E-Bay '69 Yenko Disguised As a Z-28 Clone!

[vfitom]

Nevermind, found the answer.

[camarojoe]

I was speaking more about the 140 speedometer than the tach holes... it was clearly seen in the ebay auction. I was simply stating that the plastic dash housing is correct and likely from the original RG Yenko Camaro...its the rest of the body that's not been confirmed as original to date. Does the body shows signs of original RG paint, replaced firewall, etc. as you suggested earlier in this thread? Still haven't seen or heard any more info on this.

Good to see you're still updating this thread with pics, I am looking forward to seeing pics of the body.

[bergy]

Thanks Joe - I'm working hard on the ownership and experience history of the car right now. My wifeand I split our time between our home up north and our place in FL. I'm in FL now. The car is covered and pushed in the corner of my building. As I stated before the information came to light about the Yenko being in a severe accident in Lancaster in 1984, there is lots of evidence of this car having its cowl and part of the floor/hump replaced. There is original blue under several layers of paint on the cowl (car with cowl vin was original blue). There is green under lots of undercoating and paint on the right frame extension @ rear wheel well (no blue found in rear). It does appear that the entire car was white at one time - still trying to figure that out. There will be lots of photo documentation during disassembly - right now I'm working on the history of the car. The only work that I did on the car was to replace the clutch - it was slipping so badly that I had trouble driving the car into my building and moving it around. That's when I first noticed the original BB cross member. Also, the sub frome has been straightened on the right side. The rails are so wide that I had to pry them inboard about an inch to get the cross member bolts re-inserted.
That's all I have to report for now.

[camarojoe]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bergy</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> There is green under lots of undercoating and paint on the right frame extension @ rear wheel well (no blue found in rear). It does appear that the entire car was white at one time - still trying to figure that out. There will be lots of photo documentation during disassembly </div></div>

Sounds promising... looking forward to seeing this.

[resto4u]

Bergy, sounds like things are starting to make sense. It must be the subframe that was in the car when it was hit hard. Did you have to pull the pass. side rail towards the pass.rocker to get the crossmember back in position?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Just to be VERY clear: my inquiry about vin #615844 is an effort to maintain clarity between two similar cars/situations, and therefore not confuse Bergy's purchase with another car.

For the record:

VIN #615844 is also a Rallye Green Yenko Camaro, also sold new in PA (Marshall Chevrolet, Reading, PA), likely also an 03B car, also a VT &amp; PS car, but had an A/T when sold new (it later had a 4sp I believe). This car also led a hard life, and the title activity ended in PA between '80 - '86. This car ended up on the used car lot at Wenger Pontiac GMC in Quarryville, PA in '84, and was sold to a guy in Nottingham, PA with 105k miles. The title was purged from PA records in '86. The car ended up in Maryland in Dec. of '86 with 68k miles, was resold in Aug. of '87 with 161k miles. I spoke to the last owner in MD who confirms that he personally wrecked the car 2x, with the second accident completely totalling the car. He had no idea that it was a Yenko, nor that it was originally RG - until I mentioned it, then he recalled the RG paint under the sill plates. This car had some accidents, some mileage issues, etc... and I just wanted to clear the air to ensure that JIM hadn't laid eyes on this particular car.

Nothing more, nothing less!

[Salvatore]

good detective work. How about some me some info on my &quot;By Berger&quot; Z/28. Having no luck at all! Anything would be a plus.

[bergy]

Not sure how a car that was totaled in 1987 (or later) in Maryland enters into the discussion of a car hit hard in the cowl 1984 parted out in PA that same year. Thanks for the info though. I'll add it to my search list to verify that the MD car had a continouos registration history through the 1984 period - sounds like you've already verified that though. If so, you could save me the trouble with accessing microfilm if you don't mind sending DMV copies. Thanks Marlin

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

.... because in '84 both RG cars were in the same general locale, and I wasn't sure if JIM was aware / or remembered the exact vin of the car in the barn with the cowl damage. Just trying to prevent the story of one RG car becoming morphed into the story of another RG car! Its just coincidence that there were two RG Yenko's in the same area at the same time.....

[Fast67VelleN2O]

What is with the apparent &quot;vendetta&quot; against this car? Let the man do HIS research on HIS car. By reading his posts, Bergy seems to be an honest fellow on the hunt for the REAL history about a car that NO ONE ELSE had the cojones to purchase. Shouldn't a vehicle be innocent until PROVEN guilty? All anyone has about this car up until this point is stories, and no hard facts have been presented at all. Just let the man do his research and when he presents it to everyone, then have something to say about his evidence on the vehicle. No matter how the vehicle ends up (rebody or fixed original body) the car should be saved. It is a piece of Yenko history.

-Matt