67 Yenko Camaro at MCACN

[Jonesy]

Yep that was one of the unveilings that happened on Saturday. Beautiful car.
if you walked by it at the show, you would have never known it was a Yenko unless you read the card on the ground. I beleive it was the 1st Yenko Camaro built??

[302moz]

Started its life out as a SS 350.Very nice restoration. I like the 427 emblem. on the fender. They left the bottom hole exposed from the original 350 emblem . So neat.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by 302moz

Started its life out as a SS 350.Very nice restoration. I like the 427 emblem. on the fender. They left the bottom hole exposed from the original 350 emblem . So neat.

As Jonesy said, I didn't really notice it was a Yenko until I read the board. Interesting that he used a 350 car. Was it converted before the release of the 396 ?

[1967Z28]

I didn't get a good photo of the cowl tag but it said it was built 02E. I have an NCRS report on a car with a nearby VIN and it says the production date was 3-3-67. Yes, Chevy had already begun building the L35 Camaros by that time.

[JoeC]

It is hard to believe that YS-601 is the first Yenko 427 Camaro built. The trim tag 02E build date means that car was not converted until March 67.

There are more early Yenko 427 vins. One is Dec. 66.

The early Yenko photos and ads appear to show two butternut yellow SS RS Camaros , one with black top one without. The black top car appears in an early Yenko 427 Stomper Camaro ad.

This ad uses the early "Stomper" name and has no mention of Dick Harrell as Yenko began to do SS350 to SS427 Camaros before the deal with Harrell.

It is hard to believe that Yenko would wait to March 67 to build a 427 Camaro when he had everything needed by Jan. 67 . Yenko bought early conversion parts from Bill Thomas.

[302moz]

What are the early conversion parts ? Couldn’t Yenko get them from GM ?

[JoeC]

Yenko bought headers and traction bars from Bill Thomas for the early cars.

Yenko used other suppliers as the production increased