Lowest milage 69 Yenko Camaro?
 

Was at Floyd Garrett's over the weekend and saw Jim Parks 69 Yenko Camaro. It looked unrestored to me and the clock shows only 3345 miles.

Is this still the lowest milage 69 know to exist or have others surfaced?

Quite an impressive car in any case.

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There was a guy that joined here last year and claimed to have one with less that 200 miles on it. He also claimed to have a 68 Hemi Baracuda with about the same or less miles. He was asked several times to prove his claims but never did. According to members of another site, the cars do exist as he claims.
James

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There are some people that will tell you bigfoot exists too...and can even show you pictures. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smirk.gif

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Here is his post talking about the cars.
James

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...fpart/all/vc/1

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You have a better chance of having lunch with bigfoot than verifying those cars exist. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

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You have a better chance of having lunch with bigfoot than verifying those cars exist. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

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What will you have? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif
http://www.oregonbigfoot.com/patterson.php

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I thought Charley's yellow one was about 7K miles, which is really low in my mind. 200 miles is impossible IMO.

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Gents - Lets not start a pissing contest here https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

I've never met or talked to Jim, but Floyd says he has original paperwork and POP for the car.

I don't claim to be a Yenko expert but like many of you, I've been around early muscle cars for a number of years. I didn't have the time to scrutinize it, but it looked relativly unmolested to me.

Yenko Guys...........Chime in please.

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We have original paperwork for cars too, but not the car. I think that is the story with this one too. Nobody has seen them, always another story........

Movin on!

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Marlin is confusing Jims. Jim Parks' car is at Floyds museum. I think the miles are real but as I recall it has been repainted. He had it on display at Vettefest with us a couple years ago. Might have also had 1/4 panels changed ?

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Here is Jim stealing stuff out of his own car at Vettefest 2003. https://www.yenko.net/attachments/162...est2003061.jpg

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Charley, I'm talking about the lemans blue car where the owner also had a hemi car or something?

That green car is cool, 3k miles or so, was a race car called The Gambler - I have an old school pic of it in my garage https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Ok, M, now you're obligated to post the picture in "The Gambler" trim... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Marlin is confusing Jims. Jim Parks' car is at Floyds museum. I think the miles are real but as I recall it has been repainted. He had it on display at Vettefest with us a couple years ago. Might have also had 1/4 panels changed ?

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Thats the one Charley - Sold thru Hult Chevy in Madison, WI.

Yes, it might have had a repaint but if it did - it is exceptional work.

I noted that it has what looks like a very original smog system which is getting very hard to find.

So..........my question remains.

Is this the lowest milage 69 Yenko known to exist?

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If it ain't, it's gotta be close...would be cool to see it at SCR9...https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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I think this 1969 photo was posted by the guy who also claimed to have the '68 Hemi Barracuda. I saved this photo from a thread about a year or so ago.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...y1969Photo.jpg
I think this is the car in question but I'm not sure.

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You're right Bill...that's the car.

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Yea, that blue one is the car that is claimed to only have 200 miles. The green one is 3k miles or so. I'll take the pic down tonight and scan it in - The Gambler https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Yea, that blue one is the car that is claimed to only have 200 miles. The green one is 3k miles or so. I'll take the pic down tonight and scan it in - The Gambler https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Yeah - Park's car shows 3345 miles if the clock hasn't been tampered with. Other then a possible repaint, it looks unmolested to me. Wish I'd had more time to look it over more completly.

So do we have a consensus? Is Park's car the lowest milage 69 Yanko known?

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You may get hung by the board if you say Yanko again. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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You may get hung by the board if you say Yanko again. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Hey, Thats a great word to describe a Yenko clone..a brand new 69 Yanko https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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You may get hung by the board if you say Yanko again. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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Hey, Thats a great word to describe a Yenko clone..a brand new 69 Yanko https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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I actually like the term YENKLONE. I saw one at a dealership in Philly today.
James
James

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To my knowledge, Parks' car is the lowest mile Yenko Camaro.

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Jim sent me this pic of his car when it was still in drag trim. You can see in this pic why Jim put 1/4 panels on it. https://www.yenko.net/attachments/162946-IMAGE1.JPG

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Union Grove...you Pontiac boys checking out that billboard !!! Even Wangers was tired of goin slow https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

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Here are more pics..Notice the price of gas and the short skirt. I think the pics on the right are from before the car was lettered up. https://www.yenko.net/attachments/162948-IMAGE12.jpg

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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Totally Friggin cool!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

Look at the back ground of this pic in my collection. Pretty cool! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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Still a cool track https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gif

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So Cool!
NEAT Pictures!
THANKS!

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Them's the pics https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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It also needed new paint because of the stickers and lettering, jim said. The adhesive on the stickers was not very friendly to factory laquer paint. Roger

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I'd be putting the stickers and lettering back on.. There are lots of fathom green 69 yenko camaros out there... but there would only be one "Gambler". Very cool original photos. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Jim sent me this pic of his car when it was still in drag trim. You can see in this pic why Jim put 1/4 panels on it. https://www.yenko.net/attachments/162946-IMAGE1.JPG

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You're right Charley - them ain't the quarters on the car now.

Wonder if he had the speedo hooked up at the track. Is it possible that many of those 3345 miles were put on a quarter mile at a time?

Thnaks for the cool photos Charley! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Totally Friggin cool!!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

Look at the back ground of this pic in my collection. Pretty cool! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif

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Does this mean the Nova had a 302 in it? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/rolleyes.gif

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What do you mean by that? I hear that the driver Ron Vaia put a Z28 crate motor in the car.

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This isn't a Yenko but it has possibilities of being a true low mile Find.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-CAMA...1QQcmdZViewItem

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What do you mean by that? I hear that the driver Ron Vaia put a Z28 crate motor in the car.

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I mentioned that because in the pictures,it looks like a "302" on the front part of the fender.

Make sense?

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Jim says that the pics on the right are when the car was brand new and headed to the drag strip for the first time. https://www.yenko.net/attachments/162948-IMAGE12.jpg

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What do you mean by that? I hear that the driver Ron Vaia put a Z28 crate motor in the car.


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I mentioned that because in the pictures,it looks like a "302" on the front part of the fender.

Make sense?


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No. The rolleyes Graemlin makes no sense.