Yenko Stormer

[Zedder]

Recently saw an ad in an old Ontario magazine advertising the Yenko Stormer at a Hamilton, Ontario Chev dealer and wondered if any of these cars have ever been located? Anyone know how many were made?

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[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I heard 12, maybe have been in the context of 'a dozen or so' or 'no more than a dozen', so I don't think anyone knows for sure. I have an ad for one as well. I think Ed Cunneen may have mentioned one was found, but not sure.

[hvychev]

I never heard of these cars. What was the deal with them?

[Jeff H]

I thought there was 1 in the old USCC magazine one time. I'll have to go through them and see if I can find it. I thought it was blue.

[DarrenX33]

Frank- From what I have read and never seen. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

Stormer = SCCA tuned 302 Z/28. Believe Yenko did them from 67 to 69.

[JoeC]

What is the date on the Stormer ad?

I have a theory about Yenko Stormer but just a theory. The Yenko Stinger was built to satisfy the SCCA rules which required 100 units built and approved as a two seat sports car. In the eyes of SCCA it was not a Corvair but was a Stinger manufactured by Yenko Sports Cars Inc. You needed a Stinger ID tag to race SCCA D Production class. Now here is my theory. In 1966 Yenko planed to build a car called the Stormer based on the Camaro to meet the 100 minimum to make it legal for SCCA. This later became unnecessary because SCCA came out with a new set of rules for Trans Am which required 1000 minimum. Chevy did the Z/28 to meet the rules. Only 602 Z/28s built but SCCA allowed them to race anyway. Yenko built some race prepared Z/28s but the Stormer program didn't progress because you did not need a special built Camaro to race in Trans Am class. Just a theory.

[Stefano]

The Stormer(Price) was advertised on the Span Inc. Brochure along with the 427 Conversion Camaro and the Yenko Stinger.

It was a very expensive car, almost $1,000.00 more than the 427 Camaro if I remember correctly ,which IMO would point to a full race prep. set up.

[Zedder]

Thanks for the replies guys. JoeC, I agree with your thoughts on the Stormer based on the description of the car given in the Span ads. For the price, I'm sure most people would have opted for the 427 cars for street use. I think I recall that Yenko got at least 3 '67 Z-28s, but I doubt that they would have recieved a dozen, and even if they did, it is doubtful that these all would have become SCCA cars. I have heard rumors of another '67 Z in my home town that has been tucked away for 20 plus years and it definitely is not one of the 14 Canadian cars. The Stormer ad that I saw says, "Come see the Yenko Stormer" at the local Chev dealer. This leads me to believe that they actually brought at least one Stormer into Canada. The search continues... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[1967Z28]

Mark,

The Stormer was a "turn-key" SCCA race car. The number I have heard is that three were done for '67. I have no idea whether that is factual or not but I'm sure that number is a lot closer to reality than twelve. Mo Carter had one of the very earliest '67 Z28s and he got his through City Chevrolet in Hamilton, Ontario. Maybe his car had some prep done by Yenko. He did not ever run an official Trans Am race with it but ran in the A/Sedan class on both sides of the border. I have attached an ad for the Stormer dated mid-February 1967. The price was $5900 for a ready-to-run race car.

-Jon

1967 Z28 street car
1967 Z28 Trans Am race car
1967 Z28 Registry

[KLONECO]

Heat treated front spindles?????? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] yea ok