'68 Camaro on Yenko VIN list

[69hurstSC]

Originally Posted by Pro Stock John

I'd still send a check to say thank you the prior owner, if it was me I'd send $200 to thank him. Money still greases the skids, it's worked in for a lot of people.

Did he indicate to you whether the car was built as an L78 or a low-po combo?

That's a thought. He did tell me he doesn't need money though.

I did ask if I could purchase the build sheet as it has nothing to do with the emblems/plate. No indication as to what it was. The 427 in it has a date code of 2 weeks before the car was built. 4.10s out back and will put it on jack stands tomorrow to see if the axle code is visible.

[Kurt S]

Originally Posted by 69hurstSC

I did ask if I could purchase the build sheet

Build sheet? Wonder what that could be because no 1st gen came with one.

[69hurstSC]

Originally Posted by Kurt S

Build sheet? Wonder what that could be because no 1st gen came with one.

Correction. Paperwork is the wording he used.

[JoeC]

Yenko did do customer conversions such as the 1975 Yenko Trans Am L-88.

It would be hard to prove without original paperwork like the L-88 Trans Am has or an old magazine/news article or ad.

There was also a Yenko Turbo Corvette that was in a magazine article back in the day and other special Yenko built cars.

Yenko did a VW Karmann Ghia Corvair engine conversion for a customer documented by a for sale ad from back in the day

[Pro Stock John]

Nothing tastes better than steak that someone else payed for.

I'd say it's pretty key for you to build a relationship with the previous owner, little cashola, let a little time pass. If he's texts on a mobile, maybe wait a few weeks, send him a video of the car idling. He might never want to own the car again but we all feel something when we get videos and pics of cars we used to own. Maybe he'd even send you a pic of the build sheet.

[bergy]

Engine assembly stamp on the block appears to be T0521ID. Quit screwing around with the community by just saying that it’s dated just prior to the car. It’s not a CE block. Disclose what you have found. Also, you were asked for the distance between the holes on the door jamb. Tell the community what the distance is. There are a lot of very knowledgeable enthusiast who own real 68 Yenkos with real door tags here. They can confirm your measurement on real cars.

[69hurstSC]

Originally Posted by bergy

Engine assembly stamp on the block appears to be T0521ID. Quit screwing around with the community by just saying that it’s dated just prior to the car. It’s not a CE block. Disclose what you have found. Also, you were asked for the distance between the holes on the door jamb. Tell the community what the distance is. There are a lot of very knowledgeable enthusiast who own real 68 Yenkos with real door tags here. They can confirm your measurement on real cars.

I'm not screwing around. Who put the car on the list in 2002 then waited 23 years to remove it yesterday? Why would you email me, "Long story on the car", then not disclose a single thing about it other than mentioning the driver side damage? You said the CRG put it on due to it having a door tag. If this site has the threshold you denote, why wasn't the car vetted years ago, and again in 2014 when it was purported to be on eBay?

I asked all very solid and non-confrontational questions, and denoted half-a-dozen times that I'm fine with it not being a Yenko.

There's a credibility concern with leaving a car on a list 23 years and having an owner harassed with calls. Don't spin this like I'm the one that's in the wrong.

[Steve Shauger]

Wes, you didn't even look at the car or do your diligence before purchasing. Stop with the list blame game, and go and enjoy your Camaro. There's a lot of information and knowledgeable members but you chose not to discuss and become informed until AFTER the fact. You haven't even looked at the hidden VINs, know the location of YS tag mounting or bothered to clean the paint off the rear axle stamping.

At this point nothing productive is being added.

[bergy]

Regarding the door tag holes. Are you measuring the distance between the hole next to the dome light switch & the smaller hole below the dome light switch? If so, those holes would mount the tag incorrectly.

[JoeC]

normally the YS tag is located above the dome light switch