The Callaway's that were not converted - looks like a few Yenko's were not either >>

[*89x2*]

At the Chevy - Vette Fest last weekend, I saw a VERY Nice Copper colored Camaro from the late 60's. While not a huge fan of the Camaro's, I am big on the color Copper
Reading the owners display board, I noticed it was a COPO Camaro, a Camaro destined through its ordering process to be a Yenko Super Camaro - a rare car in its day, very, very rare today :eek
Talking with a fellow B2K owner about un-converted cars, the subject of the Callaway Corvette came into conversation. I knew about the 1990 Vert' that never got the TT transplant and he said an 88 hit that same situation as well :eek He said it was an 88 car ordered through Malcolm Konner in NJ and for some reason, it never saw Old Lyme - Later on, the story goes... The current owner tried sending it back to Old Lyme to get the engine to match the SPI label RPO Code - No dice, Callaway Cars said no more.

I always find it interesting to read about rare cars and some of the stories that surround them - I think Callaways will certainly add to that over the next couple of decades

Anyone else have some interesting Callaway stories or facts to share??

 

[CallawayC8]

My father ordered the 1990 Vert from John Jochem Chevrolet in Stuart, Florida. The car was set to go to Callaway, but at the last minute, two very rare Callaways became available, so we bought them instead. The car was a red vert 6 speed with a trunk rack that accidentally got ordered as my father drew a stripe down the options list. I'm not sure, but I think it even had an engine block heater (handy in Florida)


Hope this helps,
Anthony

 

[90Callaway]

Technically it's "just" a COPO Camaro that was ordered by Yenko Chevrolet. OK, it's still REALLY rare. It has no designation that would indicate it was slated for a conversion to an SYC with the L72 427. Yenko did order many other performance Chevrolets over the years. Any dealer could take advantage of the COPO (Central Office Production Order) system back then if they knew how.

Conversely, the non-converted Callaway actually shows the B2K RPO code.