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#1
12-03-2005, 04:49 AM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
Met with Larry tonight (yes, we've now met)...that's another story in itself...got pics, will post them as soon as I downsize them...some numbers of interest that I found:
VIN off of car is 124379N615312, the axle stamping is BE0306 (easy to see with mirror but very difficult to take a picture, hold a mirror and flashlight and sucking in my gut under the car), Fisher Body number is 219789, engine pad stamping as noted in previous pics is TO304MN and the stamping on the engine by the oil filter is 19N615312...barley legible that I couldn't get it to show up in pics. The block casting number I couldn't make out. Its got the holes for the tach monitor and tach...odometer show 45556 miles. He also mentioned the car has the original numbers matching trans (didn't look but shoulda)...pics coming soon... Oh yeah...the big day is December 15...met some guys from the far east with a funny accent (Boston)...one guy was worse than a kid in a candy store...he was practically leading me around the parts by the cuff of my jacket...great guys...
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12-03-2005, 05:00 AM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
Gotta love that nice firewall paint fade. Oh if I could do it over again...
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12-03-2005, 05:16 AM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
So we'll all be waiting on the story with Larry.
What's with the big day?
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#4
12-03-2005, 05:26 AM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
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What's with the big day? [/ QUOTE ] That is the day of the auction...there is a reserve, but he wouldn't devulge Also, no Yenko Deuce to be found...here some pics for starters... PICS
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#6
12-03-2005, 05:58 AM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
Larry said original owner states it was sold new through Broadway in Green Bay as a Yenko. Larry also gave me the names of all the owners. Anybody want to get an NICB on this one. Owner history goes...original owner bought it from Broadway in Green Bay then traded it in for an Oldsmobile the next year and the car was then put on a wholesale lot where the 2nd owner bought it, but went into the service in 1971 and sold it to "Dumpster Don" until Larry bought it this past fall...
It was crazy how many 074 (round exhaust port ones) and 392 aluminum big block heads there were and how many of them were in the box yet...corvette big brakes...trannies (lot of m21s)...it was very interesting, it's a different experience than seeing the pictures cause you can actually appreciate the large quantity of good stuff...
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#7
12-04-2005, 05:14 AM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
I have a few questions reguarding the orange Yenko.
Why doesn't it have the SYC head rest covers? Are the rear emblems misaligned or am I just being thrown off? How come the driver side fender doesn't appear to have ever had a Yenko emblem on it? Why does the stripe run so far forward to the front? I'm no Yenko expert, but I thought some of these things looked out of place based on what I've seen. Is it possible this is just a COPO? Again, I'm not the expert and I was just wondering. Thanks guys. 
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#8
12-04-2005, 05:48 AM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
--------While what you say is notable, it appears that this cars history is almost written in stone. Its much more likely under the circumstances, being unrestored and pretty much un-cared for all these years, that the car just went thru early ownership trauma as probably 98% of all these old cars did back in the day. They were used hard and put away wet for the most part and often early owners made changes that they wanted to make because they wanted to, not because a group of knowledgeable people were lurking around telling them what was right or wrong!
--------Accidents happened all the time back then with that kind of horsepower on tap and the very best body shop in the area wasnt always available to bring the car back to absolutely new condition. Often the owners didnt care quite as much as we now know they should have about the "aesthetics". It was more important to get the car operational again, quickly. Friday nights came around fast back then and a guy had to have his ride ready for battle!!! --------Oh, and the Yenkos rear emblems are all like that on 1969 Camaros as far as I know...........Bill S
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#9
12-05-2005, 05:02 PM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
Why is the VIN not listed here? Is there a typo on the list as it is one VIN off the car shown on the list.
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/show...0/page/0#76004 Body number is three away from mine so it seems pretty certain it was part of the batch ordered by Yenko.
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#10
12-05-2005, 05:25 PM
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Re: Just saw this in Old Cars Weekly
Since not all of the Yenko inventory sheets have been circulated there are still missing vin numbers. This car is on page 5 of the Yenko Camaro inventory sheets.I don't think this page has been circulated and not all the vin numbers are known.
Mark
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