Lowest milage 69 Yenko Camaro?

[camarojoe]

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[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Good point on the wheels and the WT in the ad Joe. The ad I posted is from yenko, but may have been just a re-type from a Stauffer ad.

Either way, I agree with you that most mag wheels installed by Yenko would have been the Atlas brand, but I would not put it past Yenko to install a set of Americans, ET's, Keystone's or Cragars

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[Mr70]

"but I would not put it past Yenko to install a set of Americans, ET's, Keystone's or Cragars


Would he have done this at his own discretion,or wait for the buyer to specify this?

[Supercar_Kid]

That would have definitely been done at customer discretion. Yenko went to the lengths of having his own American copies cast up by the folks at the Atlasburg foundry so that he could have a greater profit margin on the wheels. Unless a customer specifically demanded another brand, you can bet the aluminum wheels you got would be made by Atlas, since Yenko had plenty in stock (for years even following the supercar days per Warren Dernoshek) not to mention the fact that he made the most money on them. Warren has mentioned that Yenko got the Atlas wheels made up at a cost of close to half what Americans were going for in those days. He used Atlas because it made good business sense. Any other wheel Yenko'd be buying in a single set just like any other Joe off the street, with no volume discount, through no special connections with folks at ET, Cragar etc. unlike the friendly folks down the street who's sales rep happens to be a personal friend.

The fact about 68 tops being put on 69 Camaros down the street at Regency only supports the argument that Yenko used convenient, local, and inexpensive suppliers whenever and wherever possible. I'd need some real concrete proof to believe a 69 Yenko Camaro was sold new off the lot with anything other than Atlas or Rally wheels, unless they were something installed by the selling dealer and were not part of Yenko's conversion in Canonsburg. Other dealers like Colonial for sure had mag wheels on display stands in their showroom alongside Yenko cars. I might be able to believe that they may have been added at the point of purchase, but not by Yenko in Canonsburg, and even then there should be some paperwork noting the swap and credit for the rallys. I guess we need to speak with Jim.

[Charley Lillard]

Jim said Loyd bought the car on March 10 and the pics of it on trailer are dated about March 22 or 23. He will try to call Loyd tonight and ask him if the car came with the wheels new.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Good points Eric. We have paperwork showing a wheel change by Robert Chev. on a deuce. So, maybe the selling dealer installed the wheels on this camaro, but Yenko would install what the customer wanted.

[Charley Lillard]

Jim talked to Loyd, the orig owner. He invited him to visit this site. He bought the Mags at a local speed shop. The Yenko came new with Rally Wheels. He does not remember the brand of mag.