[JoeC]

There is an article in CHEVY ACTION Magazine Oct. 1992 written by Mike Mueller, with Mick Price and Roger Gibson providing tech assistance, that appears to prove that at least one 1968 Yenko Camaro is a COPO 427 car. The Camaro is the white 68 Yenko "special drag car" now in the Kevin Suydam collection. It was owned by Mick in 1992. The magazine has a picture of an original COPO order form dated 2-13-68 requested by Yenko Chevrolet and Span inc. for a 9737HD sports car conversion. One line of the document listed the RPO's that appear to have been deleted and replaced by other components. They are as follows; Z23, L78, M21, AXL2 (crossed out), J52, J50, U63, G80, N40. I decode this as; Z23 = special interior package (not on this car), L78 = 396 (they claim the original motor is a 427 with L88 parts), M21 (they claim the car has a M22, AXL2 = special performance axle (this is crossed out on the form) J50/J52=power disk brakes (the car does not have power brakes - may have J56), U63=AM radio ( the car is radio delete) G80= Posi rear (the crossed out AXL2 could spec. the axle 4:56) N40=power steering (the car has no PS). A look at the POP and trim tag would help to verify this info but that was not provided in the magazine article. Does anyone have access to the numbers on this car? I can send a scaned copy of the COPO form if anyone would like to see it.