Original owner picture 67 Yenko/Harrell Camaro
 

This is a picture from new of the 67 Yenko/Harrell royal plum Camaro that we are currently restoring...BKH

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I am dying to see that car! You are killing me here. LOL

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It should see the bottom painted this week. I will post as soon as we update. The body is almost ready..BKH https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Whttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gifW...earlier today I was going to pose a question asking about how this car is coming along too..

Is this THE 1'st Yenko Camaro...or is the '68 you guys are working on that's the first I'm thinking of?.

And what hood did/does the '67 have?.
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~ Pete

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The car looked like a birthday party the way it was repainted.

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True,but one of the best 67 cars out there!

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I doubt this is the first Harrell/Yenko built. But #706 makes it VERY early. And yes, the car had some serious paint. ..BKH
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glad you got this picture posting thing down pat https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif
got any jdy action shots??

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Three of the JDY you may have never seen..BKH https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h5.../DSC01604a.jpghttp://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h5.../DSC01606a.jpg
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We are also working on '68 Yenko Camaro 8002. The original prototype an No.1 car. The '67 did not get a special hood other than the stock SS style. Harrell did install the hood pins on the '67 car. Along with a host of other items I will go over later...BKH

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Love seein those old pics

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Three of the JDY you may have never seen..BKH https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Whats with the stripes? Was it from a prior resto? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif
Joe

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Looks like the "before" shots to me...... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/scholar.gif


Steve

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Good question about the stripes. Here is what we have found out since the resto. We all know the story of the JD Yenkos. Not all the additional cars had the Yenko stripes. It appears that perhaps 4 different versions of JD cars were sold. I have talked to original owners, an have seen period pictures to help with this question. Fully striped versions of Douglass/Yenkos were sold, how many is a guess. There is a version that has dealer installed hockey stripe with the Yenko medallions on the top side of the fender above the crease. Another version like we did Chris's that would retain the original X11 fender pin striping with the Yenko crests, and finally a bone stock Douglass double COPO. We felt very stong that Chris had the X11 stripe version. As more evidence is found out, we can always add to Chris car if indeed his had the full stripes. It's far easier to add than subtract. For now they sit in his trunk. We all felt this was the best way to show this car. To me its every bit as nice and to some even more interesting. Douglass cars were ordered just a bit fancier than the Yenko conterparts. Just another version of a very beautiful car. I hope that clears it up somewhat...BKH
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Wow - That's the first time I've seen a full pic of that car. Very, very https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/drool.gif nice

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-----Brian,,,Is there a former owner of that yellow car by the name of George Weathered??? George found one of the Jack Douglass yellow COPO Yenko cars in Downers Grove back when Classic Motors was located in one of Billy Jacobs buildings in Joliet. Before George worked for us at Classic he was a service writer at Jack Douglass Chevrolet for quite awhile. He did a pretty decent job of restoring the car for the time (1980ish). The one thing I remember is that he took brand new factory quarters (there wasnt anything else) and cut them about an inch down from the fender peak to install them. The reason Im asking all the questions is that George put the Yenko stripes on even though the car didnt come delivered with them. George also was the first person I knew that had Yenko emblems reproduced. Ive often wondered what happened to that car.........Bill S

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Maybe Shor can chime in here, but I think that sounds about right. I really think that after Yenko had his "meeting" with JD more Douglass cars looked like Shorts. Thats the information I have come up with....BKH

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Hey, NICE timing!
I took delivery of my camaro six years ago today! 2/12/02!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll post when i get home tonight!

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Here are a couple of polaroids that someone gave to me at vettefest when they saw the car there.
This was an original owner of a Jack Douglass Yenko Camaro.
His name is Dwayne Tomley or twomley(sp?), i cant find my notes right now.
Bill, my car was owned by Dana Mecum, and a Dana Sublett before him. (two Dana's, what are the odds!)
Dana Sublett repaired and painted the car in 89, including rear half quarters.


