Still my favorite 69 Camaro picture of all time!

[Mr. T]

Unfortunatly, that is the only one I have. Wish I had more!

[JoeC]

That is a good picture that was taken on a good day. That lot was hit by thieves a few times who stole tires and engine parts. They left new 427 COPO cars sitting wheelless in the mud!

[Mr70]

Wasn't that Radioactive Mud?

[GaryH]

How did it get to be radioactive? I never heard about that.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Gary,
Take a ride down there and you'll see the whole area fenced off with radioactive signs all over - the industrial park made the stuff for the atomic bombs or something!

[Charley Lillard]

Maybe we need to go over some of these Yenkos with a Geiger Counter.

[bilede]

Could be a new way of verification of cars found!!

[JChlupsa]

Site Name:
KMET TOOL & MANUFACTURING CO
Street:
577 W PIKE EXT
City / State / ZIP:
CANONSBURG, PA 15317

NPL Status:
Not on the NPL
Non-NPL Status:
NFRAP

EPA ID:
PAD981036833
EPA Region:
03
County:
WASHINGTON

Federal Facility Flag:
Not a Federal Facility

[Supercar_Kid]

That pic was taken at the Strabane Street holding lot in Canonsburg, not far from the W. Pike Street dealership. I've been told that the radioactivity levels there weren't particularly safe even back in '69. I think Don got a heck of a deal on renting the property and deemed it safe enough for the storage of his fleet of COPO cars awaiting transformation into the famed sYc cars. Don always was a bargain hunter. I've also been told that due to a problem with night time thieves, Don would have his crew park the cars door handle to door handle, as closely together as possible, making only the end cars accessible, and therefore adding just a bit of difficulty for any vandals who may have had ideas of making off with some goodies. Not a bad idea, but I doubt it did much for protecting valuable engine parts, like cylinder heads, carburetors, etc., but I guess that's what the armed guard was for. My bro "Camarojoe" has a whole series of similar photos of the holding lot, taken by Don himself back in '69. A few of the photos show a handful of '69 COPO Chevelles awaiting conversion as well. The pic posted above was originally lent by Don Yenko himself, to be published in Muscle Car Review back in '87, in conjunction with his interview about the sYc cars. While it's certainly an impressive sight, IMO it's some of the pics Don didn't lend for publication that'll really knock your socks off, so if I haven't said it enough times already, make that another reason to attend the SCR7 where you'll get a chance to see some things you haven't seen a dozen times already.

[Mr Yenko]

It has been mentioned that the 5th car in the row HUGGER ORANGE X11 car could possibly be my car.What type of percautions should I take if there is any RADIO ACTIVITY.Will I grow a third arm or something...LOL