MUSCLE CAR REVIEW's Yenko Camaro #202

[camarojoe]

4 speed cars could get power steering too... the Wide Oval repop firestones look out of place on ANY pre-70 Chevrolet IMO, as does a repop 3 spoke steering wheel. I always get a kick out of how stuff like this comes out and they call it #1 of xxx... when really it will most likely be 1 of 1, if they can find even that one guy to pony up some 90+k for a taiwan camaro. To each his own I guess, and it is what it is... but I think you could look on ebay on any given day of the week and find something as good or better for far less coin. Now Bob's car on the other hand... (aside from those silly redline radials of course ) , its got it goin' on!

[rick rothermel]

Hi guys!
I'm the cretin who wrote the article, Thanks for the comments! Good to know someone's reading!
Great site here, too!
Okay! The M21 thing is my fault, Jim gave the correct info but I mis-read or something, it's my bad.
Now, about the car, many good comments here but I tried to keep editorial comments out of the material. Seems to me though that with the GM and Yenko estate granting license to the manufacture of the car does give a bit of credibility,
and DAMN! it is one kick-ass car!
I am also reminded, though, of a quote from my favorite fiction author, Robert B Parker: 'A thing is what it is... it's not something else'.
To me, #202 'the real thing' because of the content, the intent, the talent required, and licenses granted. That's the way the world works today, for good or not. Whatever else the car is, is up to personal interpretation.
but, it'd be waaaay better to have one of those than nothing...

[parkbrau]

Rick,
Thats not the way the world works today. Sorry for ruining it for you.

And DAMN! The kick-ass car is BelAir Bobs. Hands down.

[bkhpah]

Your article states that the Yenko estate granted the license. Just who or what is the Yenko estate?, Hope Yenko, or one of the daughters of Don Yenko. Or is the "Yenko estate" something different?...BKH

[Charley Lillard]

Welcome to the site Rick. I have seen the car up close. I think it's quality is better than most of what you see on Ebay. I haven't heard of any Yenko family involvement, just the trademark holders involvement. Finding faults in stuff like a steering wheel or a rock crusher versus a M21 is really grasping to find stuff wrong. I personally don't consider it a real Yenko but I do appreciate the effort and quality of the car.

[Stefano]

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Hi guys!
Seems to me though that with the GM and Yenko estate granting license to the manufacture of the car does give a bit of credibility,
.........and licenses granted.

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Welcome aboard!

Please explain how the car is licenced by GM???? I am aware that the individual restoration parts are.

[x Baldwin Motion]

I could not find this article about Yenko 202 or the builder CARS online. Can someone please post it or a link to the site. Thanks - in the dark -

[rick rothermel]

Stefano:
Thanks for the welcome!
As for the GM license, ya gotta understand, I am but a meager magazine scribe, work with the info I am given. I do know GM is on board at several levels and Jim Barber is heavily connected, but as to the details I have to defer to him. The text has to be condensed a lot to make space, not my call, but the article did get the word out, and that was the goal.
We had the first writeup in a national magazine, something I'm a bit proud of.
Hope you and the rest of the board members enjoyed the magazine.

[sYc]

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I could not find this article about Yenko 202 or the builder CARS online. Can someone please post it or a link to the site. Thanks - in the dark -

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Jim Barber
Classic Automotive Restoration Specialists, Inc
8235 Nautical Point Drive
Belews Creek, NC 27009
336-595-3900 Fax: 336-595-4900

www.classicautomotiverestoration.com

[RamAirDave]

Long discussion here from a few months ago on TC, in which Jim from CARS explains:

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=120439