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repair order from 89


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-------Hmmmm!!! That would mean that it would have been repaired and painted twice in about 8 to 10 years. While possible I wouldnt think that would be likely. Does anyone know how many yellow douglass COPO cars were delivered??? How about how many are still around???........Bill S

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-------Hmmmm!!! That would mean that it would have been repaired and painted twice in about 8 to 10 years. While possible I wouldnt think that would be likely. Does anyone know how many yellow douglass COPO cars were delivered??? How about how many are still around???........Bill S

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ZL1 #4 shares space with a Daytona Yellow Douglass Yenko Camaro. It is a Canonsburg car and is loaded: automatic, special front bumper, vinyl top, power steering, console, radio, style trim and special interior group. It has to be one of if not the highest optioned Yenkos.

It may well be the car in the famous photo of Yenkos' lot circa 1969.

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What is the date on that photo Chris? Did the car in the pic sell new from Douglass with the hockey stripes? Did that car have any Yenko badges? I don't see any on the fenders, but maybe the rear tailpanel? How many yellow COPOs did Jack Douglass sell? (oops, I see Bill already asked the same question!)

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It was my understanding that the car you refer to was not a Canonsburg delivered car, and, is not on the Yenko sheets. Has information emerged that changes that? Great car in any event. Just curious if it is a Douglass Yenko, or, a Yenko that was shipped to Douglass from Yenko.

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Joe, the pictures are dated 1972.
The car in that polaroid had those "hockey stripe" stripes.
I dont think they are factory, though for a couple of reasons
I have spoken to three original owners of Jack Douglass Yenkos.
Here is what I know from first hand accounts.
1)Nick M. says that when he bought his/my Yenko chevelle that day, there were also 2 yellow Yenko 427 Camaros on the lot.
Both Camaros did NOT have Yenko stripes.
He is positive.
They did have Yenko emblems and Yenko window stickers. though.
2)Nicks friend bought one of them that day. That is the car that Richard M. now owns and it is currently sporting Yenko stripes which is incorrect for that car.(to each his own).
3)Dwayne Tomley, (the one in those polaroids) took delivery of his JD Yenko Camaro brand new in the summer of 69. It had those funky hockey stripes and a rear Yenko crest. It did NOT have syc on the headrests though.

My car is an 05D car and Dwayne bought his in the summer of 69 and Nick and his friend bought them in 11/69.
My camaro could be the one dwayne bought, or it could be the one nick saw(and test drove)or it could be another one. I have no idea at this point.

My Vin is one digit away from Richard M. car so I "think" that they may have been the 2 yellow ones on the lot that day on 11/69....i just don't know.(dwayne does not have any paperwork, so he does not know his vin.

I decided to restore my car as it came from the factory, with its x11 pin stripe. I like the clean look better and I have always liked ZL1 number 3, so that is why I did that.
A couple of chitown members swear my car came with the Yenko stripes, Mike G included, but for now, my decals just sit in the trunk, as I like the cleaner look better.
Interestingly enough, on the repair order from 89 (see last attachment) one of the quote lines reads"remove and re-apply decals)....maybe bruce can grap it off of my post, and recrop it correctly.
I will say that Mike G. and John. P, are really the resident experts on all things Jack Douglass.
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/flag.gifand respect anything they might want to add.

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So i take it that it's not known how many yellow COPO camaro's came out of Jack Douglass? If so I think it would make it easier to figure out what's what.

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I think JD took direct GM delivery of 4 yellows.

Mike, my vin ends in 313, what is yours?

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I'm not certain, but I don't think you could get a D90 hockey stripe on an X11 car, as the X11 already got the pinstripes as part of the trim package, and they wouldn't put both stripe options on the same car...not sure if you could have deleted the pinstripes and ordered the D90 stripes instead. I want to say you couldn't, but I'm not certain. I do think you could get them as an option on any base model car though, as in an X44, COPO or otherwise.

