I don't know where the "prototype" name came from but when Cliff bought the car in 1987 , there was not a lot of information about the Yenko cars.
There were a few articles in MCR and Super Chevy from about 1982.
I remember some people thought that Cliff's car was the first 1969 to get the Yenko stripes and emblems because the fender emblems were installed like a 1968 Yenko Camaro.
(1968 Yenko Camaro had 427 emblems on the fenders , 1969 Yenko Camaro had the 427 emblems on the hood)
The theory didn't make sense when it was shown how many cars were before Cliff's gold car.
Don called the car the "Yenko 427 Drag Special" in an ad and called it a "demonstrator" in the Yenko press release.
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