Re: Yenko Survivors
As long as production numbers seem to be the topic of the day, here's something to get you thinking. I met with Jack Douglas recently and we got to talking about how many Yenkos and COPOs he sold. It seems some of the"COPOs" he sold have turned up being presented as Yenkos. He said very specifically that he had, with Don Yenko's knowledge, turned 28 COPOs into Yenkos. He had found out how to order the "double COPOs" and made a deal with Don to buy the stripe kits at $400. each to convert the cars himself as needed. The choice was up to the buyer, a COPO with rallys and hockey stick stripe. or the same car with Yenko stripes & badging for $400. more. In '69 that was alot of money for different stripes. Have any of these "Yenko" cars been included in Yenko figures? Has anyone bought a car presented as a Yenko that was really a COPO sold at Jack Douglas?
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