1967 Yenko Camaro

[berger]

alot of advertising for the stormers. yenko only had 3 z28s in 67 and there was a limit of 5 per dealer when they first came out I learned...so how did he obtain more z28s to turn into stormers or did he just change out the cranks on L30/M20s??

[Chris396]

Have any stormers been found? I would love to read a feature on one.

[68TopStock]

Tom,

Thanks for sharing this early information. Interesting that Royal Plum was one of the colors, any found of this color? That is the original color of "Little Hoss". Another interesting note, is that Mills Chevrolet of Moline, Ill. one of the listed early dealers, is the same dealer my other 1967 Z28 came from. It was raced at Cordova, just a few miles north of Moline, which is about 100 miles north of LaHarpe.

[68TopStock]

Another early dealer was Shalla Chevrolet, of Detroit Michigan. An August of 1967 CarCraft "Straight Scoop" notice about Dick joining forces with Don Yenko mentions that Shalla received one of the first Yenko conversions.

[berger]

ken I just pm'd you.. I just spoke w/ a man who worked at shalla , he said not only did they sponsor the 67 L88 harrell/yenko car, but later bought it from dick in 68, his job was to take it to shows and later he bought it in 69 I believe w/o logos, it said shalla on side, and killer on lid, car was red L88 w/ dual carters on weiand intake, m22, and 4.88s in a frontload pontiac rear!!

[berger]

correction, yenko owned and campaigned the car in 67, sold it to shalla in 68 where this employee "used" it when he got the chance, it was run by the owner of shalla w/ their logos at local tracks and sold used in 69 w/o logos, shalla only sold yenkos in 67, no idea where the car went after that...

[Schonyenko2]

Ken, I knew Mills was a Yenko dealer, but have never been able to verify that one went through the dealership. I did hear a rumor that the one they supposedly had wound up at Fred's dealership. All rumors from old memories.
Yes your white Z ran at Cordova. I seem to remember that it had an L88 in it at one time. I worked with the owner for years. A very unique individual to say the least. Schonye

[Kim_Howie]

Fred did sell a 67 Yenko a red one. I use to watch it drive around Burlington on the street. It said THE MAD MONK in gold leave on the doors. Kim

[sixtiesmuscle]

There was a priest around Aurora, IL. by the name of Father Leake, I think ,who had some pretty hot cars. Anybody know where he ended up?

[bkhpah]

There was a minister around here that was into Fords heavy. Had some Boss 9's and a 427 67 Fairlane with Webers and a lift off hood. Cool cars...BKH