140 speedo
 

I have been having a discussion about a 1968 Camaro I bought new, It was a 396-375 HP and came with the 140 speedo, I assumed all 375HP cars had this? But it seems some did not? Does anyone have any insight on this?

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I don't believe any L-78 did with that RPO alone EXCEPT the 9737 COPO cars.It would/should also have the 13/16 front sway bar.Did you order this car?

Steve

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1 1/16th bar in 68, Steve...BKH

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Whoops,sorry.......

Steve

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No, I bought the car off the lot at Kenny Ross Chevrolet in Pittsburgh. There were several there with the same options. Mine was a Corvette Bronze. There was also a Daytona Yellow, Rally Green and a Lemans blue. They were all exactly the same, none had the bright trim on fenders, but had trim on the drip rails. All had 3.73 rears and m-21s. I can't remember size of sway bar. None had rally wheels, all had rims with dog dish hub caps.

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Wasn't the 140 speedo only available only in 1969?

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9737 Camaros in 68 got the 140,all Yenko's I believe....

Steve

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I know the 68 Yenkos had the 140? But it seems to get a little gray on what other camaros had this option. I remember coming down the Aliquippa Boulevard at just about the 140 mph! the car only had about 30 miles on it at the time. The car is still in Aliquippa, I sold it to a fellow there in 1971 and he still has it. ther is less than 4000 miles on the car! But I sold the original motor and bought an L-88 in the crate at Yenko and installed it in 1969, trans was blown and I think I even put a different rear end in it. But the speedo is still in the car. I had a discussion with Chuck Huber in 1991 when he was doing his 68 Yenko, he thought the 140 only came in the Yenko cars so I went down and checked to make sure. The 140 speedo is still in the car!

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I'll bet its a dealer trade. Yenko did not sell all the cars converted. 396 cars with COPO 9737 have been found in Pittsburgh. Just an idea. I know about this car..BKH

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Is the POP still around? It would be interesting to see what the engine code is. Also would be interesting to see how the VIN sequence compares to the '68 Yenkos.

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Thats very interesting on the dealer trade! But does make sense, sure nice to know the whole story on the car, I really never even gave it a second thought until recently, back then you never paid attention to these things. If I remember correctly it was built in May. Very few options: Did not even have power steering, only an AM radio and that was it.

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I don't know what happened to the pop? I asked the fellow a couple of years ago if he had it and said no. I always left it in the glove compartment? He had the interior out of car and car torn apart for many years and never found a build sheet. The only thing he has is the bill of sale I signed. This is probably a stupid question, but does anyone know how many of these 140 speedo cars were ordered? I know the car came with the stock 396-375HP engine, I checked the cowl tag in 1991 and pretty sure it is a May car. In 1992 I was looking for a new car and I happen to Kenny Ross's new dealership, on the wall they had a large picture taken of the old dealership taken in 1968 and right in front sits my Corvette Bronze SS Camaro that I am talking about! I told the salesman I would buy a car if they would give the picture, they did and I did!

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I wonder if it has the same Trim Tag as a 68 Yenko .

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Was ther anything special about the trim tag on the 68 Yenkos, I may try to get ahold of the owner and get info off the tag, if he will give it to me? Kind of a strange fellow. I tried to buy the car off him a few times but he would not sell it. The car has been sitting in the same garage for the past 30 years.