Dumb Yenko Question

[Supercar_Kid]

The "regular" cars sold out of Yenko did in fact receive stick on crests. These were chrome plated die-cast metal emblems that had the recesses painted black. R/W/B shields were reserved for the high performance sYc cars. Yenko started using these sometime during the '68 model year. No concrete evidence of the use of the Yenko shield emblem has been documented prior to the '68 model year. My guess is it was designed and implemented sometime in early '68. These emblems were used until at least the mid to late 70's, and I've seen them on everything from 4 door Chevelles to full size utility vans. See the attached pic for a badly pitted but legit example.

[JoeC]

Early use of the Yenko crest graphic was on the 1967 Harrell Funny car and the 67 Yenko/Harrell SS Camaro. I have not found the crest emblem in any 1967 pictures. I have the crest graphic on some Yenko paperwork and parts tags but not sure of the year of those pieces.

[John]

..I thought I saw the chome and black crest on "Parks's" '67 yenko....fom a photo several years ago....But I could be mistaken...got any old photos of his car?

[camarojoe]

Park's car does indeed have black/chrome crests on it, (or it least it did the last time i saw it) but they were added later. 67 Yenko camaro's had 427 emblems installed at Yenko, but no Yenko badges. It is my belief that these emblems did not exist until 1968, and have never seen any photographic evidence to suggest otherwise. -JB