'73 Yenko Camaro

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Comments??
Marlin

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'70 454 engined Yenko cars? Anybody ever heard of any??
Marlin

[bowtie3168]

Marlin,
Thank you for bringing up this topic. I have always wondered what Don Yenko did in the interim years (1971-1981). I would think that there must have been some "super-tuning" going on. Has anyone ever located or heard anything on a "Stormer Z28"? That is a very interesting concept.

Andrew

[MikeA]

What is or who is "Span-Inc"?

It is hard to tell without seeing the original but on top of the flyer it looks like it was stamped "Draft". Could this flyer have been a printer's proof copy and for what ever reason the car was never produced?

[Edited by MikeA (04-09-2001 at 07:28 PM).]

[Edited by MikeA (04-12-2001 at 12:25 PM).]

[JoeC]

By 1970 the cost of insurance on the big block Supercars was very high. That may have contributed to the cancellation of the 1970 454 Yenko Camaro. May be why Don called the LT-1 70 Nova his insurance beater. The 1970 Camaro was released later in the year and that may have been another factor. There probably wasn't much of a market for a 1970 Yenko Chevelle with the release of the 70 LS6 Chevelle.
In 1971 the DOT and NHTSA was cracking down on exhaust emissions and safety standards but Yenko was working on a COPO 400cu.in. small block Camaro with a 350hp hyd cam and LT1 intake and Holley. A prototype of this car was tested in Car Craft Magazine. This 71 Yenko Camaro was also a no show.
I have been looking for information on the Yenko Stinger Vega. According to one article, Yenko sold the Vega as a non turbo in 1971 and sold the turbo kit over the parts counter. He was trying to build the 1972 Stinger Vega as a COPO car with special pistons for the turbo and other parts but may have had problems getting it past emission testing. Adding to the Vega confusion is the ad for Group 7 Filters sweepstakes with first prize listed as a 1973 Vega Yenko Turbo Stinger.
I don't know what to think of that document on the 1973 Yenko Camaro. It doesn't even look like a street legal car in the picture.

This is a clip from "Agent 1320 Reports" in Dec 69 Super Stock Magazine.

The "little guy in Pennsylvania" I guess would be Bill Jenkins?

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MikeA;
Span Inc. was the distributor of the Yenko SportsCars for '67, '68 and possibly '73. Span Inc. received a commission for selling these cars, which was recorded on Yenko's Inventory Sheets. Some of us feel that Yenko kept Inventory Sheets in '67 & '68 just to keep track of the commissions payable to Span Inc.

The sheet does say 'DRAFT', but we are not sure if any revised editions or actual cars exist.
Marlin