Green Yenko Camaro at Carlisle GM Show

[Steve Shauger]

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Obviously not a COPO due to the date of production or did you see the car and find other things that indicated otherwise?

I have read several times that Yenko was in talks with Chevrolet in 1968 to have the factory install the 427. It was further stated that there may, in fact, have been some 1968 Yenko Camaros that had the 427 installed at the factory.

Has this claim ever been proven?
Are there some 68 cars that have documentation proving the engine was installed at the factory?

Any information would be appreciated.

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The trim tag told me all I needed to know. It was a Nov of 68 with X codes and D80.

The first known 427 camaro copos are the ZL1's. The first of which shipped last week of Dec of 68. Marlin I believe was referring to iron headed 427 copos which didn't ship until 69.

[PeteLeathersac]

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[The trim tag told me all I needed to know. It was a Nov of 68 with X codes and D80.



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Didn't know this part...you must've seen the car first hand?.

What Paceme is indicating is since X-Codes began around the second week of Dec and D80 later yet, a Nov. '68 tag w/ these has been altered or is a repop..

~ Pete

[Musclecars4me]

Yes Pete I owned the Tan 1966 Hemi Coronet four door sedan.
The car was very rusty and I decided to sell it and a couple of other Mopars when Chrysler introduced the Viper GTS coupe in 1996.
The car is owned by a fellow in Los Vegas now. He also owns the red 66 Coronet four door.

From what I could tell in the short time I looked for information on the green car at Carlisle the VIN feel a few days short of the the end of November recorded VINs. This concurred with the trim tag's 11D date code. The trim tag did contain X22 but I did not remember the D30 code being there.
The POP engine code I believe was JH (396/375) and I am pretty sure the rear end code on the POP was CE, which matched the rear housing. According to the POP the car was sold April 4 1969 to a resident of Canonsburg, Pa from the Yenko dealership.
I will be asking the owner for more information in the next couple of days.

[Jeff H]

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Yes Pete I owned the Tan 1966 Hemi Coronet four door sedan.
The car was very rusty and I decided to sell it and a couple of other Mopars when Chrysler introduced the Viper GTS coupe in 1996.
The car is owned by a fellow in Los Vegas now. He also owns the red 66 Coronet four door.

From what I could tell in the short time I looked for information on the green car at Carlisle the VIN feel a few days short of the the end of November recorded VINs. This concurred with the trim tag's 11D date code. The trim tag did contain X22 but I did not remember the D30 code being there.
The POP engine code I believe was JH (396/375) and I am pretty sure the rear end code on the POP was CE, which matched the rear housing. According to the POP the car was sold April 4 1969 to a resident of Canonsburg, Pa from the Yenko dealership.
I will be asking the owner for more information in the next couple of days.

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What Steve is saying is that it's a fake trim tag. There were no X coded trim tags in Nov of 68 and the D80 did not show up until later as well. So if you still look at the car, get lots of quality pictures to try and verify things and don't do anything quickly without some help. It doesn't sound like a real Yenko.

[COPO]

I think "D80" began showing up starting on 05D cars.

[Musclecars4me]

OK I checked my notes on the car.
There was no 'D80' code on the cowl tag.

The rear end code was 'BE' not CE as previously stated.

The X22 code was there and the date on the cowl tag was 11D.

What was the date that the X codes started being used?

Aside from the 11D date what else on the cowl tag would indicate the date of body production? Is there a sequence to the numbers assigned to body production?

Thamks in advance.

[budnate]

Rick, not trying to be a smarty pants but you should save this link for CRG, it will help answer questions for you and is a great ref for other first gen cars you may look at.

B.

http://www.camaros.org/index.shtml

[Steve Shauger]

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OK I checked my notes on the car.
There was no 'D80' code on the cowl tag.

The rear end code was 'BE' not CE as previously stated.

The X22 code was there and the date on the cowl tag was 11D.

What was the date that the X codes started being used?

Aside from the 11D date what else on the cowl tag would indicate the date of body production? Is there a sequence to the numbers assigned to body production?

Thamks in advance.

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I looked at many cars at Carlisle, so possibly I was mistaken regarding D80(wish I would have taken a pic of the tag). Based on what you have learned do you believe it is a Yenko, and are you pursuing the car? X code date =12B


Also if you have the VIN and body # please share that so it can be documented as not being a yenko.