Lowest milage 69 Yenko Camaro?

[camarojoe]

Since Don Yenko went to the trouble of having Atlas wheels created for his cars in the first place, (to save money over buying other similar nationally sold wheel brands) I would expect Atlas would be what he would use if that type of wheel was added. By the way, your question WAS if it was an Atlas wheel car... not if it was a mag wheel car... Those are not Atlas wheels.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I agree with the logic, but nothing is set in stone. We have a bulletin from yenko sportscars that references a new '69 yenko nova with mag wheels that are not Atlas. The nova had 14" wheels vs. the 15" on the 'maros and 'velles, but...... if someone wanted certain wheels, hood, rear, etc... we know Yenko obliged!

[camarojoe]

Atlas wheels were not round spoked... that much IS set in stone. Both 14" and 15" versions had the sharp peaked spokes.

[Supercar_Kid]

Does the bulletin specify anything more specific than "mag" wheels?

[camarojoe]

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I agree with the logic, but nothing is set in stone. We have a bulletin from yenko sportscars that references a new '69 yenko nova with mag wheels that are not Atlas.

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How do you know they were not atlas?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

They were called "WT" Mags, see attachment.

I had to chop that scan to death, hope it's readable!

Sorry, the scan is too light to read, but it reads "7x14 "WT" Mag Wheels/F70x14 tires". The car is K.Suydam's '69 Yenko Nova that was sold new at Stauffer Chev. in Scranton, PA. I emailed the initial scan to Rob, maybe he can resize it without losing resolution.

[camarojoe]

I'll bet the "WT" is s suffix for Wide Tread...and was mistakenly used to describe the wheels rather than the tires... I have often seen "WT" used when referencing wide tread tires, and have never seen nor heard of a "WT" brand of wheel. If the mag wheels were put on at Yenko I would still bet that they were Atlas mags.

[hvychev]

lol.....you guys all suck.

Im gonna start a new rumor that Yenko cars were delivered with Cragers. Hell, we know that Cragers were better lookin anyway!

[camarojoe]

Hey Frankie...Take your CragArs and your 302 Nova and get on outta here.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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I'll bet the "WT" is s suffix for Wide Tread...and was mistakenly used to describe the wheels rather than the tires... I have often seen "WT" used when referencing wide tread tires, and have never seen nor heard of a "WT" brand of wheel. If the mag wheels were put on at Yenko I would still bet that they were Atlas mags.

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Pure speculation, and while we are speculating, it was suggested when this document was found several years ago that the "WT" might be a typo - but for "ET" mags since the tire info was described pretty well in the next sentence. Either way, I think we've seen enough strange stuff come from yenko, that I wouldn't consider it outside the realm of possibility that a non-Atlas mag wheel could have been installed - we have '68 v/t tops installed on '69 camaros by the guy down the street!

This might require another thread, or resurrect the old one, but it would be interesting to know when the Atlas wheels became a reality - compared to the build date of this Nova, ie; maybe the Atlas wheels were not mfg'd yet (?). Cool topic