.

That leaves the possibility that
1. The Fender was blacked out in the touch up booth
OR
2. The rockers were painted Gold in the touch up at the end of Chevrolet assembly.


IF scenario #1 occurred - The black on the fender was applied in the touch up at the end of Chevrolet assembly - The tape line breaking the gold and black will be BELOW the trim - not through the center trim screw hole on the fender.
This would also lead to the following paint layers being CURRENTLY on the fenders and the rockers -
From the outer most color
Burgundy - black - gold

IF the fender is Burgundy - Black - Gold and
the Rocker is Burgundy - Black - Gold - Black - Gold -
Then it was in all likely hood painted in the same manner as Dave's (Bill Hunter's) X66 Yenko with the rockers having been painted at the end of Chevrolet Assembly.

The OG Motivation Yenko was a picture whore. I have been able to find roughly 64 vintage pictures of the car from its various owners and various drag strip photographers thus far. Gotta love the Cool Can and the Big Holley 2brl carb they were running at that time.

Wow!!

Didn't take long to lose the curve neck. Any idea what that "thingy" is on the driver side valve cover?

Looks like a push in breather on a piece of hose with an elbow going into the valve cover, probably in an effort to eliminate some oil blowback when you immediately lift after full throttle runs...

Forget the breather...
I want to know What class were they running to utilize a 2 barrel Dominator?

At this time in the cars life approx 1974-1975 the owner raced the car one night with the 2 barrel in Formula B-3 Stock in AHRA. This was a Holly 2brl carb (pre Dominator) on an adaptor plate on 4 brl intake. The next night he then switched to 4brl carb to run at a different tracks both in Iowa. This car was on owner number 4th at this point in the cars life it had been a drag car by every single owner since new. It raced in various classes and configurations over its life as a race car. It was raced In Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa etc. What amazes me is that every owner raced the car but never cut it up.

Way to go Matt. This car loves to have its picture taken.

1970 the OG Motivation Yenko behind the 68 nova waiting to get on the scale at Edgewater Dragway in Ohio.

Im digging that Nova too !

You and me, both!

What a shot!!!! Awesome!

Not the clearest pictures but a few pictures of the OG Motivation Yenko from Neita Dragway.

I'm looking for one of those Nankivell license plate pieces. I know happy hunting

They show up on eBay from time to time I just got mine in the last three months with the help from Nashblu Matt

From my experience the Nankivell plate frames do show up from time to time. I have seen at least 3 different versions.

Picture from Cordova Dragway after the decals were removed and the original cowl hood reinstalled approx 1975.

Thanks Kurt