1968 Yenko Questions

[camarojoe]

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Joe,



So, I am assuming they would have used trim rings (as is the accepted practice), but this car didn't have them because it wasn't prepped for sale yet??

Thanks!
Colin

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I don't know about that... I have photos of several cars WITHOUT trim rings, including one that was used for advertising purposes, so I would almost thing no trim rings was more the standard practice than the exception in 68. Yenko was buying the wheels to replace the standard steelies, GTO's didn't have trim rings, trim rings cost extra...and we all know about Don's thoughts on spending extra money...would make sense to say he likely didn't use them unless the customer specifically requested it. One oddball thing I should note, is I have some pics of a 68 Yenko (possibly the same car as in the above photos) with trim rings on one side, and none on the other... I'm guessing they were deciding at that time if they were "necessary" or if they could get away with selling the cars without them. This is all of course total speculation on my part, just using old photos as a guide. Compared to the 69's, it seems like there's still alot of unknowns when it comes to how the 68's were equipped and sold. -JB