Were there ever any Yenko or motion cars built that had A/C ?

[ed427vette]

At least 1 Phase III GT Corvette came with AC. The one that has been featured in all the Vette magazines in 1993/94 that Joel Rosen owns, the Daytona Yellow one with Black stripes. I think a few of them came with AC. These cars were made for touring as well as racing.
Ed

[69motion]

i heard there were 5 68 yenkos with ac a freind of mine owned a 68 with ac the last time i saw the car it was red with lace paint on it he moved to fla in 81 and sold it to a guy named tim im still trying to find him any help would be apric. jeff ps all i have is a couple of pics of car and one of 140 speedo with tic toc tac

[Mr4speed]

e-mail me 69 motion,I may be able to find the car you are looking for.
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thanks
jeff

[Chevy454]

I was reading an old Super Stock & Drag Illustrated magazine today, and I ran across something interesting. It was the August '69 issue, where the Yenko Chevelle was tested. In the article, it states that the car they tested was not the car they originally planned to test. They said the car they were supposed to get had an L-72 with AIR CONDITIONING! Here is what the article says:

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>"Originally, we had planned to bring out a Chevelle equipped with air conditioning and the Turbohydramatic box. Our premise, and Yenko's, was to show that comfort and speed can go hand in hand. That particular unit we had in mind was inadvertently sold, however, so we opted for the straight L-72 with 2.20 first gear four-speed and standard 4.10 rear."<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I am assuming the a/c car was a demonstrator car that had a/c dealer installed, but...? Did they normally sell there demonstrator cars?

[JoeC]

That could be a simple misunderstanding or it can be that Yenko built up an AC 396 car. Unless one turns up with documentation, it is difficult to believe. I don't think Chevy would build a solid lifter AC car in 1969. That article is great and has great original pictures. Notice there are no 427 decals on the air filter lid.

[bkhpah]

The 69 road test's from SS&DI July and August are great articles, but have mistakes. They also mention that the cars have duel point distributors. This is not correct. As for A/C in a 69 Yenko, I have never seen that.
BKH

[Unreal]

Another issue, which I had to deal with on my tribute car, which will be an air car, since my car was originally SB with air. The 840 heads do not have the three bosses for the lower A/C bracket. It has the upper forward one, but not the upper rear one, or the lower one. I modified an original big block bracket, to pick up two manifold bolts. It works, and looks stock from the top of the engine, but if you look close, you can see the fabrication. I don't know if all Yenkos used 840's or if the last batch used the 291's. Did the 291's have the bosses?