BAD LS1
11-07-2005, 07:40 PM
Here is a little history with pics on my Dad's 68 COPO/ Non-converted Yenko Camaro, as well as other, only know to exsist Rallye green non converted car.
My dad bought this corvette bronze example brand new, a plain jane 396/375HP SS camaro with the stand black interior. He bought the car from a suburb pittsburgh PA chevy dealer(Kenny Ross Chevy), it was a little diff from the rest of the SS's on the lot, it had a 140 speedo, multi-leaf rear springs and a 12 bolt with 4.10 gears where what set it apart from another yellow 396/375 horse car next to it. He had no idea it was a dealer traded car from Yenko. He traded in a 6 month olds 4-4-2 W30, black with a red stripe on this Camaro as he was not happy with its performance to say the least. He began to drag race the car almost immediatley, slowly modifying the stock 396 with douhg thorely long tube headers, M&H slicks, and GM dealer installed 5.13 gears anda aftermarket Sun tachometer. With tuning of carb and timing, and getting a clutch to stay in the car, it went 12.0@ 117 on this combo in A/stock competion. Soon he saved up money to buy a L88 427 short block from Yenko chevrolet's parts dept. Transfered over all the 396 parts, including the small chamberd heads, then went racing again! This combo proved to be good for a 11.410 @ 126.77 according to the Keystone drag strip, C/modified contestant time chart my dad still to this date!!!! its quite brittle but its sure enough says his name with the time next to it :wooo.
Here is a shot of it in the C/modified production, preparing for a launch at Keystone Dragway just outside of Pittsburg, That is the exhaust wired up under the car, as he ran open headers to race.
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1241/keystone19694id.jpg
He sold the car in 1971 to his tuner and friend Bobby"wild man" williams, where the origional 396 short block sat in the corner, and the car got a black paint job and was driven on and off through the 70's-80's and then was sold in the late 90's to a guy who knew my dad back in the day, and called him and asked if he would like to buy it back. My dad aggreed to buy it back, had it restored by muscle car CPR,which a couple of my dads freinds who specialize in high end chevy supercar restorations.
Here are some pics of the Ed Cunneen documentation proving what the car is exactly and some shot of it fresh after the restoration. The car only has 4500 original miles on it!!! its stll got them same 5.13 gears too! Sure makes it a breeze to load on and off the trailer.
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1439/documentation7av.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/9986/forgeshow20040223of.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/840/forgeshow20040042tt.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1678/forgeshow20040279ve.jpg
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My dad bought this corvette bronze example brand new, a plain jane 396/375HP SS camaro with the stand black interior. He bought the car from a suburb pittsburgh PA chevy dealer(Kenny Ross Chevy), it was a little diff from the rest of the SS's on the lot, it had a 140 speedo, multi-leaf rear springs and a 12 bolt with 4.10 gears where what set it apart from another yellow 396/375 horse car next to it. He had no idea it was a dealer traded car from Yenko. He traded in a 6 month olds 4-4-2 W30, black with a red stripe on this Camaro as he was not happy with its performance to say the least. He began to drag race the car almost immediatley, slowly modifying the stock 396 with douhg thorely long tube headers, M&H slicks, and GM dealer installed 5.13 gears anda aftermarket Sun tachometer. With tuning of carb and timing, and getting a clutch to stay in the car, it went 12.0@ 117 on this combo in A/stock competion. Soon he saved up money to buy a L88 427 short block from Yenko chevrolet's parts dept. Transfered over all the 396 parts, including the small chamberd heads, then went racing again! This combo proved to be good for a 11.410 @ 126.77 according to the Keystone drag strip, C/modified contestant time chart my dad still to this date!!!! its quite brittle but its sure enough says his name with the time next to it :wooo.
Here is a shot of it in the C/modified production, preparing for a launch at Keystone Dragway just outside of Pittsburg, That is the exhaust wired up under the car, as he ran open headers to race.
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1241/keystone19694id.jpg
He sold the car in 1971 to his tuner and friend Bobby"wild man" williams, where the origional 396 short block sat in the corner, and the car got a black paint job and was driven on and off through the 70's-80's and then was sold in the late 90's to a guy who knew my dad back in the day, and called him and asked if he would like to buy it back. My dad aggreed to buy it back, had it restored by muscle car CPR,which a couple of my dads freinds who specialize in high end chevy supercar restorations.
Here are some pics of the Ed Cunneen documentation proving what the car is exactly and some shot of it fresh after the restoration. The car only has 4500 original miles on it!!! its stll got them same 5.13 gears too! Sure makes it a breeze to load on and off the trailer.
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/1439/documentation7av.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/9986/forgeshow20040223of.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/840/forgeshow20040042tt.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1678/forgeshow20040279ve.jpg
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