9 Years To Buy 1967 Yenko Camaro - Then Surprising Original Owner With Concours Restoration
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2020
- John Weaver was 19 when he bought a 1967 Yenko Camaro brand new. Watch his struggle to realize the dream of a restoration of the car he parked in 1973.
Read on Hot Rod www.hotrod.com/articles/last-...
And my feature in Hot Rod of this Yenko restored
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My father was Ronald G. Lane - the salesman on the receipt
Mr John Weaver is a class act and a gentleman. Him and I share the same ideas and values. This car will always be known as his pride and joy ...we just helped get him there to see it’s glory days. John and I have many more great times to look forward to. By not firing the car ...we were preserving the color on the headers for a huge important show in Chicago the following month in which John and his wife attended. We needed it to be as fresh as possible to compete at the highest level. The friendship has gone beyond this car .
Thank you Jerry for putting this video together for all to enjoy. I could not of done it without the help of John Weaver, Frank Arone, Dave McGaffee, Amy and Lane Dailey,Matt Barczak, Matt Lamer, Brian Potter . This car is a big piece of Yenko history that we proudly wanted to share with John Weaver. John was with us the entire build with questions and his recollection
My hats off to John Weaver for preserving the car all these years to give it a chance at a second life. Most were left in a field to rot. Amazing car and a happy ending!
Being an old CHEVY MAN, I LOVED THIS VIDEO more than ANYTHING I've ever seen on U-TUBE. Back in my day, (I'm now 65) you were either a Chevy Guy or a Ford Guy. But this video is MOST DEFINITELY a piece of History and should be kept "Alive" somewhere and somehow!!! God bless Chevies !!! ☮👌😷🤘
I wish everyone cared this much about history I feel like the world would adjust its pace
People like this don’t exist anymore … so awesome … made me cry .. thinking of my dad ..
What's in your show puts a smile on my face such a good feeling history should be remembered and told..
This is crazy, this is my buddies car. I’ve seen this car, tried to buy it years ago. Can’t believe what I just watched here!
That’s a holy grail no doubt !
best part of the story when don yenko asks to drive the car and immediately hammers on it! The guy just loved and knew he was doing special things!
Watching this video just helped me find the motivation to drag my 67 camaro out of the garage and finish it up and start cruising it again. THANK YOU I NEEDED THAT!!
Mr. Weaver is a gem! Congratulations Doug and the entire team. You did this amazing car justice. I bought my 68 RS/SS 396 4 spd car in 1980 as my 1st car. Still drive it today. This story really hits home. I love 1st gens.
I grew up in West Newton, PA (30 min from Greensburg, PA). A guy in my town - Gary Shoemaker - had a dark green with white stripe and it was the only time I noticed as a young guy the word Yenko on the car...it was a loud and fast car. At night the car was one of the most stunning cars on the road in the early 70s.
So nice seeing a car being treated as more than a commodity...they mean so much more to their owners.
What a great story, incredible car, and a wonderful man.
Wow the history on that camaro is crazy and the camaro is so beautiful
That blue 67 Camaro to the left, doing a burnout, is mine. I won a set of Mickey Thompson tires that year. It's Nantucket blue with a black vinyl top. And it looks a lot like the Yenko, but it's not a Yenko. It's not even a real SS. It was born a heavily optioned Rally Sport 327/PG/3.40 10 bolt open diff. Factory power windows, power steering, power drum brakes, tilt wheel, cruise control, 4 way speakers, pushbutton AM radio, deluxe Bright Blue interior. Yes, factory tilt and cruise in a 67 Camaro. I have never seen that in another Camaro over the last 42 years. I've seen power windows at a car show, but the guy said he added it. This Yenko and a GM exec personal car had power windows, but I've only seen those in pictures. I bought mine for $450 in 1978, and got teased, because a friend bought her '67 for only $100. Hers was just a plain Jane red Camaro, so I was happy with my score. I was also looking at a '70 Challenger with a 318, but it was overpriced at $1,800. Then there was a nice looking '69 Boss 302, red with black stripes, and those cool aluminum slats across the back window. He wanted $1,200. In retrospect, that was the car to get. A real Boss 302. But, I only had $600 in the bank, and the idea of not having to borrow money to buy a hot rod, the Camaro was mine! Keep in mind, it was only 12 years old in late '78, but it was already ragged out, so I can see why this Yenko was looking rough. The truth is, these cars were not made nearly as well as cars today. The sheet metal was thicker, but everything else was pretty poor quality compared to late model cars. My glove box was originally cardboard. The tail light panel was welded in crooked from the factory. Quality control, even in '66, wasn't that great. We had a 2010 2LT that looked nearly as good in 2020 as it did when new. Traded it a few months ago for something more practical...I really miss it. But I still have my 67! You don't see many Nantucket blue 67s, but it's my favorite color from the first year, so I resisted painting it any other color. It lost the power glide a few years after I got it. First I swapped in a Muncie 4 speed, which was relatively easy because all the attaching points and mounting bosses were already there. And back then the junk yards were still full of 1st gen Camaros, so all the necessary parts were easy to find. After I got tired of clutching, I installed a Turbo 400. That was a good, tough trans, but I wanted another 4 speed. Only this time it was an automatic overdrive, 700R4. Rebuilt to withstand drag racing, that's a nice trans for low end grunt, top end driving, and all around road trips. Speaking of drag racing, I couldn't live with the one wheel peel, so I found a 69 12 bolt posi and loaded 3.73s in it. Now I can lay down two nice thick racing stripes. The old 327 got tired by the mid '80s, so in went a 454. I ditched the 4 wheel drums for junkyard discs about 30 years ago, then finally upgraded to Wilwood discs in '16. The car finally stops as well as it goes. We lived in Vegas 25 years ago, so air conditioning became a necessity. Funny thing, when you get AC, you also get a real defroster. No more sticking my head out the window to see where I'm going. It's been a fun car. The paint is faded and chipped, and the vinyl top has seen better days. At a drag race a few years ago, the announcer said, here's a nice "surviver" Camaro. I had to laugh. Hardly a "surviver". It's been painted twice, had the top replaced, replaced the hood, a front fender, front bumper, interior, engine, trans, rear end, one of the headlight motors. I wouldn't say much has survived. Surprisingly, all four window motors are still original. So is the wiper motor, and the power steering pump. And I think that's about the only moving parts that have been there since 1967. But it still looks very stock, and far from fresh, so yeah, I guess after 53 years, it's a survivor.
Restoring my 67 Camaro convertible that I bought in 67 and have driven it for 53 years. So excited.
Beautiful car and a great story.. there is a 67 Yenko Camaro in my area . original owner drag raced it only. 2nd and current owner picked it up the 80's and only shows it..I saw it once around 25 years ago.VERY cool cars !