I've been offered a Yenko Camaro very cheap

[camarojoe]

So much for that "youngest Yenko owner" theory 'eh Frankie? Maybe in modern times, but if it was 1970 that kid would be calling you "old timer."

[sYc]

That was pretty common back then. The original owner of my Camaro was 18 when he bought it, as was his best friend, who bought one as well. His mother signed for the car and was listed on the original title. And, because she was the one listed, and had not moved in 50 years,(thank goodness, St. Louis) I was able to track her down through a title search. The hard part was getting her to give me her son's phone #.

At a show in St. Louis, where I was able to reunite the owner with the car, one of his friends told me "Tony drove the cr-p out of that car". I guess that is why he dropped a valve at 2000 miles.

And, the most interesting part, the oriignal owner swears the car came with aluminum heads. This on a '69 Yenko Camaro.

[shor]

Does that mean Rob can run aluminum heads in his factory stock drag racing? every pound counts!

[Belair62]

Si Senora

[Chevy454]

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Does that mean Rob can run aluminum heads in his factory stock drag racing? every pound counts!

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Not unless I can come up with something on paper that aluminum heads were available on the L-72 from Chevrolet! Over the years we've heard stories of several L-89/L-72 cars, and a couple other Francis cars are alleged to have gotten them besides ours. Would be nice...

[jus4funn68]

One of the things that suprise me the most is how previous owners memories fade from the 60's and 70's. The 18 yr old that bought my L-78 camaro new purchased it in his Dads name and after talking to him he insisted that the car had an M-20 in the car with the 4:56 rear! Another friend of mine had an L-78 (second owner) and insist today that the car was a ZL-1. I have never had any problem remembering the details of the cars I owned then, but some people are amazing! Kevin

[Chris396]

I have noticed that cars tend get faster and faster as people remember them.

[GMH454]

The rarity of the options goes up as well, as the years go by.

[John]

..."The older I get ...The faster I was!"

[sYc]

Actually this "story" was backed up by a couple of his friends, as well as by the second owner, and even someone who remembered racing the car during his college days.

The reason the original owner remembers the aluminum heads is the fiasco when he took the car back to Francis Chevrolet to get the damage repaired. Took a couple of months, and calls to Yenko and the Chevy zone rep to get the car fixed, under warranty. This ws quite common with warranty work on Yenko/COPO cars back then, especially Francis. Frank Radake, who bought his Yenko Chevelle from Francis, has told us a similar story.

And, we have visited with a Yenko mechanic, Warren Dernoshek, about this. He said that they did put al. heads on a couple of the cars, but could not say which cars. Thus, even though we are confident that the car was sold new with al. heads, we have no documentation.

And, this car has another unique feature, as it is Daytona Yellow and was sold new with white stripes. Only one known to have been built/sold.