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I have a few questions reguarding the orange Yenko.
Why doesn't it have the SYC head rest covers?
Are the rear emblems misaligned or am I just being thrown off?
How come the driver side fender doesn't appear to have ever had a Yenko emblem on it?
Why does the stripe run so far forward to the front?

I'm no Yenko expert, but I thought some of these things looked out of place based on what I've seen. Is it possible this is just a COPO? Again, I'm not the expert and I was just wondering. Thanks guys. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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--------While what you say is notable, it appears that this cars history is almost written in stone. Its much more likely under the circumstances, being unrestored and pretty much un-cared for all these years, that the car just went thru early ownership trauma as probably 98% of all these old cars did back in the day. They were used hard and put away wet for the most part and often early owners made changes that they wanted to make because they wanted to, not because a group of knowledgeable people were lurking around telling them what was right or wrong!
--------Accidents happened all the time back then with that kind of horsepower on tap and the very best body shop in the area wasnt always available to bring the car back to absolutely new condition. Often the owners didnt care quite as much as we now know they should have about the "aesthetics". It was more important to get the car operational again, quickly. Friday nights came around fast back then and a guy had to have his ride ready for battle!!!
--------Oh, and the Yenkos rear emblems are all like that on 1969 Camaros as far as I know...........Bill S

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The car has obviously had at least a partial repaint, and the stripes look to have been painted back on it, sans any Yenko wording on the 1/4 panel stripes, and some artistic freedom expressed in the layout of the stripes themselves. orange overspray is also seen in the front fenderwells, which indicates a repaint in that area as well...the hood decal stripe does look to be original. More than a few documented cars didn't get any sYc logos on the headrests, and many more were removed by the owners on day 2. Emblem placement varied from car to car, and some didn't get any at all... there's really not one "correct" way they were built, as plenty of variations to the Yenko add-ons have been documented. The grill looks to have been replaced, or at least has been painted black, as it would have originally been silver, shifter is not original, etc... while it may not have been touched in 25 years, it has obviously had some work done to it since new. With that said, it is still an awesome discovery.

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Why is the VIN not listed here? Is there a typo on the list as it is one VIN off the car shown on the list.

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...0/page/0#76004

Body number is three away from mine so it seems pretty certain it was part of the batch ordered by Yenko.

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Since not all of the Yenko inventory sheets have been circulated there are still missing vin numbers. This car is on page 5 of the Yenko Camaro inventory sheets.I don't think this page has been circulated and not all the vin numbers are known.
Mark

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Well the list posted on this site totals 198 cars (I did not count to verify) which is the generally accepted number of cars excluding the Jack Douglas cars ordered directly. Therefore is there a typo on the list or is this the 199th car?

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198, 199 or 201 - take your pick, nobody really knows! Could be a typo as well, there were several sources for the vin lists - including Don's sheets which also contained numerous typos. If you recall, when the lists were published the instruction was to use them as a guide, not a sole source.

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If you recall, when the lists were published the instruction was to use them as a guide, not a sole source.

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Exactly, M...this should be the case with *anyone's* lists. No one has the total list of Yenko cars...

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So what is the thought, a typo or another car to be added to the list?

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I'm not sure yet, we need to nail down the originating dealer - might be Yunkers, if so, it might be a typo otherwise it might be a newbie.