1969 (COPO?) Camaro Information Search!

[Unreal]

William, are you saying some of the 69 Yenkos were rated at 450HP from the factory?

[William]

Nope. But he obviously knew they were rated @450hp at one time and felt justified in using the number in his marketing info.

Those were the old gross HP days anyways. Add the "as-installed" equipment [fan, alternator, etc.] and you have net hp, the real number. I recall maybe 10 years ago one of the mags did a feature on a L72 clone build-up and it just made the 425 number. Maybe the 450 was never real.

I'm aware that with today's rings and oil [and maybe cement pumped through the ports] an L72 can do better.

[twertsy]

Ok folks. Been a while. He found a couple pics. Notice the one where there appears to be id3ntical cars. His buddy bought the same color camaro with a 305? And dress3d it up to look exactly like my uncles. He would drive around and set up races then retu4n for the bad boy. He says no one ever suspected a thing!

[Justbad Joe]

Anyone notice an X11 to boot? What color interior did it have? Was it deluxe?
Joe

[al8apex]

I had a 307 LeMans blue 69 (my 1st 69) in 1973 ... vette rallys though, had the white pin stripes too (no shackles, we called the shackles hillbilly hi-jackers ... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] ) ... cool pics

[twertsy]

He also mentioned that he removed the valve covers one time and &quot;super high performance&quot; was stamped on the heads. Does that mean anything to you guys?

[neresto]

Sounds like an L72 copo with HI PERF cast in the iron heads, no such thing on the alum. heads. The $4700 sticker price range is correct for a iron block copo.

[twertsy]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: neresto</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sounds like an L72 copo with HI PERF cast in the iron heads, no such thing on the alum. heads. The $4700 sticker price range is correct for a iron block copo.</div></div>

I've spoken with him twice since your post. There are a LOT of things he's &quot;foggy&quot; on but the &quot;all aluminum engine&quot; isn't one of them. He's very adament about that. But, as you folks point out, there's a lot of points contradicting that. However, as you can see by the pic, we now have the plate number and the fuzz is on the case.

[neresto]

I see bait and switch street racing writen all over those 2 cars. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

[twertsy]

Thanks neresto, but still a pretty rare car right?