68 Yenko Camaro

[rich p]

1968 Yenko Camaro RS Version,#30 car, Matador Red with Black Interior, 4 Speed(M21)PS,PB,spoilers,Documention on a Very Rare 68 Yenko Camaro.Of the 54 made only 6 made RS's. Very few known to exist.Coming out of private collection.More pics & info to qualified buyers. $115,000
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[rich p]

Sorry
68 Yenko Camaro's 64 Made and 6 RS's and 4 known to exist

[Stefano]

I thought that some of the new found Yenko Estate Docs pointed out that there were quite a few more '68 Yenko Camaros built than that those which were on the inventory lists?

Still ,very rare Super Cars today.

[BEAUMONTBILL]

Who has the new found yenko documents. Is there info on 68's that someone is willing to share. I need someones help.
Please let me know, thanks

[Chevy454]

Bill:

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[sYc]

Stefano; While the bulls eye on my back is still fresh [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] , here goes. According to the Yenko documents I have, there were a lot more '67 cars built/sold then once thought. The rest is just my opinion, based on what documents I have. '68, I do not have as much proof, but do feel that number may be incorrect as well. The '69 Camaros and Chevelles are close, on the '69 Novas, the jury is still out. New found paperwork and cars may may change that figure. The Deuces are also close.

Now, and this is my opinion, is now I see the picture. We all know who had the Yenko information first. But, from time to time, a car, with documentation would appear, but Vince would say it was not on the list. As this happened, time after time, I kept asking myself the same question. WHY. Then one day I was reading some of the Yenko articles. It suddenly came to me. Vince used the same numbers that Don had used in the often quoted, but very inaccurate 1987 article in, I believe MCR. I think most Yenko fanatics will agree that Don was just pulling facts and figures out of the sky. If Don was having trouble remembering the make up of a Yenko Chevelle, and missed the number of Camaros by 300, and even mis-spoke about the Stinger, how can we hang our hats on the exact figues of 54 and 64?

IMO, NO ONE has all of the records/information. My records, plus the new Nova info proves this. It was too much hit and miss in '67 and'68, and even in '69, on the Novas. Most records were hand written. Also, how many or what performance items had to be added to a car to be classified a Yenko? This one gray area could influence the numbers a lot. So, lets not get caught up in how many were built, but how many are left. Finally, I would love to put all of the paperwork (pieces of the puzzle) together and see what the final picture is. Tom

[69rsss350]

These last three cars posted by rich p seem to make my point. It IS all about the money. I'd lay odds they all end up in a board member or two's stables. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

[Chevy454]

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[JoeC]

I don't believe Yenko was just making up the numbers in the MCR interview. He was trying to answer the questions as best that he could remember but was crossing up the facts which is understandable since the events were many years previous. When Don said 500 COPO Camaros this was a number agreed on with Chevy and is the number that Jim M also remembered. He didn't remember that the original plans changed and Yenko ended up with only around 200. I believe Vinnce E said his paperwork shows the 54 and 64 totals for 67 and 68 but I will have to re-check this with Vinnce. The numbers that Yenko did get very creative with was in his correspondence with NHRA. He wrote Wally Parks a letter requesting NHRA Super Stock class certification for the 1967 427 Super Camaro. In this letter he provided NHRA with 107 vin numbers for 1967 Camaros he sold with 427 engines. I believe this was an exaggeration that Yenko made with encouragement from Chevy to get the car approved. In 1968 Yenko wrote another letter to NHRA stating he had plans to build 600 1968 427 Camaros and he would tag and serial number them. All through the history of racing there are examples where car production numbers were exaggerated to satisfy the sanctioning body rule book.
I have been doing research on the 67 Yenko Camaro and the ones I found so far that are on the list of 54 have the 375 hp codes on the trim tag. I have a theory that Yenko began recording the info when his 67 program got going with the 375 conversions but had some 350 conversions done by him or by others such as Dana. Warren told me he remembers pulling out the 350 engines on some 67 Camaros and there is the ad from 1966 where Dana and Yenko had some type of arrangement to sell 427 Camaros. There is also paperwork from Dick Harrell showing he did some of the 67 Camaro conversions and charged Yenko just for the labor. The 67 Yenko history is not very clear but I'm still working on it and have a few more leads to follow up on. Any info that can help would be greatly appreciated.

[Mike]

Tom,

Can you elaborate on this new Nova info. What is it?

Mike