Yet Another Orange Camaro

[Rick R]

As some know, (and fewer care)I write for 'real car' magazines, my newest title a cool online-only title, Max Chevy.

Just Google Max Chevy magazine...

I ran across perhaps the rarest Camaro ever last November at SEMA, the restored COPO Yenko Prototype rescued from a Tennessee junkyard and restored by Jim Barber for owner John Miller.

No one is more tired of, or less impressed with, Orange '69 Camaros than I am, but this one is hyper cool and the restoration is incredibly well-done. I did a similar story for Chevy Enthusiast Magazine which will be online the first of the month (after a delay or three), with better pics, but this one shows the car and tells the story.

Edited July 25, 2010 by Rick R

[Rick R]

Just google 'Max Chevy magazine'... ya can't miss it!

[camaroman]

Neat story, Rick and thanks for the heads up.. and your writing over the years.

[Railfreak78]

No one is more tired of, or less impressed with, Orange '69 Camaros than I am,

Must not have seen Tuffone20's Under glass or while it was on the workbench

[Brett Barrow]

...No one is more tired of, or less impressed with, Orange '69 Camaros than I am, but this one is hyper cool and the restoration is incredibly well-done...

i'll be honest too in that stock resto COPO Camaro's bore the heck out of me...

Dave

Not me!!! A bone-"stock" Huggar Orange Yenko Camaro is way high on my Things-to-Build-Before-I-Die list. Been planning one for a while, but wasn't sure if the stripes would be black or white, now I have the 1:1 to go by! Don't know about that vinyl roof, though

Edited July 25, 2010 by Brett Barrow

[Rick R]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

AS I understand it, the car now appears as it would have at Yenko Chevrolet when it was delivered/displayed there. Yenko had all the emblems and stripes installed at the factory and this car was used as the guide for the 201-car Yenko production run. When I saw it last November at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas it did not have the Yenko identification installed, because that aspect of its existance had not yet been authenticated. I actually prefer it that way.

It's being left as a stock Yenko, and will be dyno-tested by one of the magazines based in Florida in order to determine the stock horsepower figures of the Yenko cars. The vinyl top is a difficult call for me too as I tend to hate the things, but it specs out to be original and the application is as flawless as the rest of the restoration. The car is simply stunning in every way.

I'm promised a ride/drive when I get the chance to get to Florida, but til then this article and the next one, set for Chevy Enthusiast magazine, (better photos!) available online around the first of the month, should be of value to model builders looking for original appearance. This beast is as 'right' as you'll ever find... The owner, John Miller says, this isn't just 'A' '69 Yenko Camaro, this may be 'THE' '69 Yenko Camaro.

Edited July 25, 2010 by Rick R

[Len Woodruff]

Thanks for the comments, guys.

AS I understand it, the car now appears as it would have at Yenko Chevrolet when it was delivered/displayed there. Yenko had all the emblems and stripes installed at the factory and this car was used as the guide for the 201-car Yenko production run. When I saw it last November at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas it did not have the Yenko identification installed, because that aspect of its existance had not yet been authenticated. I actually prefer it that way.

According to the new Yenko book all of the stripes were installed @ Yenko by part time workers. That would make more since since they were COPO cars and could be (& were) ordered by other dealers.

[Rick R]

Probably correct, BUT the 201 cars done for Yenko, while COPOs, went only to Yenko. Motion, Nickey, etc. were also COPOs but not part of the Yenko run. As I understand it, the 427 emblems and other items were installed at the Factory and this car was used as a guide during the assembly period.

Edited July 26, 2010 by Rick R

[corvox]

Thanks for the great read. Keep writing great articles!