Gold Yenko at Mecum sets record

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Originally Posted by turbojet427

Of the first 50 cars ordered, despite vin or body #s, is there anyway to tell which ones they plucked out of what order to be "converted"?

Not that I'm aware of... and I totally believe this was the first 69 converted, regardless of earlier factory VINs and/or body numbers. The completely unique emblem placement and layout on this car is unlike any other 69 sYc Camaro, and is well documented as being originally built this way. No way did they build a dozen cars ahead of this one using the "standard" emblems,layouts and placements, do this particular car completely different... then go right back to doing the rest the same way they had been. Now I'll be the first to say there were variations in stripe/emblem placements from one car to the next... but there have been no others found that were done like this one.

When the first batch of cars came in, they didn't look at the VIN's or body numbers to start converting them "in order", they just grabbed one out of the line of cars that were delivered and started on it. I personally believe this was the first 69 Camaro they ever installed stripes and emblems on.