JoeC - The different totals (198, 201, and anything in between) are derived from the actual lists of 1969 Yenko VINs that different sources have tracked over the years. If you begin with a list that has 198 VINs (maybe with a couple of transcription errors) and then discover a car that is not among the 198 VINs, but has bullet proof documents (and a VIN that may be only one digit off from a VIN on the original "198" list) - it gets added to the list. At that point, there would be 200 VINs on the list. One VIN was removed from the list because the car was located and found not to be a COPO (transcription error). These changes have been very rare - 98.5% of the VINs on the list have never been questioned. It is important to point out that the 201 number that is referenced today (not sure about the 1980s) is derived by counting actual VINs on an actual list.
So it gets confusing, but the different totals are derived from counting actual total individual VINs - not what someone once purtortedly counted on Yenko documents (without presenting the VINs of the cars that were counted).
The above information is my understanding of how the numbers have changed due to a few additions and subtractions over the years. Our site has 198 VINs listed - we have (with help from long time hobbyists) identified the other 3 VINs (and the rationale for their inclusion) that would take our total to 201.
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