Rare 1969 Yenko Camaro 427 Discovered In A Trailer
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Even if you're just a casual fan of classic American muscle cars, a 1969 Yenko Camaro 427 should be enough to get your attention. That's especially true if you specialize in uncovering rare rides and someone says they have a lead for one of these that was essentially ditched for decades.This particular Yenko Camaro was apparently sitting in a trailer since the early 1990s. That's virtually abandonment! But there's a story behind it, which makes the rare classic all the more interesting.
A video by one of our favorite YouTube channels, Auto Archeology, features an expert who showed up to verify the Yenko, which he did. Apparently, the same family owned it since 1981. At some point in the early 90s it was parked in a trailer and there it sat until recently, when the current owner pushed it out.
What's amazing is the car is largely original, the new owner just cleaning it up after rescuing the ride. The 'Highway Star' as it's called has imperfections, as one might expect given its age and how it was stored, but the thing is a piece of history on wheels.
Some interesting things have been done to this Yenko, with the very period-popular pinstriping being one of them. For example, murals have been painted on both sides. That said, the interior looks original, even though there are different gauges than one would expect in the car.
The Camaro expert inspected the Yenko and feels confident it isn't some clever copy but instead is an original. We know some will pick apart his methodology, which he explains in the video, but keep in mind back in the day record keeping wasn't what it is today, which is one of the challenges when dealing with older classics.
Image via Auto Archeology/YouTube
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