140 speedo

[Stefano]

Wasn't the 140 speedo only available only in 1969?

[68l30]

9737 Camaros in 68 got the 140,all Yenko's I believe....

Steve

[T Billigen]

I know the 68 Yenkos had the 140? But it seems to get a little gray on what other camaros had this option. I remember coming down the Aliquippa Boulevard at just about the 140 mph! the car only had about 30 miles on it at the time. The car is still in Aliquippa, I sold it to a fellow there in 1971 and he still has it. ther is less than 4000 miles on the car! But I sold the original motor and bought an L-88 in the crate at Yenko and installed it in 1969, trans was blown and I think I even put a different rear end in it. But the speedo is still in the car. I had a discussion with Chuck Huber in 1991 when he was doing his 68 Yenko, he thought the 140 only came in the Yenko cars so I went down and checked to make sure. The 140 speedo is still in the car!

[bkhpah]

I'll bet its a dealer trade. Yenko did not sell all the cars converted. 396 cars with COPO 9737 have been found in Pittsburgh. Just an idea. I know about this car..BKH

[JoeC]

Is the POP still around? It would be interesting to see what the engine code is. Also would be interesting to see how the VIN sequence compares to the '68 Yenkos.

[T Billigen]

Thats very interesting on the dealer trade! But does make sense, sure nice to know the whole story on the car, I really never even gave it a second thought until recently, back then you never paid attention to these things. If I remember correctly it was built in May. Very few options: Did not even have power steering, only an AM radio and that was it.

[T Billigen]

I don't know what happened to the pop? I asked the fellow a couple of years ago if he had it and said no. I always left it in the glove compartment? He had the interior out of car and car torn apart for many years and never found a build sheet. The only thing he has is the bill of sale I signed. This is probably a stupid question, but does anyone know how many of these 140 speedo cars were ordered? I know the car came with the stock 396-375HP engine, I checked the cowl tag in 1991 and pretty sure it is a May car. In 1992 I was looking for a new car and I happen to Kenny Ross's new dealership, on the wall they had a large picture taken of the old dealership taken in 1968 and right in front sits my Corvette Bronze SS Camaro that I am talking about! I told the salesman I would buy a car if they would give the picture, they did and I did!