More Camaro photos, and Yenko Photos

CamaroNut

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Ok, I want to start off by saying when I mean Yenko, I do not mean an Original 69 SYC Yenko 427 super car. I mean a 1969 Chevy Camaro X-11, or SS.

This car has been an ongoing project for me for a long time now, It is going to be a Yenko Camaro clone, it will be built to exact specs on the interior and exterior, the block, is a REAL, Yenko block, it cost me an arm and a leg, but I got the block, heads, intakemanifold, crank, pan etc. Not the major parts, but a few parts. I have worked on it on and off, the interior as of today, is complete, finally, it is black, I did all that work, by myself, I had help on and off from a few friends however, the rear bumper, lights, trunk installed, trunk lid installed, spoiler installed etc has all been done. It needs more work, but here is a photo of what it looked like when I recieved it. That Fiber Glass Cowl induction hood didnt come with the car, I installed it for the photo.

This is the Camaro when I recieved it, in the garage.



This is the M-21 4 speed transmission that I am going to installed in her


The Rally Sport... the 11 second Camaro...

When I recieved it, the car looked like this, it was a darker green, and had rust holes, you can see the parts of the fender and quarter panel that where removed (rust) and where soon repalced.


After the work was done...



Notice the 2inc exhast, and the 10 bolt, that was before I built it up, this was when it was getting preped for paint




After we had it primered we had her painted... there we go, paint that b***h! take it! take it!



Then, we did not build it up right away, it had a 327 in it, and it lived with the 427 for a year or more. See my 69 Z next to it...





Want more of the Orange Z-28?



This is under the hood, cant see s**t can you LOL



This is the Blue Z-28, this is not ours anymore, this is documented, as the most low mileage, original, and historical Z-28 in the world. It had 34 original miles. Not 34,000 miles, 34 miles. It is a survivor. The paint, interior all that you are seeing is ORIGINAL. It was a 100+ point show car, the onlything not original where the tires. The brakes lines and brakes where original. It had every paper with it, everything, it was fully documented. Every hose under the hood orignal, I cannot stress how original this car was, literly the onlything not original where the fluids, gas, and tires haha. I wish we still had it. It sold to a collector, lets just say he is in SOCAL with us and he is on TV and collects cars.. enough said. The car was sold to him for $90,000... Well worth it for the worlds most original and documented 69 Z-28.

Before we had the car, it was in a Climate contorled Garage for over 20+ years. Dad paid 65,000 for it. He drove it once time and put 5 of the 34 miles on it, and I put on 3. My dad would keep this in, I s**t you not a car bubble... I think you know the kind I am talking about. with the black compressor... this was his baby.






Cleaning it up a little. that is the Yenko clone under it, ready to take off the sub frame.


And as if the grage could get any better...

That is dads SS, now notice that yellow 69 Camaro? Well it has NO VIN :-( however, it does have 12 bolt posi with 4.10 gears, manual transmission, looked like i had a big block 427 at one time in it, no PS, no PB, no frills no AC, etc. Front chin spoiler and rear spoiler. Repainted back in the 90's Yellow. Needs work. However, when we paid the $23,000 for it (i know it was alot) we had a good reason for doing so.

What cars came from the factory with a 427? 4.10 posi 12 bolt, no PS, no PB, no AC, manula trans, front and rear spoiler? this MIGHT be a COPO Camaro. We dont know yet, we have not looked into decoding the cowl tags because we have other things to do, we are kinda bussy. So If this car is a COPO... Everything we are doing would be put on hold to restore it, because only 52 COPO's where ever made, and they are worth well over $200,000 if it is in good shape... so lets hope...

 

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Nice pics man.....
 


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wow, most original low milage camaro ever? 100 show points, i feel like im talking to a celebrity
 

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How slow do you have to take corners in those? Lol naw im playing those are some phat cars man.
 


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EX 2000, the car was sold, so it is no longer with us. But you can talk to the owner of it now. Ill give you a hint, he is a Celebrity, Hes on late at night, He has big hair and a big chin and collects cars haha.

FhCRubarb how slow do you have to take speedbumps or how many days does it take you to run the quarter mile lol.
The RS, is the 11 second quarter mile car, it wasnt made to turn fast lol, the Z-28 can take a turn pretty good.
 

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s**t, a f**king COPO? That's f**king incredible!
 

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a day and a half lol.

yes NOFX, a Real COPO. I have to get some info on it first. Infact I am online now looking for COPO Cowl Codes. Give me about 2 hours and I can find out.
 

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Wow, congrats if it turns out to be a COPO. =) I would definately like to know more about the progress of that vehicle.

And in case anyone wants to know what a COPO Camaro is:

What is a COPO Camaro?

