Re: Meet the Mean Ones!
Can anyone help me with a timetable of when Yenko began receiving and converting the '69 COPO cars? I know the first X66 Camaros were early January '69 build dates, which makes me think they would have arrived at Yenko sometime towards the end of January early February of '69.
What are the build dates on the earliest '69 COPO Chevelles found, and how about the builds on the known '69 L-78 Novas that were used as the basis for the sYc conversions?
I'm assuming the COPO Camaros were in Canonsburg first? Does this mean Yenko got the idea to do 427 Chevelles and Novas as an afterthought to the '69 COPO Camaro?
Are Yenko's COPO Chevelles the first built? Did any other dealers receive COPO Chevelles with Sports Car Conversion and get the 15" Ralley Wheels, etc?
It's interesting that there were no known L-78 Chevelle or Nova 427 conversions done in '68, like the dozens of Camaros that were being built. It's surprising there aren't even any documented customer requests for one, with Motion and other shops doing 427 installs you'd think someone in Canonsburg would want a 427 put in something other than a Camaro in '68.
Is there any existing correspondence between Yenko and GM requesting the special sway bars and 140 speedo that the 9561/9737 Camaros would recieve? I still can't figure out why Don would think the 140 speedo was worth the extra cost of having it designed, calibrated, and implemented under his own COPO #, and if it was so important, why only on the Camaros and not on Chevelles or Novas.
Is there any paperwork from GM specifically denying a request for a factory installed L-72 in a Nova? Don claims GM wouldn't build them, but how do we know he even asked? Maybe there simply wasn't a great enough demand for them to warrant purchasing the quantity GM would require of a COPO order.
These are all interesting questions that I have never gotten a straight answer to. Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
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