69 Yenko Camaro 668616

[William]

Originally Posted by JoeC

I am surprised to see they used 201 as the number for the 1969 Yenko Camaro production total.

The 201 number is a 40 year old mistake.

In the early 1980’s Vince E. acquired the original Yenko records. He at first counted 201 vins that he thought were 1969 Yenko Camaros but a short time later he changed his number to 198. The 198 number has some questions on it due to some discrepancies, but the 198 number has been used since the 1980’s.

The 201 number has no historical basis other then being an often repeated mistake.

Not so fast there. The Yenko records consist of small, hand-written VINs scrawled on old accounting ledgers. Hard to read and often mis-interpreted. Back in the day there were 3 separate '69 Yenko Camaro lists that did not match. One of the cars on all three lists is a cut up drag car with a body tag that does not fit with other known Yenkos in the time frame.

A few people have been sitting on '69 Yenko Camaro and ZL1 paperwork for decades. They demand exorbitant prices for scraps of information. As long as their dog-in-the-manger act continues, questions will remain unanswered.

[JoeC]

Originally Posted by William

Not so fast there. The Yenko records consist of small, hand-written VINs scrawled on old accounting ledgers. Hard to read and often mis-interpreted. Back in the day there were 3 separate '69 Yenko Camaro lists that did not match. One of the cars on all three lists is a cut up drag car with a body tag that does not fit with other known Yenkos in the time frame.

The Yenko records consist of more then "small, hand-written VINs scrawled on old accounting ledgers" although there are those.

The Yenko records were in boxes stored in the second floor of the old Canonsburg building and have items from Chevy, GMAC, Car Shippers, Yenko Dealer carbon copies and other Yenko papers.
Some cars have paperwork with the vin shown multiple times others do not.

That is an interesting subject but is irrelevant to my point. What I am saying on the 201 number is that the person who came out with the 201 number changed his number to 198. (in the 1980's)

So why do people still use the 201 number? The 198 number may not be correct either but that was the corrected number from the guy who put out the 201 number.

The 201 number has no basis. People should probably just say "about 200 built" as there are some questions on the 198 number. I just think its funny how the 201 number was a mistake that was corrected 30 years ago but is still used.

201 is the number used for 1965 Z16 Chevelle production