1970 L89 NOVA

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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The only reason it was not on the known Yenko list is because Vince Emme didn't give all the serial numbers out. Some of the inventory pages (and vins) are only known by Vince. The Green Bay Yenko Camaro was one of those cars. With at least 150 of the 201 found, there has never been a Yenko Camaro ('69) found that is not within the known Yenko orders.

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Ditto!

And no, I would not believe Yenko if he stood here today and made that statement about L89 Novas. We can't sit here today and make generalizations about what 'could have' been produced based on one or two individual's personal experiences. How does one know if this supposed L89 Nova wasn't built for another exec?

I'm as skeptical as anyone, but I'll never say 'never'!

[427king]

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We can't sit here today and make generalizations about what 'could have' been produced based on one or two individual's personal experiences

[/ QUOTE ] If somone that lived and worked in the day ordering all the very rarest of chevrolet cars on a daily basis from a high performance dealer,id certainly have a tendency to give him more merit than the average person, thats all im saying.I always believe in the never say never,but since no ones come forward with a real documented iron clad L89,i will lean toward the never until proven otherwise.If an L89 was produced but none have been found or known of ,were they really made??

[Steve Shauger]

"NEVER BUILT A l89 nova? i dont know but i heard they never built a 69 z-28 conv. either ! lol BUT THEY DID"


They never built a 69 z28 convert, but they built one 68 for Vince P.

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I understand your position Chuck, and I agree with you. Yenko and Johnson certainly were not rookies when it came to ordering special combinations.

This particular car has more potential for being real than any other story I've heard - so we'll have to wait and see, so far it looks promising.

The best answer would be that it's an unknown COPO #

[deuce-less]

there seems to have been quite a lot of mystery and intrigue
amoung the chevy dealers in 1969 about how to get a hold of some of the hottest items rolling off of the production lines....

perhaps who you knew and who were your buddies dictated some of the allocations and delivery times

the dealers with the best factory ties probably got the first phone calls, with a sort of trickle down effect to the rest of the dealers, those without as much pull.

i have seen more than one example of something seemingly impossible to get a hold of, all of a sudden made available with the right amount of persuasion in the right place.

if someone had all the right paperwork and all the right answers on the web site today, some people would probably still have difficulty with the idea of an L-89 nova

[427king]

Marlin, Look at it this way. If you want to join a midget bowling league in your area,do you ask Charley,Jeff,or Belair where to go when you know darn well belair has been used to getting chucked down a few lanes in his day???

[Schonyenko2]

Question for mr. Johnson. Did GM say why you couldn't order an L89 nova. I've not been able to understand the reason why it wasn't offered. If it was available in camaros, and chevelles, and of course corvettes, why not novas. This isn't an argument either pro, or con, but a question as to why, or why not.

[427king]

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I've not been able to understand the reason why it wasn't offered. If it was available in camaros, and chevelles, and of course corvettes

[/ QUOTE ] I wasnt aware aluminum heads were an option on ANY 1970 car. Surely the corvette never had any motor bigger than the Ls5 available that year so it wasnt even available with iron squareports let alone aluminum .

[budnate]

maybe its just me, but Mark said in this thread he has held a window sticker to one in his hands and no one else says anything but me.??? wtf?

vintage pics and Marks word works pretty good for me, until he finds the dude.

[427king]

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I would say that it needs to be factory paperwork to really verify it as an L89, not a dealer sales invoice.


[/ QUOTE ] Bud i believe the person that posted this was stating what i also believe. Window stickers vary so much there is no way to tell for sure which is real and which isnt,especialy when its the only piece of paper that documents a car that noone said was made . Buildsheets on the other hand are a different story[so far at least]