Yenko Camaros (1969) - Two! - Lemont, Il. 1969
Bet you're wondering what's behind that subject line. Since
I'm not sure where I'm going with this, I'll just jump in.
I grew up in Lemont, Illinois in the '60's, for a small town
(maybe 3000 people) it was a big car town with a great
cruising scene. Anyway, in '69 two fellows from town both
managed to purchase Yenko Camaros. They didn't do it together, it almost seems like dumb luck was behind it.
Both cars were yellow with black vinyl tops. I don't
remember how long they both kept them, but you really didn't
see either one very often. Maybe they stuck them away for collector purposes, but that's doubtful. We drove our cars
back then. Both cars were in a minor accident (with each other!)
I guess what I'm getting at is I wonder what became of the cars. Does someone have sales records of Yenko cars? Would
buyers names be helpful in tracking a specific car, or am
I simply asking a dumb question? I'm not really worried about the current location of the cars, but I guess I was thinking if someone in the area had one of the Camaros and
wanted a little (useless) history behind it, it would be fun
to talk about them. I do have the names of the owners, we
went to high school together and hung out at the same
Dog 'n Suds drive in.
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