Re: Reggie's COPO on ebay
Y.D.R.
I see you are from Douglassville. I have been there numerous times shopping at Merritt's Antiques. I went to Bowman Tech. back in 76-77 in Lancaster. One day while walking to school, a garnet red 69 Yenko Chevelle was parked on the side of the city street. I ran back to where I was staying, and grabbed my camera. I took three or four pictures of this car. It has black stripes on the SS hood. A bowtie emblem in the grill, 427 emblem on the front fender, and a Yenko badge on the fender, behind the front wheel. A real straight, rust free car at the time.
This brings me to why I took the pictures. In March of 76 I bought a 69 Camaro that had a 427 in it. I asked the second owner about the car. He said it was a 427 equipped Yenko. Well at the time Yenko didn't mean crap to me, or anyone else I knew. Information was scarce, so I went on this endless quest for knowledge. I took the pictures of the Chevelle for emblem locations, as my car didn't have any, and I thought this would be a good starting point.
Well the reason my car didn't have emblems is, it isn't a Yenko, just a COPO. My car however was purchased from Byrne Bros. Chevrolet, in White Plains, NY, and they also sold Yenko Camaros.
My VIN is #620924, body #259516 and it was built behind the 51st ZL1. It is garnet red, 4 speed, no vinyl top, no D80, It has 15,697 original miles. I am not ashamed to say, it doesn't have its original engine or trans (not my fault). The original rear is BE0317G2, and it still retains it original ring and pinion dated 2-69. The driveshaft has inline trunnions. I dismantled the whole car in 79, and basiclly it still looks the same today!!!!
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