YENKO'S BEGINNINGS---BENTLEYVILLE, PA.

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I find it very surprising that nothing is mentioned about the true beginnings of the Yenko super cars. It was not in Canonsburg,PA. but rather Bentleyville, PA. As a teenager, I watched production Chevys turned into Yenkos at the bottom of the hill that I lived on.
Don Yenko's father owned the dealership on the other side of town. Don would grab one of those car and take it to Red's Garage, where "Red" and his son, Sonny, would transform them.
A few years ago, I went back to my home town for my 50th class reunion.
I was surprised to see Red's Garage still in existence, now owned by Sonny.
I sent several hours talking to Sonny about the early Yenko's. We were joined by JR Zerambo, whose father owned the service station next door.
Both of them were teenagers back in the 60's. Red did most of the mechanicals, Sonny did the painting/stripes/logos on the cars and JR and his father did the "finals" and road tests, many of which were to outrun the fuzz.
Attached pic is of me with Sonny, on the left.