1968 Yenko Copo Camaro/ Non converted car

[Belair62]

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I have just located a 1968 Yenko Camaro 9737 car. This car was sold unconverted. It was a 396/375 car. It was a COPO that did not receive the 427 conversion. It is a very low mile car. Original MV 396 is gone, but I think the rest of the driveline is intact. What is the thoughts of board members on a unique car like this. Supercar or not?...BKH


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Brian; Neat car. I am assuming that this is the car that you had me research a while back. As per being a supercar, I would say yes. To me, it is the same as the 1968 396/375 automatic Gibb Novas that were not switched to 427s. Both are special in their own way. Yours with the 9737 COPO (Yenko) package and the Gibb cars with their COPO auto trans. To me, these cars represent the start of what I consider COPO built supercars.

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Tom Clary


[/ QUOTE ] If this is the same car in this whole thread...why the turnaround of opinion....

[sYc]

Until a couple of days ago, I "assumed" that the car was sold new at Yenko. But, when I learned that it was sold new at Kenny Ross, and that the original owner did not suspect it to be a Yenko, until now, just wonder if it is a Yenko. Appears it is a 9737 COPO, which yes, would be a supercar, in the same sense as the Gibb cars.

Until now, I/we had assumed any car with the 9737 option, special trim tag, were Yenkos, but that may, or may not be the case. And I certaintly do not know.

[Unreal]

Tom Billigen made the comment that he bought the car in September 1968 at Kenny Ross, and had no idea it was a Yenko car. In fact, he said he assumed all L78's had the 140 speedo. All of us who lived in Pgh at the time knew about Yenko, so unless Tom crawled from under a rock the day he bought the car from Kenny Ross, it's fair to assume his car had no Yenko sticker on the window, and no yenko badging. Since the 69's were about to be introduced, dealers would be clammering to unload 68's. It is reasonable to assume that Yenko transferred this car to Kenny Ross in the same manner as he would have transferred an Impala station wagon.

Is this a Supercar? In my opinion, a 9737 without the L72 engine transplant is no more a supercar than the 70 Camaro with the COPO spoiler. I mean no disrespect to anyone's car. In fact I, personally would prefer to have an unconverted COPO 9737 L78 than a Yenko conversion. (resale value aside) But it's up to other, much more involved folks than I, to determine if it should be considered a Supercar.

In any case, I am glad for Tom to have his old car back, and hope he can reunite it with the original L78 motor.

[JoeC]

would be intersting to see what dealer is shown on NICB info

[sYc]

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would be intersting to see what dealer is shown on NICB info

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Yep, that it would. If Yenko, new info on non-converted Yenko cars, or if Kenny Ross, new info about possible non-Yenko '68 COPOs.

[Chevy454]

Unreal: how do you view the '68 9738 Novas?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

We had assumed that any 9737 '68 Camaros were ordered through sYc - especially since the COPO was still called Sports Car Conversion - Yenko! So, we also assumed that in order for a COPO car to end up at Kenny Ross that it had to be dealer trxfrd from Yenko, maybe not, but most likely that's the only way another dealer would get one. An NICB would certainly clear that up for good!

Obviously, the car is not a Yenko though, it's a non-converted copo, and I'm assuming will be restored as such??

[T Billigen]

I never "assume" anything. I can't remember what the window sticker said. I only became interested in the background when Huber was restoring his 68 Yenko. A lot of the options that were on his car were on my old car. I even went down to the owners garage and looked at the cowl tag and interior to make sure what I remembered was indeed there and it was. This was in 1992 so I have been keeping an eye on the car for along time, when I got the oportunity I bought it! The bottom line is I know what it is and I now own it again!!! And it is the same car as in the thread

[Charley Lillard]

I never got the impression that Tom was claiming it was a Yenko. Just that he was certain that it was a 9737 Yenko option car. One would then assume that it would have been a Dealer Trade since we haven't heard of anybody else ordering the 68 9737 option outside of Yenko. It sounds like a Cool car and I'm glad you got it back.

[T Billigen]

Thanks Charly, If it is a "KENNY ROSS" COPO, it would be the only one in existance.