COPO stands for Central Office Production Order. This is the process used by Chevrolet (and other divisions of GM) for internal orders for 'special' cars under limited production. The COPO process was used to produce special cars for special occasions. The Pace Car Camaros that actually paced the Indy 500 (because of modifications needed to the cars to meet the special requirements of reliability and safety for race duty) were ordered via the COPO process. The COPO process was also used to build special show cars, and sometimes, for special competition-oriented cars. The most famous 1st Generation COPO Camaros were COPO 9560 and COPO 9561. COPO 9560 involved making a special run of 1969 Camaros equipped with the SS package (minus the SS badges) and a 427 cubic inch aluminum block engine (ZL-1) (like that in the Corvette) making 430 HP. Only 69 of these were built. COPO 9561 was another special run of 1969 Camaros equipped with a cast iron block version of the 427 cubic inch engine (L-72). While there is no documented number of COPO 9561 Camaros built, it's estimated that the number is somewhere between 500 and 600 cars. Many went to specialty high-performance Chevy dealers like Yenko. COPO Camaros are worth small fortunes today and are very desirable collectors' pieces.

Additionally, there was COPO 9737, the sports car conversion which added a 140 MPH speedometer, a 1" stabilizer shaft, and E70x15 Goodyear Wide Tread GT tires. Cars built after May of 1969 also got a center gas gauge and a factory tachometer.

Info from http://www.v6fbody.com/tech/faq/v6fbody_1st.shtml =)
 

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Nice rides man.... Gotta love the classic muscle....
 

CamaroNut

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I never got around to looking at the cowl, ill do that later... see we have like no time do to anything here haha.

I am going to do so in the morning...

You also forgot to say that a 69 ZL1 COPO 427, with a tunned carb and slicks ran 10.4's :-D
 

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niiice niiice cars.. when I was younger I drooled over 67-69 camaros:drool:.. beautiful, and damn only 34 orignal miles!?!?! :shock:
 

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Thanks Turbo, I feel the same about your 95 Si . . .

But seriously, thanks for the comments. I put the heads together today. Friday I am spending all day on the motor, maybe I could get it done in one day?
 

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damn f**king sweet... gorgeous work...

they're not as fast as a civic dx hatch stock auto, but decently quick, huh?
 

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haha

that is the hardest thing for me to get use to. I am use to the 12 second daily drivin Z-28, and the weekend 11 second RS, and then jumping into a 16/17 second Civic... yeah it is hard to get use to as you would imagine, I feel the trans kick into 3rd, and I am thinking... why are the tires not smoking at 3rd? lol

Did you read about my dads RS? full on race car that looks street legal, full interior, just a big ass roll cage and all the safety crap. But it runs...lets just say at Irwindale, a 8th mile, he hit over 120mph... So it is a very fast car to say the least haha.

But yeah, Love the Civic so far, good on gas, stops good, oh yeah, and It can turn lol. We installed the Flowmaster the other day, and removed the cat. Damn the exhaust pipe on these cars are SMALL. The muffler was a 3 1/2 application, we had to custom fit it. So it looks like a "ricer" if you will because it has a 3.5 inch tip out the rear, but it doesnt sound that bad. Sounds kinda like a "ricer" when the RPM's get up there, but in low with the CAI the other owner installed it sounds pretty sweet. I raced my first car today, I am about ready to tell about it in the Kill Forum... check it out. I kicked ass LOL
 

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CamaroNut said:
haha

that is the hardest thing for me to get use to. I am use to the 12 second daily drivin Z-28, and the weekend 11 second RS, and then jumping into a 16/17 second Civic... yeah it is hard to get use to as you would imagine, I feel the trans kick into 3rd, and I am thinking... why are the tires not smoking at 3rd? lol

Did you read about my dads RS? full on race car that looks street legal, full interior, just a big ass roll cage and all the safety crap. But it runs...lets just say at Irwindale, a 8th mile, he hit over 120mph... So it is a very fast car to say the least haha.

But yeah, Love the Civic so far, good on gas, stops good, oh yeah, and It can turn lol. We installed the Flowmaster the other day, and removed the cat. Damn the exhaust pipe on these cars are SMALL. The muffler was a 3 1/2 application, we had to custom fit it. So it looks like a "ricer" if you will because it has a 3.5 inch tip out the rear, but it doesnt sound that bad. Sounds kinda like a "ricer" when the RPM's get up there, but in low with the CAI the other owner installed it sounds pretty sweet. I raced my first car today, I am about ready to tell about it in the Kill Forum... check it out. I kicked ass LOL
lmao.. who would have thought that a person who works with and drives as many camaros as you do would have so much fun with a civic... i'm waiting to hear about your first kill..lol...
 


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