1968 COPO/YENKO 9737

[Ed Cunneen]

As far as the 1967 Yenko goes, the COPO Connection will not issue a certificate on any car that is missing either the original vin plate or the trim tag. That has been our policy for years. But I would love to own this car if the paperwork on the vin and title could be straightened out!

[Jeff H]

Ed, if a car with a missing VIN tag and missing trim tag has matching documentation from Yenko, would you then issue a COPO certification? Especially for a 67 since the VIN tag is on the door and doors get swapped around easily. If there is adequate paperwork showing the car's heritage would it qualify for certification then?

[GTO_DON]

I thought the vin tag was on the lower cowl not the door!

[Ed Cunneen]

To answer your question, no. Since vin tags, stamps, etc. can be created, we make sure that the body number matches the vin per our records. Someone attempting to recreate a Yenko would not know the correct body number. Also, in this case there is no title or title history for the Yenko vin.

[Jeff H]

So in this situation the car might have never been titled since it was a race car from day 1. Even with the hidden VIN's on the body and paperwork from Yenko, you wouldn't be able to certify it? That makes for a tough situation. I guess this car could really be a big question mark in some peoples eyes with the tags missing. What could be done to certify a car like this when you're 99.9% sure nobody restamped the body's hidden VINs?

[Mr. T]

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Someone attempting to recreate a Yenko would not know the correct body number.

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I like that part!!