Green Yenko Camaro at Carlisle GM Show

[PeteLeathersac]

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[The trim tag told me all I needed to know. It was a Nov of 68 with X codes and D80.



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Didn't know this part...you must've seen the car first hand?.

What Paceme is indicating is since X-Codes began around the second week of Dec and D80 later yet, a Nov. '68 tag w/ these has been altered or is a repop..

~ Pete

[Musclecars4me]

Yes Pete I owned the Tan 1966 Hemi Coronet four door sedan.
The car was very rusty and I decided to sell it and a couple of other Mopars when Chrysler introduced the Viper GTS coupe in 1996.
The car is owned by a fellow in Los Vegas now. He also owns the red 66 Coronet four door.

From what I could tell in the short time I looked for information on the green car at Carlisle the VIN feel a few days short of the the end of November recorded VINs. This concurred with the trim tag's 11D date code. The trim tag did contain X22 but I did not remember the D30 code being there.
The POP engine code I believe was JH (396/375) and I am pretty sure the rear end code on the POP was CE, which matched the rear housing. According to the POP the car was sold April 4 1969 to a resident of Canonsburg, Pa from the Yenko dealership.
I will be asking the owner for more information in the next couple of days.

[Jeff H]

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Yes Pete I owned the Tan 1966 Hemi Coronet four door sedan.
The car was very rusty and I decided to sell it and a couple of other Mopars when Chrysler introduced the Viper GTS coupe in 1996.
The car is owned by a fellow in Los Vegas now. He also owns the red 66 Coronet four door.

From what I could tell in the short time I looked for information on the green car at Carlisle the VIN feel a few days short of the the end of November recorded VINs. This concurred with the trim tag's 11D date code. The trim tag did contain X22 but I did not remember the D30 code being there.
The POP engine code I believe was JH (396/375) and I am pretty sure the rear end code on the POP was CE, which matched the rear housing. According to the POP the car was sold April 4 1969 to a resident of Canonsburg, Pa from the Yenko dealership.
I will be asking the owner for more information in the next couple of days.

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What Steve is saying is that it's a fake trim tag. There were no X coded trim tags in Nov of 68 and the D80 did not show up until later as well. So if you still look at the car, get lots of quality pictures to try and verify things and don't do anything quickly without some help. It doesn't sound like a real Yenko.

[COPO]

I think "D80" began showing up starting on 05D cars.

[Musclecars4me]

OK I checked my notes on the car.
There was no 'D80' code on the cowl tag.

The rear end code was 'BE' not CE as previously stated.

The X22 code was there and the date on the cowl tag was 11D.

What was the date that the X codes started being used?

Aside from the 11D date what else on the cowl tag would indicate the date of body production? Is there a sequence to the numbers assigned to body production?

Thamks in advance.

[budnate]

Rick, not trying to be a smarty pants but you should save this link for CRG, it will help answer questions for you and is a great ref for other first gen cars you may look at.

B.

http://www.camaros.org/index.shtml

[Musclecars4me]

Hi Bud
Thank you for the link.
Very informative.

I have only made it through a couple of pages so far but great information.

Thanks again.

I owe you several Canadians.

[Steve Shauger]

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OK I checked my notes on the car.
There was no 'D80' code on the cowl tag.

The rear end code was 'BE' not CE as previously stated.

The X22 code was there and the date on the cowl tag was 11D.

What was the date that the X codes started being used?

Aside from the 11D date what else on the cowl tag would indicate the date of body production? Is there a sequence to the numbers assigned to body production?

Thamks in advance.

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I looked at many cars at Carlisle, so possibly I was mistaken regarding D80(wish I would have taken a pic of the tag). Based on what you have learned do you believe it is a Yenko, and are you pursuing the car? X code date =12B


Also if you have the VIN and body # please share that so it can be documented as not being a yenko.

[Unreal]

Are there any known X22 COPOs?

[Musclecars4me]

In 35 years of playing with Muscle Cars I have learned that there seldom is a black and white answer to a question or a issue concerning mass produced cars. There always seems to be varying shades of grey and I learned a long long time ago to never say never and never be quick to judge.

This car certainly warrants further investigation. In discussing the car with several people at the show there were some people that felt it could be real.
I personally do not know enough yet to form an opinion.

I do appreciate the comments and information from the board members both posted and in PMs.


Thanks again.