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http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...nce=0&res=high

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http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...nce=0&res=high

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http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...nce=0&res=high

This '70 Yenko Nova was originally sold out of Peck Chev, in Little Rock, AR. The car is a 4 speed, no power steering, and Cranberry Red, it is currently undergoing restoration.

Marlin

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Marlin:

I'm working on this page for the web site...how about some dates for the pictures above?!

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Tom/Rob;
Sorry!!
I thought it would be a post, a page would be even better.

The Stinger photo is circa 1998-1999, the Gobi Beige Yenko Nova is circa 1989, the Forest Green Yenko Nova is circa 1970 - (not sure what shape it is in now, but couldn't get this one to post to the 'whitewall' topic), and the Cran Red Yenko Nova is circa 1983-85.

Cool stuff, I know there are some great Yenko Camaro photos out there - get them ready!!

Marlin

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Thanks for the info/pictures, M!

So, now for the hard part...what do we call it?!

I'm not sure what to do about the pictures on here, as they will eventually slow everything down, but I will worry about that later...keep posting them! Everyone, keep posting them! I may just have everyone keep adding them to this post, and after there gets to be so many pictures, I will just cut a couple out...not sure. But, as soon as a picture/info is posted here, I will try and get it up on the page. Any ideas?

Rob


[Edited by sYc (10-02-2000 at 02:08 PM).]

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Rob;
I can re-submit them once the new page is up, (?), and delete the ones on this post.

As for a name for the page? How about, 'Drive em Hard', or 'Lettin Them Die', or 'Guess What This Is?', or 'The Best and Worst of Times'.

I'm not very creative, but I have more photos!!

Marlin

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Well, M, the page is up ( https://www.yenko.net/vintage/vintage.htm ! It's nothing fancy, but at least it's up.

You won't have to re-submit them, as there are a TON of ways I can get them. So, just start posting!

I am anxious to see some of the pictures that get submitted...Jerry Ewert has some of his Yenko Camaro that I would love to post here!

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It is no SuperCar but it is a cool pic Donna Mae and behind her is the Yenko "works team" transporter. I believe this is early 1960's -before the Stinger program began.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...132&p=29497662

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Don Yenko special ordered this 1966 L72/M22 Corvette and race prepped it by adding a roll bar and chopping off the windshield .ouch!. The car was one of two built with M22, J56, F41, K66, and heater/radio delete. It was sold to a customer who road raced it in A/P.
http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...132&p=29489227

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Do you know what happened to the Fathom green Deuce? It looks just like the one that I saw in Dam Neck Virginia, in 1979 or so. That was the first Yenko that I ever saw or even heard of. I had just bought my Fathom green 396 Nova a few months before that, so I was quite interested in it. I always wondered what happened to it. I dont remember the whitewalls though.

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I thought Rob's idea of a post of photos showing the unrestored condition of Supercars is a good idea. So, here is one that I have collected.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...nce=0&res=high

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...nce=0&res=high

More to come,
Marlin

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BBdon;
That Forest Green Yenko Nova is orig. out of Grossman Chev. in Minneapolis, MN. The original owner is from Eau Claire, WI and he only kept it about 3-4 years before trading it in at a used car dealership. The car is sitting in a barn somewhere up north, supposed to be a future project for father and son. This car is a 4 speed, no power steering, no dealer optioned model.

Every original owner we have spoken with recalled the whitewall tires, and how much they hated them. Every one of them changed to some type of white letter tire, some even mixed the brands on the front vs. the rear just to get the whitewalls off.

Where is your L78 Nova??
M

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BBdon;
Where is Dam Neck, Virginia? Is it close to; Virginia Beach, Danville, or Richmond? This will give me an indication of where the car may have been out of. Do you know if it was an a/t or 4sp?
M

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The Dam Neck I know is a Naval Base and is in the City of VA Beach on the south. That would likely mean the car came from Colonial Chev.

[Edited by COPO (10-03-2000 at 08:26 AM).]