The yellow car in the '72 pics looks to be an X11 car, yet i don't see pinstripes... so maybe you COULD delete them and order the D90 hockey sticks...maybe the whole car was repainted by 72..I doubt that, but heck if I know...I wasn't born til '75. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gifhttps://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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Thanks for the compliment Chris, but, I make no such claim. I do know Jack Douglass very well, and, actually went to the dealership in '69 when the cars were there for sale. I have had many in depth conversations with Jack about what went on at the dealership during the heyday of high performance. I have related most of those facts in the past years, so, I don't see how rehashing it all will be a benefit. Most of what we discuss regarding these cars includes a lot of "I thinks", and, "maybes". I don't think that will ever change. Although I'm not at home, and, don't have my VIN or title search info with me, I do know that my car was in the western & southwestern suburbs of Chicago until it was sent to Wisconsin in, I believe, the late 70s. The first wisconsin title lists the word Yenko in the model box, and, it had Yenko stripes over original paint according to the first Wisconsin owner. Who put them on & when, I don't know. Maybe Bill can remember the name of the guy who supposedly was converting all the old Douglass COPOs to Yenkos in the 80s, and, we can try to find him. With Bill's memory for dates, people's names & cars, that shouldn't be too hard. One thing that seems to be fairly consistent is that stripes or not, the people buying the cars thought they were buying Yenko Camaros. The stripes were an extra cost option [approx. $400] so, some people opted for them, and, some did not. My recollection is that there were both D90 striped, AND, Yenko striped cars available for sale. Take your pick. Just pay 400 more for a car with exactly the same equipment except for different stripes. $400 was a lot of money, so, it stands to reason that not everyone would go for the full Yenko stripe package since it didn't make it any faster. Some guys were into go & some were more into show. Same as today. I think maybe.

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Here you go Chris...

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-----Mike,,,Im not sure my memory is as good as you think, but I am putting a call in to George as soon as I can track down a phone #, and he may be able to shed some light on this subject. He may have the serial # for the Yellow car he had as he is a very organised type of guy. We will see.........Bill S

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I have Georges number at home right now I am in Florida, when I get home I will relay the number to Shor. Every original Douglass car has the crest on the tail panel. I also have pictures early on of the other White Yenko and it hasd the crests on the tail panel and the above the body line on the front fender. The pictures were from early 80s when BOBBY johnson found the car from there it went into the Otis Chandler cfollection now Gary Licko in Florida owns the car. It was not original paint but the eblem placement on that car and my car were the same, our body numbers were only one number apart and Shors were 3 numbers away it seems all theese cars were cosecutive.
When I delivered my Whit Yenko to Wayne last weekend I noticed how the 68 Yenko had the crest above the Fender line also maybe thats why they did it. Yenko did sell 68 Yenko Camaros.
I do not know if my car originally came with stripes but I know according to Don Yenkos notes Jack paid him royality on every car to become one so to me by putting them on is no different then puuting them on a Cannonsburg Yenko that was deliverd without them. I might be partial but I really think it is the best looking Yenko out there.

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That would be great Bill. I knew we could count on you. I marvel at your ability to recall so many details about the cars you have seen, and, the people who have crossed your path over the years. Mike

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I just found the number and sent it to Shor

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Hey Chris, in the circa 72 pictures is the "Camaro" fender script missing?

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Very interesting and informative thread. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif

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I never gave much thought to what stripes came on my car when new, but I was told that all of the Berger cars came with the D-90 stripes on them. There is an RS OG X11 car in the photo gallery that has pin stripes, but I don't whose car that is. All of the other Berger cars I've seen pictures of had the D-90 hockey stick stripe.
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My X-11 COPO has the D90 stripe. Sold from Whit Chevrolet.

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Factory installed or by dealer/owner?

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I have seen an original Paint Berger X11 Double COPO with the D90 Stripe. We can also ask Kevin DeWitte as the original owner of his Berger X11 Double Copo with D90 stripes, how his car was equipped when new.

I hear that his COPO has survived the years much better than he has, but maybe his Nurse can help him type a response https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif