Some rare Camaros
 

I have ready about some real odd stuff over the years,and I figured who better to ask then the guys who know every Yenko VIN number off the to of their heads.

A while back I heard of a really rare 70 Camaro.It seems that somebody was saying that they had a line on all or part of a 1970 Camaro that was a pre production vehicle that was given to Smokey Yunick as a test vehicle.It seems that this was the only Camaro that GM ever let off the property with a 454 under the hood{LS6 I think}.
Another was about the ZL1 powered 70 Camaro that was built for one of GM's brass.I saw somebody post that they bought the hood off this car from Bill Jenkins or somthing a while back.What happened to the reast of the car?Could it too have been given to Jenkins to use as a race car rather then be destroyed{heck,a clean 70 Camaro body and ZL1 engine dont just get shoved into the shredder all that often}.

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Smokey had 70 camaro pilot car given to him. It was in his backyard until a restoration shop in phoenix bought the car. Vin# was 500001 and had stickers on the tailights inside the trunk that said "handmaid". There was also something about this car in a magazine, when it was bought. Roger

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Regarding the Smokey Camaro!

There was an article in a magazine abt. this car, a couple of years ago i think! Maybe Camaro Performers? 1, or 2 page.The car was then just recently found, i think it also had some nice shots of Smokeys "warehouse" of engines!


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I think that Bill Mitchell had a ZL1 powered 1970 Camaro.

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When Chevy "scrapped" cars and parts, they didn't always send them to be crushed in a scrap yard. They would send them to what I would call CURO. The Chevy underground racing operation. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
Smokey recieved a bunch of "scrapped" cars and parts. There was a web site where a guy said he bought a parts car from Smokey which he said was 0001 serial number 1970 Camaro. I think he said Smokey had used it as a test car for spoilers or something that Chevy paid Smokey to work on.
There was a Bill M. 1970 ZL1 Camaro prototype/show car. Bill M. bought it from Chevy and drove it then later re built it into a car that looked like a prototype 1977 Camaro. There were some magazines artiles on this car.
The hood you mention is a hood I bought from Bill Jenkins. It is a 1970 prototype cowl induction all steel hood built by Chevy engineering in 1969. Chevy was going to scrap it but instead gave it to Grumpy for a 1970 show car that Grumpy used as a promotional tool for his 1970 Pro Stock program.

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I got a picture of a 70 zl1 black w/ tach on hood and T tops, written up as prototype owned by some vice president of chevy and shows him leaning on car for photo shoot looks to be taken in 70/71, its in my uncle's hardcover book on history of f bodys, I've never been able to find another copy of his book, its got all kinds of photos of other camaro protypes including el camino type versions, 4 drs, woody sides w/ surf board holders on roof, all kinds of weird stuff...

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70 Landau https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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nope,that ain't it, I'll have to borrow my uncle's book and scan it in, I want to say L88 hood w tach, T-tops actually looked pretty nice..

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I'am searching for the 70 T-Top https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif
I don't have this one
but this one is cool too https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif
Possibly a Factory pictures https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif Cross Ram
" Some rare Camaro "

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here is the 1970 ZL/1 Camaro plate reads GMX 211

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70 Zl1

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The widow of Bill Mitchell lives outside of Austin, TX and is very active in our local Corvette club. She's been involved with the charity that our club donates to in the past. She is an interesting lady and very up on her car history. To think that she has driven some cars that I could only hope to see.

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So is that the hood you have Joe?? Still got the tach on it?? How about a pic.. What color was that car?

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this is the hood that I have still painted same as in picture. It is all steel but looks similar to the glass L88 hood like Motion used.

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The story on the 1st 70 camaro at Smokey .Was in Aug 95 issue of ALL Chevy Magazine on page 8 ...

Build date of NOV 69 and VIN #123870N500001 ..The story says the car was shipped to Smokey for hih speed testing.Also that the vin is for a 6cyl car but Smokey said it came to him with a HIPO V8 probably early LTI ..Car had std black interior ,heater delete,Special cowl hood ,solid bushed suspension and special front and rear sway bars ...Car was sold to David Tom of Peoria AZ (602)566-3077...

I'll scan in the story when get my scanner set back up..
Hope this help

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif I have July and Sept of all Chevy 1995 https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif