Thank You Tom and family - SCR5 was a great time

[JoeC]

Denis, Do you know if it came with headers and scatter shield? It appears that Dick Harrell and part of the Yenko Stinger crew were building some of the 67 Yenko Camaros and advertised them as AHRA legal cars. heres pic of rear view.

[JoeC]

another pic of the white 67 Yenko Camaro [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

[Denis]

Here's a snapshot of part of the original window sticker with the options for this particular car:



I just noticed now for the first time that the car is supposed to have chrome hood latches per the window sticker.

[JoeC]

Thanks Denis, it did have the headers and scatter shield. This is similar to the other 1967 Yenkos that Harrell did. I got a few tips this weekend on this info and will have to follow up on them.
I believe this wht 67 is an original "K" 375hp car. It just needed a short block swap but Yenko was set-up to do additional modification on the Stingers such as headers and safty items and appears to have done this with 1967 Yenko Camaros. Maybe under advice from Dick Harrell as to what is needed for AHRA. This is one theory anyway.

[Rat_Pack]

Joe, weren't they referring to the hood pins and not the factory latches being chromed? ..............RatPack..........................

[JoeC]

I would guess that they are refering to some type of aftermarket chrome hood pins which were a popular add on. On the "traction masters" - there are traction bars with the brand name "Traction Master" but from what I have seen Dick Harrell used a home made traction bar similar to a Bill Thomas design. The car may not have used the brand name Traction Master traction bars. They may mean "traction bars" instead of "Traction Masters". I am not 100% sure on this. Some Dana Camaros and Shelbys used the Traction Master traction bars but they were probably more expensive then the home made bars.

[Stefano]

Joe,
Did you talk to Bill Harrison (I believe that is his name). He was the guy running around on the motorized cart.

Anyway he confirmed that Dick Harrell was an employee of Nickey Chevrolet as they worked and raced together. He also stated that Harrell performed many more conversions for Fred Gibb than Don Yenko.

[hvychev]

I also found the "traction master" reference on the Yenko window sticker interesting. My father grew up in the 60's and he always refers to any type of traction bar device as "traction masters" even if they are not that exact brand. I always tell him that "they are not traction masters!" and he tells me that is what they used to call them back then. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[resto4u]

A few months ago, there was an ebay auction for traction masters. He claimed they were used on yenko's and motion cars. To bad i do not have that auction link. Maybe someone else on here remembers this. They has stickers on them that said "traction masters" Roger

[hvychev]

I also saw an auction on e-bay with actual NOS Traction Master brand bars that were for like a 55 Buick or something.Looked like they were actually from the 50's. Mabye someone else knows the deal with the Traction Master brand who is more knowledgeable in the "day 2" brands like whitetop?