When I got out of the Marines in '71 I became acquainted with a young lady (Linda) who owned a '69 L88 Corvette (yes, a real one).
The rear panel was hand lettered, "If You Can Beat Me, You Can Eat Me"....

No idea what became of her or the car....

L-88 Corvette all the way. These Vettes were quick.

on top of the PSMCDR small block list is Owen Simpson's 1970 Yenko Deuce at 11.88 ET at 116 mph

2023 Pure Stock Drags at Mid Michigan Motorplex

Cast-iron exhaust manifolds and full exhaust
bias ply tires and 4 speed transmission

Nice. But not "stock" that car is making at least 450 crank to run that good. What mods are allowed in that class?

PSJohn, no mods, but fully dialed-in suspensions and the mechanicals like engine and trans are fully blueprinted and balanced.

Strange, I heard about Owen and the COPO '70 Nova, LT1 350 car with factory traction bars. I actually LOOKED at the car when it was for sale and the owner claimed it was a "COPO 1970 NOVA LT1 350, 1 of 2 sold in London, ON". Strange how much slower that car is on the list then his Yenko?

The "E-Bay Deuce"..........glad to see it doing so well.

Original thread back from 2010:

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...ght=ebay+duece

baloney! that story is as old as grandma's underpants...

OK then.....I'm sorry for muddying up this informative thread....

Fresh from Vietnam I crashed with a couple buddies to get my head on straight and find my own place.
Their house was two blocks from the university campus, pretty much party central 3-4 nights a week.
Linda came by a couple times, announced by the rumble out in the street. Attractive blonde, about 5'10", The Vette was a red coupe, no side pipes and I believe aluminum slots.

'nuff said...

I liked it Bill.

I remember as a teen in the mid to late 70s, a Hot Rod or Car Craft magazine testing stock, as sold from the dealer, muscle cars to see what was the fastest in the 1/4 mile. Of course, who knows what's done internally to some cars but seeing these examples were all under 10 years old, and had to have stock exhaust, stock tires, and appear stock under the hood,......the top dog in that test was an LS6 Chevelle SS with a 13.1 quarter mile.