69 Yenko Camaro

[Tommy]

I have a tough time sometimes posting pictures on this site for some reason. I have a thread on TC about the camaro I bought recently. Here is a link to it and some photos. I had asked some questions about it before I bought it but wanted the thread pulled until my deal with the owner was complete. The car is VIN 615382 which is a Hugger orange 4 speed car sold at Francis Chevy in Bridgeton, MO. The pics show some neat stuff and some not so neat stuff. The worst mods were done in the mid to late 80's. The Hidden VIN is intact but the dash plate was taken in the 80's and that is a shame. I know where it went when it was taken but haven't found it yet..... The front end was installed sometime in 70-71 from 2 sources in MO. The door glass was in the car until the mid eighties and the floor came up in the 80's as well. I spoke with a former owner from Salem, MO and when he owned it the stock interior was in the car with a simple roll bar. The fuel tank was in the car and the trunk pan was perfect. The next owner fixed it until it was broke..... It is what it is... I don't know why some of the things were done because from everyone I talked with they all knew it was a Yenko but seemed to not care and kept cutting...


POKE HERE

Tommy

[camaromb]

Wasn't this the same vin as the '69 Yenko Camaro with also 5k miles that was sold at Meecum 10/05? Part of the 5 car collection from Keith H. that sold for $1.7MM? The Chevy dealership in Orlando had it in the late '80's with the long list of LS6's etc. at the time. 5k mile ex race car I remember at the time. Also sold at BJ '90. Did the race car still exist??? This should be interesting.
Mark

[Tommy]

The Man that left with the dash plate asked to cut a hole in the cowl and remove the Hidden VIN. The owner wouldn't let him. the guy also asked for the Speedometer and didn't get that either. From what I have heard in the last few days, this happened to other cars around the same time.

Tommy

[camaromb]

Tommy,
I do believe I saw your vin tag at Mecum in '05 (or one JUST like it!). So the question is, who has the real car! I would vote for you since you have the body with the hidden vin's and hopefully the trim tag. The big $$$ buyer is in for a rude suprise on his '69 Yenko. Good luck.
Mark

[chads454Ls6]

ouch!

[Chevy454]

Those pictures of it racing are from George Ray's "Wildcat" drag strip down in Paragould...you can tell by the clothes that the first picture was taken several years ago, but the second picture looks recent...yes, George still lets folks stand at the starting line like that during the racing...you can't see it in the picture, but there will be folks lined up along the edge of the track as well.

[Tommy]

The car was raced a lot at Paragould. I was given photo albums to make copies from. It was also run at Sikeston if I remember correct and also at Ozark International in Springfield. He mentioned others but I didn't write it all down. I know the car was in the Salem, MO area and the Poplar Bluff, MO area from a couple of owners. I go to Poplar bluff once a month and I have an appt with that guy coming up soon. We talked for a while the other day and he told me some neat things about the car.

Tommy

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

This situation happened recently here in PA. The car with the vin had to give it back to the car with the firewall. Now there is a real Yenko with it's vin plate back, and a clone with a empty hole in the dash - just the way it should be.

Unfortunately, it took 15+ years, but diligence pays off

[COPO]

I foresee lots of lawsuits being filed soon on this one. I'm sure the guy who bought the set of Yenkos at the auction isn't going to be real happy with losing $250K or so of value.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Charlie is right, there will probably be a suit. There was/is a few with the PA car. However, it's settling down now and it appears that the guy with the clone took it in the shorts.