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We have got to keep in mind that Don Yenko was above all else a business man. Remember he was a dealer owner and I am probably not the first to tell you that they are the farthest thing from the patron saint of anything! TRUST ME!! We know that he created some of the most awesome muscle cars ever but remember he was out to make a buck. If I read the above posts right I think copolocater mentioned about the profit he made above and beyond the stripes. Shor mentioned that he recived $400 per car. Guys to let you know that was a lot of money for stripes and badges! I would be happy in 2002 to make that profit on a whole car let alone for a stripe kit in 1969. What did they cost in 69 all of $50-$75 dollars?! I think that was a very heafty royalty for the use of his name and stripe scheme because GM provided the rest (COPO PKG). If they sold 25 COPO's and all were sold/marketed as "Yenko's" at $400 a pop x 25 that comes to $10,000!! Well compensated. If everything that I read about Jack Douglass is right in the past year that I have been a member of this site and they sold their COPO's with a Yenko Stripe kit, and paid $400 per car, and their was never a known legit lawsuit/beef between Jack and Don regaurding a copyright infringement than IMO THEY ARE TRUE YENKO CAMAROS!! I for one would actually perfer one of the Douglas cars because they were unleashed on to the world in my own backyard of the Windy City! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]