1969 Yenko Camaro Stripe Placement

[COPO]

Here's a link that might interest you regarding the Douglas COPO's http://www.copo.com/L72-VIN-69-Douglas-Camaro.htm

[copo69]

That's interesting.... a Dover White car. Could Douglas have added stripes to cars that were not in Yenko's color scheme?

[Stefano]

COPO69:
According to Jack Douglas, he did not sell any COPO Camaros without the Yenko stripes and Badges. Since he was placing the orders direct, there was no restriction on color and most options.

[JoeC]

Did Douglas Chevy add the Hurst Duel gate shifter to the TH400 cars? Did he sell any COPO Chevelles?

[NWYENKO]

Could the Dover White car be the one of interest in the first issue of Chevy Rumble magazine?? Owner claimed it was a Yenko.

[Kurt S]

I've also heard that Douglas striped the cars as Yenkos with Don's approval. Douglas was in the Yenko network, sold some of the Yenkos from PA, and bought the stripe kits.
But I didn't know that all Douglas COPO's were striped.
Reputedly, there are some original paint Douglas Yenkos out there.

[Edited by Kurt S (10-25-2001 at 11:24 AM).]

[Stefano]

NWYENKO:
'Chevy Rumble' I am not familiar. Please provide info on the magazine and the car, if you can.

Thanks

[sixtiesmuscle]

I don't agree with the contention that ALL Douglas COPOs got Yenko stripes. I just met with a good friend who bought a COPO Camaro from Douglas with sports car conversion package and "hockey stick" stripe. I am looking at a picture of it when new as I type. He remembers pretty well how there was a line of cars, including Camaros, Chevelles, and Novas infront of the dealership. All you had to do was pick a color. He was offered a choice of the Yenko version, or the one he bought, with a $400 premium placed on the Yenko. When I spoke with Jack Douglas about a year ago, he told me that $400. was what he had to pay Yenko for the stripes & badges in order to have Don Yenko approve his making up his own official Yenkos. Since he was the authorized agent, and the cars were identical as if they had come from Yenko, why shouldn't they do it. It worked for both parties. I know there is resistance to consider these cars "real" because they didn't pass through PA., but certainly there should be some value placed on these cars over a similar, "regular" COPO. They clearly are not "clones" in the sense that the word is used today. We have discussed this issue before, but, as new info arises, it is worthy of new discussion. IMO, if somebody can verify that a car was SOLD NEW by Douglas as a bonified Yenko Camaro, that car deserves to be striped & badged. It needs to be considered as a "DOUGLAS YENKO" but, the original owner [and every owner since] had/has a right to view it as the way the car was sold. Douglas didn't say "Oh, you don't need to buy a REAL Yenko. We'll just make you up a clone right here" They sold him a YENKO CAMARO, and he paid the extra for it. If that makes the figures for "real" cars fuzzy, so be it. I think it adds an interesting twist to the whole Yenko Story. Heck, since I own one, it might make them worth MORE because they're so rare. LOL

[Stefano]

Sixtiesmuscle:
I also want to document the way these cars left Douglas Chevrolet. The body of Knowledge and info. on all COPO vehicles is limited, especially the L-72 Dealer cars.

A standard needs to be applied as to the definition of a Yenko COPO Camaro.

For Example: For 1969 Camaros, The definition could be as simple as one of the 198 factory documented Camaros ordered directly by Yenko Chevrolet.

[Belair62]

JoeC...Ed Cunnneens list shows 4 Jack Douglas sold Yenko Chevelles....