1969 dana / yenko cooperative effort

[ceb]

The owner never tried to pass this car off to me for anything more that he thought it was and that was a old clone of a yenko. The oddities of the car were interesting and my investigating. I cant say for sure on the engine bay but there is alot of paint crazing and flaking. The car has been repainted at one time but done along time ago. Like I said I am making no claims just seeking info.

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backed the car back out for pics -- better quality photos --
The original interior is present in the car and in nice condition -- a small seperation on one headrest -- I am going to remove the back seat to see if there is a buildsheet or paperwork -- the car has a black comfort weave interior

[Kurt S]

What's the date on the axle?
How many fuel lines?

[Charley Lillard]

Also I don't think the big block tachs went to 8K, fan shroud is a replacement.

[markus37]

I will make a brief addition to this...In researching my next Yenko book..... I uncovered documents and Don's handwritten notes about a planned 1969 West Coast build location. Details in the book. Am behind on production but about ready to print soon.

[jimbo]

If it was ordered as an SS350, why would it have a 375 hp emission label and a rear end consistent to a big block?

Looks like a small block heater box.

Firewall has been painted. Brake booster, master, wiper motor and even the ballast resistor have been painted over.

[William]

Why would Yenko or Dana convert an SS350? By March 1969 Yenko was on the hook for several hundred COPO 9561 Camaros. He could have easily had one shipped to DANA for less than it cost to convert one. How is a BV 4.10 axle ‘consistent with a big block’ when thousands of Z/28s were built with one? I spent 15 years involved with a Camaro parts business; repro Yenko emblems were available over 25 years ago. Also during that time we sold lots of original parts. YH & XT wheels, 837 alternators, BU & BV axles [2 BEs] DZ engines all installed on other cars. The presence of an original dated part on a restoration does not mean it was born there. All they are is “correct.”

The tach and dated axle leads me to speculate it may have been a Z/28 someone stuffed a 427 in. Long shot; check the top of the fuel tank for a broadcast copy.

I’m with GTO Don-I believe it is exactly what you were told-a clone.