Meet the Mean Ones!

[camarojoe]

I personally always wondered why the early cars had 140 speedometers, yet there were no in-dash tachs until the May built cars...I always figured it was probably a factor of Yenko being "cheap" and assuming he could install SW units cheaper than GM would sell him a factory in-dash tach, but doesn't explain why there was ever such an item as a speedometer that read to 140mph... Even more odd is the fact that the 68 L78 COPOs had these 140 mph units too.

[sYc]

My guess would be Don's road race mentality. After all, COPO 9737 is more of a road race type package then a drag race package.

[JoeC]

hard to say why Don did some of the things he did but also some things may have been directed by Chevy engineering. As Tom said Yenko was always thinking SCCA road racing and the Yenko Camaros were sort of like 427cuin Z/28s. Maybe Chevy engineering designed the car for high speed use like the COPO police cars which also had 140 speedos. Maybe Chevy wanted it in the COPO Camaro but then why didn't the Chevelle get the 140 speedo?
I am still trying to figure out why Don ordered rear antenna on the Yenko Chevelles.

[Supercar_Kid]

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I am still trying to figure out why Don ordered rear antenna on the Yenko Chevelles.

[/ QUOTE ] Maybe just because it looked cool and was what Don was used to having on his Corvettes?

[Chevy454]

Wasn't the rear, telescoping antenna standard with the AM radio, while the front, fixed mast antenna was for the AM/FM...

[JoeC]

69 Chevelle rear antenna was an extra cost option on AM only not available on AM FM. Probably only cost Don a few dollars to add but Don was always trying to keep the price down so seems odd to add it. I am glad he did because it does look cool.

[Chevy454]

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I am still trying to figure out why Don ordered rear antenna on the Yenko Chevelles.

69 Chevelle rear antenna was an extra cost option on AM only not available on AM FM.

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According to our "1969 Chevrolet Passenger Car Prices" guide, on a Chevelle equipped with an AM radio (as the Yenko Chevelles were) the rear antenna was only $9.50 while the front antenna was $61.10...as suspected, Don was just keepin' the cost down.