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Old 12-26-2001, 01:32 AM
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Default Re: yenko camaro ??

tom406,
The rebodying of a 1969 Camaro would be an easy task to say the least. Changing The vin
(illegal BTW) and trim tag as well as the secondary Vins could be accomplished in just about any home garage.
This is one reason that original and unrestored cars are extemely desireable ,in todays market place. A car may be restored many times over, but it is original only once.
Any one can be taken by fraud. This is why it is a crime in our society.
When is the last time you saw a Super Car or high end Muscle Car advertised as number matching, date coded ,restamp ?



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Old 12-26-2001, 02:47 PM
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Default Re: yenko camaro ??

In reference to the example given, it is a difficult job to restore a rust bucket 69 Chevelle to a #1 condition show car. The correct paint lines, number stampings, inspections markings, paper tags, chalk marks, etc., may be all gone. Same may be true for a car with an older amateur restoration. The clean donor car will have to be near the same build date and also same assembly plant as the restoration project. Also there are many small details different between a 69 Malibu and 69 SS and a COPO/Yenko Chevelle was not a Malibu and was not an SS. The 69 Corvette only had one assembly plant, 69 Camaro 2 plants but Chevelles were built in 5 assembly plants. Each plant built, stamped, and marked the car differently and made vendor changes during the year to keep up with the high volume. (total 69 Chevelle production was over 500,000 units) More info is available to restore Corvettes and Camaros but the info to restore 69 Chevelles is confused because of so many different assemble plants. I have not seen many true #1 condition correctly restored 69 Chevelles and have seen many original cars that lost their proper markings because of amateur restoration jobs. You would need a lot of experience restoring Baltimore 69 Chevelles to restore a rust bucket Yenko Chevelle to a true #1 condition show car. Just my opinions.
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