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Originally Posted by JoeC
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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Originally Posted by bergy
Remember that “conversion” didn’t involve a 396 to 427 swap like in 67 and 68. Just bolt on stuff and decals.
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for context ... i think this is right?
The discussion/debate is
not over which '69 Camaro received a "full" motor swap conversion, because by 1969 Yenko was using the COPO channel for factory-installed L72s (unlike '67 and '68).
So the debate is over which '69 car was the "first" to receive Yenko emblems and decals? (and bolt-on headers)
If that's accurate, seems to me that the Yenko dealership could have added emblems and decals to several cars on the very same day, no matter the actual delivery order. Maybe using some emblems left-over from '68, on one of the cars but not necessarily the "first". Several mechanics adding several emblems on the same day ... who knows the "order"?
fwiw