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Old 03-03-2010, 11:26 AM
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Default Re: Where Are The Yenko VIN's?

Thank you to all the true hobbyist's that took the time to send me lists of the Yenko VIN's. From one true enthusiast to another, it is very much appreciated. You know......it makes me wonder how Don Yenko would have handled these situations if he were alive today and if he would have kept the VIN list to himself or if he would have released them to the public. I think back to when the late, legendary Vince Piggins himself contacted Doug Marion of Super Chevy Magazine in the very early Eighties with the 1969 ZL-1 Camaro VIN# list and had them publish the VIN#'s to all sixty-nine cars for enthusiasts worldwide to track down and preserve these cars. Pete McCarthy is well known, respected and famous in the Pontiac world for the immense amount of time and work in sifting through hundreds of thousands of Shipping Manifests on Microfiche (remember that?) and publishing the VIN#'s of virtually EVERY 1962 & 1963 Super Duty 421 and 389 Pontiacs. To anybody that is a true Pontiac fan......his two books are absolutely essential. Most recently Darrell Davis stepped up and published the VIN#'s of all the 1962-64 Max Wedge cars and 1964-65 Race Hemis with information recently obtained through Chrysler Corp. I, and many others, didn't even know that information even existed but it's great to know that it was shared in the interest of finding "lost" cars. Now correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me and many others that these Yenko Camaros have become so valuble that now the VIN# list is only available to select few. I can't help but think that Don Yenko would have been proud of his creations and shared them with the world. I'm done with this now.
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