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Old 11-25-2025, 06:01 PM
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Daytona Yellow was an available Corvette color for 69, but it was a special order (for at least part of the year), as opposed to special paint. All you had to do was ask nicely and they painted it. No charge for it! Interesting that it did generate a F&SO code.

On Camaros, there were several special order colors at the start of 69 and I thought they got a couple of bucks extra for the color.
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Old 11-25-2025, 07:01 PM
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Daytona Yellow was only available with black interior, That's why the F&SO code
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Old 11-25-2025, 08:16 PM
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was the other car a 1969 Biscayne or 1968?

In 1968 you can get 4:10 4:56 and 4:88 as RPO

here is the 1968 Power Team Chart
you can see where the 1969 power team chart goes up to 3:73 but the 1968 power team chart goes up to 4:88

I have been researching this because its the same for the Novas
1968 Nova can get RPO 4:10 but in 1969 you had to get COPO 9511 to get 4:10 gears

So I think Yenko used COPO 9511 to get the 4:10 gears for the 427 Novas.

Its hard to find proof on it. You need a window sticker or factory order paperwork

I do have some Nova window strickers with COPO 9511 but not for Yenko sold cars.

I think your 1969 Biscayne would be COPO 9511 for factory 4:10 gears.

Do you have a photo of the trim tag?

Sometimes the trim tags show COPO or Special order.
May be just a dash or extra numbers or letters.

I have seen COPO or Special order police or military Biscaynes that had "MEMO" stamped on the trim tag
The other car I am referring to is a '69. I don't know if the docs are legit but i believe it is a genuine L72 car. Here is a link to it.
https://www.gaaclassiccars.com/vehic...t-biscayne-l72

Here is a pic of my trim tag which doesn't have anything unusual on it.

I am aware of the MEMO stamped '68 tags as I have a '68 Biscayne 2 dr police car and a '68 Impala convertible COPO TH350 test car that both have MEMO stamped trim tags.

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Old 11-25-2025, 09:18 PM
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was there anything special on the yellow Corvette trim tag?

I saw a Corvette trim tag that had "COPO" in the paint code field.

I have seen some odd things on the trim tags of COPO or special order cars and trucks.

Here is a Vega trim tag from a Vega race car that was built by a pro shop when it was new

It looks like it was stamped

BODY IN WHITE
TACK WELD ONLY
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Old 11-25-2025, 09:54 PM
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Who looked at a trim tag 56 years ago on the yellow Corvette
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