To all;
The attached pic's are from an early owner of a Rallye Green '69 Yenko Nova, all feedback on these pic's is encouraged. Here are the details.
The car was reportedly sold new out of Nankivell Chevrolet in Indianapolis, IN. The owner who took these photos titled the car on June 26, 1974, bought it locally, and lived in Souteastern Indiana, near the KY border. (Some have suggested that it seems unusual for an owner to go several hours away to Indy when V.V.Cooke was much closer in Louisville. However, the orig. owner of my '70 Yenko Nova also lived in this area, and also went all the way to Nankivell in Indy.) This owner is deceased, but a relative forwarded these photos.
The photos clearly show the 'SS' emblems on the grille and tailpanel, and no Yenko emblem on the trunklid. It is not known if the original owner made either of these changes, or if it came this way from Yenko or Nankivell. Remember, emblem theft was a common occurrance on these cars, and we know of other models where the emblems were simply not replaced or they were replaced with other types of emblems. The car also appears to have trim rings, suggesting either a wheel change, rallyes, 'SS' wheels, or 'XT' wheels with the trim ring option. It is 'different' to see rallye green Yenko cars that have a black vinyl top, but white Yenko stripes. There are several Yenko Camaro's with this combo, but it is usually the other way around. The fender antenna suggests either that it was added, or that the car came with something other than an AM Radio. There does not appear to any 'SYC' silkscreens on the headrests, but they may have fallen off by '74. This car has traction bars on it, so I can't tell if it had an F41 suspension package or not.
As for the car's whereabouts, it is thought to be owned by Randy Miller - who is currently selling his '69 Yenko Nova as part of a tri-Y package. If this is the same car, it eventually found it's way over to Kentucky. Sometime in the 1980's I believe it was discovered next to a body shop, by a paint delivery person. When found, the car had faded paint/stripes, no engine, no trans, and some rust in the normal places. The interior was plain black bench seats that were torn, but the orig. Greenline SW Tach was still on the column, and other SW guages were under the dash. The car was purchased and then resold.
If anyone has any feedback on the photos, details, history ect, it is welcome!
Thanks,
Marlin
[Edited by YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY (12-07-2000 at 02:54 PM).]
[Edited by YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY (12-07-2000 at 02:58 PM).]