68 Yenko Camaro wheels
 

Are there any pics that show the original wheels and hubcaps on a 68 Yenko?
Or any cars that still have the originals (more doubtful, IMO)?

Thanks!

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orig wheels on a 68 yenko - non converted are the 14 inch XF wheels with copo center caps from the factory

yenko changed them out on the converted cars and installed 14x6 Pontiac wheels - JC code I believe

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...6-img_0365.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...7-dsc00020.jpg

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Just out of curiosity, what about the 68 9737 cars?

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that is what the non-converted yenko 68 Camaro cars are 9737 copo option - steel wheels with the copo caps as shown above

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: enio45</div><div class="ubbcode-body">orig wheels on a 68 yenko - non converted are the 14 inch XF wheels with copo center caps from the factory

yenko changed them out on the converted cars and installed 14x6 Pontiac wheels - JC code I believe
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Thanks! That's the info I was missing.
I think the Pontiac wheels came on the 68's from the factory. The broadcast sheet for YS8008 shows some hubcap code (80) I've never seen and JC wheels!

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Pontiac wheels used for the yenko Camaro were yenko installed - not from the assembly line that im aware of

which car is ys8008?

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I show YS-8008 as the Giveaway Car, fathom blue, black interior, sold new from Jay Kline in Minn, MN.

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It's the only 68 Yenko known to have a broadcast sheet.

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very interesting for sure.....

one of the 6 or so with the -- paint code I believe - same dealer at the Desert Rat Car (dana hurts car)

but the wheel code thing is very strange but interesting...

what is color E then as the JC Pontiac wheels are painted with the bright silver and dark silver

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So JC is the Pontiac wheel code ?

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">So JC is the Pontiac wheel code ? </div></div>

Yes it is, for 1968. If that's definitely a legit broadcast sheet, I'd say it's definitive proof at least some of the 68 Yenko cars came factory equipped with the Rally II wheels. I know there is a vintage pic floating around of a couple of dealer traded non-converted COPO '68 cars on the lot at Kenny Ross that definitely did NOT have Rally II's. (One of those cars is enio45's green car.)

There was recently a pic unearthed of Don standing beside a '68 Yenko Camaro with Atlas wheels... Maybe the cars that came with the steelies got the Atlas mag wheels when converted? Just a thought, and interesting stuff for sure.

Makes me wonder if any of the Deuces could have been factory shipped with the AO coded magnum 500's instead of the XT's too....

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...5-dsc_0001.jpg

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when I researched the correct wheels - the JC has to be the code especially if it is a 68 wheel and it is 14 x 6.

14 x 7 wheels were 69 wheels and not avail until 69 production....so for don to get Pontiac wheels over the counter to fit on 68 converted cars (as we are told) they had to be 68 style, JC, 14 x 6.

The broadcast sheet to me is suspect...but I never have seen one for a 68 yenko car. Maybe Kurt can shed some light on the one he has.

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So 68 9737 did not have 15&quot; wheels, just 69?

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Gary, 68 Camaro 9737 had XF steel wheels - 14 x 6

To answer your question - yes u are correct

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That broadcast sheet is real. It appeared in some of the articles about the car.

E is Fathom Blue, which doesn't apply to the wheels anyway. IIRC, those wheels came in already painted.

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Was this car (with the broadcast sheet) built later or earlier than your unconverted car enio45? I'm thinking maybe the later 68's had the rally II's added to the COPO orders to avoid the need to swap wheels during the sYc conversion... again, just speculating.

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[quote=enio45]when I researched the correct wheels - the JC has to be the code especially if it is a 68 wheel and it is 14 x 6.

When I was looking for wheels, I think the JA would work too...
Also on the Yenko dealer paperwork for my car the word 'hubs' is written in. Never could figure out that one. Something to do with the wheels? Never heard about the Pontiac wheels being put on at factory. Do Warren or Mark remember?
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Dana's and 8008 were built in April.
Ed's is a late car - July.

&gt; Never heard about the Pontiac wheels being put on at factory.
I would have never thought of it except for happening upon that broadcast sheet detail.

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Yenko's use of the Pontiac wheel may not have been as odd of a choice as it seems today.

Chevy was going to use that wheel also and it is shown in the early 1968 Chevelle option brochures. It is shown with a Chevy bowtie center cap.
For some reason, it was not used on the Chevelle.

Don may have seen it on the early 1968 Chevelle info release

I posted a picture of it years ago

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My car is very late in the production - 07E car according to the trim tag

sold to the first owner sept 10th or so from the protecto plate paperwork

Kurt - however, the paint code would apply if they were XF wheel - and I guess it would say XF on the build sheet.....so this all is confusing and interesting.

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Is there a code shown in the F&amp;SO box? Is it 9737?

BIG

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I would assume it should - kurt - any thing u see on the build sheet?

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The broadcast sheet has 9737 and the special paint (discontinued color Fathom Blue) noted on it.

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that car is said to have had the 67 style nose stripe added by Yenko

may have been a stripe delete special order paint

here is an old article on it

http://1968convertiblecamaro.com/68_yenko.htm

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The Pontiac wheels were an easy choice for Don...Arnold Pontiac- GMC was less than a mile &quot; up the road &quot; in Houston. Both were family owned businesses and trading back and forth was common on things.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markus37</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The Pontiac wheels were an easy choice for Don...Arnold Pontiac- GMC was less than a mile &quot; up the road &quot; in Houston. Both were family owned businesses and trading back and forth was common on things. </div></div>

I thought I remembered you telling me that before. Thanks for jumping in Mark.

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Interesting that the centers on the broadcast sheet are different from a Pontiac. Of course, he wouldn't want Pontiac emblems on the centers.
I'm still impressed that he was able to get them to make up a special 140 speedo. The wheels would have been easy compared to that, just order them into the plant.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kurt S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Interesting that the centers on the broadcast sheet are different from a Pontiac. Of course, he wouldn't want Pontiac emblems on the centers.
I'm still impressed that he was able to get them to make up a special 140 speedo. The wheels would have been easy compared to that, just order them into the plant. </div></div>

Not to mention the front sway bar and that trim tag. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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And the special stamp on the 396 engine is MV and also on the protecto-plate....so there was some thought into the need to track these special cars.

Kurt - what is the center cap code they used for the wheel?

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Same as the originals on my 68 GTO. Large JC code wheels with the dates inside the rim not visible with the tire mounted.
My 68 GTO build sheet shows wheel disc 96 and color J. will post a pic of the sheet if it is at all helpful.

Does anyone know to go about finding the full part number which ends with the 80?

I'd like to see one.

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The cap listed on the Yenko sheet is 80 (visible in the pic).
The Pontiac code for the cap that I've seen in 68 Firebirds for JC wheels is TW.

Dana,
The trim tags were already in house for the export cars, but the swaybar would have been another new part.