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If this is the same town, then it would most likely have been a Colonial car. This is primarily due to the fact that Colonial Chev. had a Sales Contract with Yenko Chev. to be the exclusive distributor in a defined region. The closest Yenko dealer to Colonial was Tamson Chev, in Danville, VA who got one FG car and it is found, (never left Danville). The next closest Yenko dealer was Lustine Chev. in Hyattsville, MD who also received one (?) FG car and it to is found, (found in Baltimore). There is an FG, a/t, p/s, car from Colonial that is now in MN, this might have been the car!
M

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Here is a picture of the Colonial car before and after restoration. This is the F/G, AT, P/S, car that is now located in Minn.
jim

http://www.geocities.com/bowties427/...ssageboard.jpg

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Hey Jim (WWJD),
Your car is back up for sale!! Check out AutoTrader Online. Nice photos of the pre-restoration phase. I have a few as well, and will try to get them on the board. One of my photos has a black Cobra Jet in the background, where is that car?
Marlin

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hey marlin, ya i seen the ad on trader on line---and talked to a gentleman who said he was going to purchase it. the 69 cyclone cobra jet went to denver, CO. last i knew.
jim

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There is also a Blue Deuce on Traderonline. Out of Otis Chandler collection. What is known about it ?

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This car has been on that site for a few months now, but the phone number doesn't seem to work.

This is the Otis Chandler car, and the photo in the ad is from that era. The car is a real Yenko, and it was originally sold out of Central Chev. in Cleveland, OH. The car was purchased by Otis from Alan J. in Connecticut, how it got from OH to CT is unknown. The car is a 4 speed, no power steering, and is one of the relatively few that received the dealer installed Sport Mirrors option. This car is the 47th car made, and was asigned stock number YS-026.

The Fathom Blue paint is usually one of the favorite colors on any Yenko car. There were approx. 35 '70 Yenko Novas in Fathom Blue, 24 four-speeds and 11 a/t's. At this time there are approx. 13 Fathom Blue cars located, 10 four-speeds and 3 a/t's.

The car is claimed to have it's original drivetrain, the engine was removed for cleaning and reinstalled, and the car has reportedly been repainted. The only real flaws with this car are the incorrect seats, (~$1200), incorrect exhaust manifolds, (~$350-$1000), no smog, ($1100), and not sure if there is a rear sway bar, ($250-$300). There will always be the bunch of items that you can't find when only looking at photos, but overall it is a strong car and is priced at its upper limit of $35k. Not many '70 Yenko Novas trade in this price range. Those cars that do, are usually among the best in the country and are rarely advertised. This car may be one of the better opportunities out there if the price were adjusted for the incorrect items.

Marlin

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Marlin, you seem to have a good line on what cars came from where. I noticed on the dealership and memorobilia link that there is an ad for Yenko dealers and that Ferman Motor Car Co. was one of them, I pass this dealership everyday but there is no one in there interested in trying to find any information on what was sold in the past by them, any info? Someone once told me that they thought they saw a Camaro in their showroom at one time. Thanks Wes

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I know the owner, and he is currently restoring the car. I believe it is painted, and ready for reassembly. Will ask him to post some photos.
M

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Thanks Marlin, That address is for their new location, in the '60's they were actually downtown. My friend seems pretty adamant about seeing one there, but who knows. How could they be listed as a dealer and not sold any? Thanks again for the information. Wes

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To my knowledge, Ferman Motor Car Co, Inc. at 9751 Adamo Dr. in Tampa, FL only sold one Yenko car(?), it was an '81 Yenko Turbo Z.

This car is White, and was delivered to to this dealer on April 9, 1982!! The car had 466 miles on it at that time. The car was purchased new by the vice-president of the Buchan energy company of St. Petersburg, FL on ~~November 5, 1982. I believe this is the car that was recently on EBAY in Scranton, PA, it is now in MO and was at this year's reunion.

Hope this helps!!
Sorry, no '67-'70's Yenkos from there,
Marlin

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Does anyone know what that current status of this Vega Yenko Stinger is? Is it still rusting away somewhere?... is it currently undergoing a restoration? Does anyone know the owner?

Ken

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Some dealerships were in the network, but weren't required to buy cars. We know of one dealership in Southern New Jersey that apparently didn't get any cars. Other dealerships only wanted the road racing Stinger Corvairs, or Stinger Vegas, and without any inventory lists for those cars we don't know where they all went. Sometimes, a dealer would take a bunch of cars and then find out they could not sell them. They could/would dealer transfer them to another dealer. This could be how Ferman got a Supercar, or maybe they did and we just don't know about it yet!!

Anything is possible with Yenko!!
M

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Sale is now pending on the Otis Chandler Yenko Nova! The potential new owner will take it shows, so we will now get a chance to see it firsthand.
M

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joe, they only say stinger. my error i didn'tlook that close to the picture were it says turbo stinger.
jim

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There were apparently two different decal sets available for the Vega Stinger, those that said "Turbo Stinger" (obviosly if you opted for the turbo option) and those that just said "Stinger". You could buy a set from Yenko for the advertised price of $32.95.

Also, that pic of the Yellow Stinger Vega "does" in fact look like the prototype. One unique feature on it was the striping going across the rear spoiler as opposed to terminating on the quarter panel like all others I've seen. Also, it's the only one I've seen that said "Turbo Stinger" in the stripe. The wheels are non-original though. The prototype came with new custom mag wheels, and they looked like Cosworth wheels but with the inside painted black instead of gold, but this was 3 years before the first prototype Cosworth came out. *shrug* It's hard to say, I dont' have a good pic of the original wheels except in a 1971 magazine article and another ad. Other ads I have for the Vega Stinger have the stamped steel Rally II wheels. It seems you could get as few or as many "Yenko Stinger" options as you liked. It was not a so-called package deal. Each option had it's own price:
BORT Trans Am air dam - $21.95
BORT Mini Z ducktail (rear spoiler) - $34.95
Stinger stripes - $32.95
Window CV louvres - $26.95/pr
Wheel flares - $35.00/pr
Yenko Turbo Charger - $575.00 complete

And I've seen real GT models converted and I've seen standard Vega models converted too - all with varying blackout paint schemes as well. *another shrug* It's a mystery.

Ken

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JoeC, do you know when that pic of the prototype Stinger was taken? ...and do you have any other pics besides that one?

Ken

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I believe that Yellow Stinger Vega was a prototype. There is a small B&W pic showing it with a Mich. plate (no. 11M-631) which I believe is a manufacturers plate. So maybe Chevy did some development on the car since it was done on a COPO but I'm not sure of the exact date. The car was also in a few magazines. Marlin's pic of the blue one shows the production stripe with "stinger" cut in the stripe and "Yenko" as a seperate decal above the stripe. Then if you purchased the turbo you got the " turbo" decal added. Do you have a Stinger Vega?

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JoeC, no I don't own a Stinger, although I have entertained the idea of it. Recently one of the two known Stinger "wagons" was for sale in FL and a friend of mine almost purchased it. As I understand it, the seller ended up keeping it and is securing an original turbo for the restoration. (although I don't think it was originally a turbo car)
I just am an enthusiest of the Stinger Vegas (and all GM Hbodies in general) I research them as a hobby and help maintain an Hbody FAQ website as well. I've owned 9 of them in the last 16 years.

I didn't know that in order to denote your Stinger was a turbo that you had to order the "Turbo" decal seperately. That's very interesting. I suppose they had to keep a supply of them in all available colors since they applied on top of the black Yenko stripe. What color is your Turbo sticker you got from Ebay?

Also, doesn't someone (founder?) in this registry now own a Stinger Vega? Can anyone tell me what the status of that car is? Is it a turbo version? Any pics of it around? As I understand it, he also owns one of the original turbos as well. (???)

The Yenko Stinger Vega is an interesting car to research. I recently located one of the two founders of BORT (who made many of the components of the Stinger Vega, as well as other well-known cars) and soon I will finish compiling my list of questions and conduct an interview with him. I will be asking about the Yenko Stinger, as well as the Pontiac Li'l Wide Track and the Monza Mirage. If you're interested I'll share what I learn. Should be interesting.

Ken

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This guy was selling a set of stripes for the Stinger Vega on EBAY. The seller did not know where this car was, he only had the stripes.
M

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I have no idea where this pic came from but it was on my computer. I believe it is the prototype Stinger Vega with the Rajay Turbo that was shown in the magazines before production began using the Schweitzer turbo.
The stripes are different then production Vegas.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?...132&p=29989133

[Edited by JoeC (10-05-2000 at 12:23 PM).]

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I bought a set of decals of just the word "Turbo" from an ex Yenko employee who had them on e-bay. He said they are original and I believe him because who would repro them?

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i bought those(yenko vega stinger) stripes off ebay--if someone
needs a copy, i'll get a set reproduced.
jim

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must be the same guy--cuz he to was an ex-employee, he found the strip kit in his garage, wrapped inside an old delco-remy
box- original not reproduced.

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WWJD , What do they say on them? Just the word "Stinger" ? Not the same as in the pic?

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Ken, The "Yenko Turbo" decals were on the car above the stripe not on the stripe and I beleive only came in either Blk. or white. Mine are black.