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#1
09-15-2004, 03:38 AM
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Re: Meet the Mean Ones!
My guess would be Don's road race mentality. After all, COPO 9737 is more of a road race type package then a drag race package.
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09-15-2004, 08:30 PM
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Re: Meet the Mean Ones!
hard to say why Don did some of the things he did but also some things may have been directed by Chevy engineering. As Tom said Yenko was always thinking SCCA road racing and the Yenko Camaros were sort of like 427cuin Z/28s. Maybe Chevy engineering designed the car for high speed use like the COPO police cars which also had 140 speedos. Maybe Chevy wanted it in the COPO Camaro but then why didn't the Chevelle get the 140 speedo?
I am still trying to figure out why Don ordered rear antenna on the Yenko Chevelles.
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#3
09-15-2004, 08:49 PM
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Re: Meet the Mean Ones!
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I am still trying to figure out why Don ordered rear antenna on the Yenko Chevelles. [/ QUOTE ] Maybe just because it looked cool and was what Don was used to having on his Corvettes? 
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09-15-2004, 09:06 PM
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Re: Meet the Mean Ones!
69 Chevelle rear antenna was an extra cost option on AM only not available on AM FM. Probably only cost Don a few dollars to add but Don was always trying to keep the price down so seems odd to add it. I am glad he did because it does look cool.
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#6
10-05-2004, 09:41 PM
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Re: Meet the Mean Ones!
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I am still trying to figure out why Don ordered rear antenna on the Yenko Chevelles. 69 Chevelle rear antenna was an extra cost option on AM only not available on AM FM. [/ QUOTE ] According to our "1969 Chevrolet Passenger Car Prices" guide, on a Chevelle equipped with an AM radio (as the Yenko Chevelles were) the rear antenna was only $9.50 while the front antenna was $61.10...as suspected, Don was just keepin' the cost down.
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#7
10-05-2004, 09:46 PM
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Re: Meet the Mean Ones!
Wait, something's not right... you mean it was optional to get a front antenna OR a rear antenna? Whats standard with an AM radio then, NO antenna? I bet that reception was good.
 I'll bet it was 61.10 for the front antenna AM radio, and an extra 9.50 for the rear antenna option... unless it was the other way around, and the AM radio option came standard with a rear antenna... but I always thought the rear mount was an extra cost option.
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Joe Barr
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