Yenko Stormer

[1967Z28]

Don,

I wonder if you can help me with some info on Mo Carter. I have a picture of him outside his '67 Z28 (car #88) and on the back of his driver's uniform it says City Chevrolet. I assumed he was sponsored by City Chevrolet but if he had his own dealership, that would seem a little odd. Can you shed any light on the subject? I have info that shows City Chevrolet got a '67 Z28 in January '67, I don't have anything that shows Maurice Carter Chevrolet got one. Any help is appreciated as I am trying to write a book and be as accurate as possible.

Thanks,
-Jon

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

[whitez]

Jon,

City Chev Olds Ltd., 98 Main Street E., Hamilton, Ont was purchased by Mo Carter in the early 60's and this is where the 1967 Seq.#24, Pre Prod. Z-28 Camaro was delivered.He then built a new dealership ,Maurice Carter Chevrolet Oldsmobile, Ltd 155 Cannon St. East, Hamilton, Ont., advertised as Canada's Largest in late 1968. This later became just Carter Chev Olds Ltd and today is once again City Chev Olds Ltd., under new ownership.I trust that clears up the Corporate confusion.
With reference to your second question, from all records that I have "Mo" ran #8 on all of his cars from 1966 up to and including May 16,17 1970 with the exception the 1968 Camaro which occasionally had to use #80, ie. Mt. Tremblant in August of 69. As for picture???? The 1967 cars ran under City Chev Super Sports Ctr., City Chev Olds Super Sports & Compact Centre, Hamilton, Ont., and City Chevrolet Oldsmobile Ltd., from all records I have. Trust this is of some help.

Don.

1969 Z-28, "Mo" Carter Trans-Am Camaro

[Zedder]

Hi Don,

I'll try and find that ad for the Yenko Stormer and scan it. Be patient as we have everything packed away in the basement right now while we do some pre-move renovations [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Do you have any idea what happened to Mo's '67 Z?

Thanks,

[1967Z28]

Don,

I was confused by the way it was worded that maybe City Chevrolet and Maurice Carter Chevrolet existed at the same time. I am clear now that that was not the case. Thanks for clearing that up. I have an entry list for the '67 Watkins Glen sedan race (see attached) for your records. The car ran that race as #88. I also saw that Carter's '68 ran at the '69 Daytona 24hr as car #18. Lots of times, at the big endurance races at Daytona and Sebring there were a lot of entries and you weren't always able to run your usual number.

-Jon

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[Jeff H]

I was under the impression the Stormer was a non Z28(327 car) turned into a race prepped car. These ads make it look like the Stormer was based on the Z28 option though. Now I'm more confused. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[1967Z28]

I'm not sure what led you to believe the Stormer was based on a 327 car but that was an incorrect assumption. It was a race-prepped Camaro based on the Z28. If you wanted to road race your Camaro, you had to have a car which fell into the A-Sedan catagory or you raced it in the Trans-Am series. Both had a 5-liter (305 cu. in.) limit so you needed to campaign a car with that size of an engine. The Yenko Stormer was an attempt by Don Yenko to fill a perceived need for a "turn-key" Camaro road racer for those who did not want to prepare their own car.

-Jon

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

[Jeff H]

Because there was no such thing as the Z28 early in the production year and I thought he offered the Stormer before the Z28 came out. All they had to do was destroke the 327 to get the 302. Does anyone have dates on these ads?