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Old 11-30-2006, 03:24 AM
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It still makes you wonder how many of the 67, 68 Camaros and 69 Novas never received a conversion. It almost seems like the lists are cars that were selected for conversion but obviously not all of them received it. The lists should probably be notated showing which cars are known to be conversions and which cars are known to be non converted.
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Old 11-30-2006, 03:27 AM
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I think the current owner could give a [censored] about any lists...who was this Locater or the guy that "finds" these cars that knew this info 4 years ago just let the charade go on ? We wouldn't even be talking about this if that person would have been honest.
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Old 11-30-2006, 03:33 AM
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How right you are Gags!
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Old 11-30-2006, 03:43 AM
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I think the current owner could give a [censored] about any lists...who was this Locater or the guy that "finds" these cars that knew this info 4 years ago just let the charade go on ? We wouldn't even be talking about this if that person would have been honest.

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Well Said. Who was the mystery person?
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Old 11-30-2006, 05:46 AM
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Has anyone asked Warren who he sold the paperwork to ?
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Old 11-30-2006, 07:40 AM
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Well Said. Who was the mystery person?
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Who knows...lots of folks back then were locating stuff...and hell...it would still be a shiity thing but now that this stuff is so expensive...it has become critical that this kind of info is shared.
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Old 11-30-2006, 04:40 PM
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I am not anxious to have anything done, just wondering why like others. I'll stay out of it Marlin..

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No need to 'stay out of it', I was just curious why you have such a specific interest in 'the list' and wanted it changed.

JeffH: As of right now, altering the list of vins is the last thing on our minds. The car's heritage is front &amp; center, and documenting the chain of events takes priority.

In all honesty, I'm not sure the list will get changed. This car made it onto the list of 37 because of something, it was not put there by us - but by Yenko. So, we are trying to figure out what the process was in '69 to get certain cars included in this group vs. others. We have known all along that some cars were not converted, but how would we know which ones? We don't even have all 37 numbers, so if the 'later' ones were non-converted how would we know which ones were the 'later' ones. We are not about to guess which ones. This is consistent with other years/models that have unconverted situations. We don't guess, (and * ), which '68 Yenko Camaro's are non-converted, nor which '68 Gibb/Harrell Novas were non-converted. We simply offered the list of numbers as we had them, and please note: the listing of '69 Yenko Novas does not say that they are all 427's, it only says that they are Yenko Novas. There was actually a method to the madness during the years of assembling all that info!
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Old 11-30-2006, 04:53 PM
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I have to say that it doesn't make sense to maintain a list that isn't accurate. Obviously we don't know which cars are converted and which ones aren't. But as people uncover the history on a specific car(Camaro or Nova) that vehicle should be positively identified for what it is, either a 396 non conversion or 427 conversion. Even if just 1 car is positively identified on the list it makes the list more accurate. Why have the lists if they aren't going to be maintained and accurate?
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Old 11-30-2006, 05:00 PM
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I have to say that it doesn't make sense to maintain a list that isn't accurate. Obviously we don't know which cars are converted and which ones aren't. But as people uncover the history on a specific car(Camaro or Nova) that vehicle should be positively identified for what it is, either a 396 non conversion or 427 conversion. Even if just 1 car is positively identified on the list it makes the list more accurate. Why have the lists if they aren't going to be maintained and accurate?

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It's obvious from your statements that you have not spent much time working on a project like this. There are times when it is better to leave published information in a general form. I could add the options, build dates and body numbers to several of the vin's too - that would make the list more accurate/specific as well. However, experience can be a very good teacher, and sometimes too much info can create havoc.

You are more than welcome to make an effort, perhaps you would like to be the one to place an asterick on the '69 Yenko Camaro's that you suspect are rebodied - that would make the list more 'accurate'! Go ahead, see where that gets ya
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Old 11-30-2006, 05:04 PM
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I have to say that it doesn't make sense to maintain a list that isn't accurate. Obviously we don't know which cars are converted and which ones aren't. But as people uncover the history on a specific car(Camaro or Nova) that vehicle should be positively identified for what it is, either a 396 non conversion or 427 conversion. Even if just 1 car is positively identified on the list it makes the list more accurate. Why have the lists if they aren't going to be maintained and accurate?

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SYC can not be criticized on the accuracy of the list if people have updated information and do not make it public.

This is a situation where sYc is damned if the do and damned if they don't.
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