Douglass Yenko Emblem Placement

[sixtiesmuscle]

Amen. belair's alter ego.

[shor]

Right.
The first batch were ordered by Yenko and invoiced to Yenko and delivered to Don in Canonsburg. They were striped, and badged and transported to Jack Douglass in Chicago.

The second batch were ordered by Jack Direct from GM. They were invoiced to Jack Douglass and delivered to Jack Douglass directly,(that's why they are a little different option wise...endura, chambered, trim, etc. etc) They never went to Canonsburg.
They were striped(or not), and badged at the Jack Douglass dealership.
Clint has done some excellent work title wise and has found the original owner of his car.
Clint's vinyl top car was sold badged, but stripeless. It was sold as a Yenko, had a Yenko window sticker and Yenko dollars were paid.
My car was sitting on the showroom floor at the same time and (same color;Daytona Yellow)without the vinyl top.
My car was striped and badged and his friend even test drove it.
Clint's owner picked his car because he didn't care much for the "fancy" stripes!

It would be nice to find one of these Jack Douglass direct ordered Yenko's with a window sticker....or some old vintage photos with the emblem placement.

When Clint started asking his original owner about badge placement he just kind of chuckled and said;"Son, I bought that car cause she had a Yenko 427 in her, and I like yellow!"
Alot can be learned from that.
I will be thinking about that as I powershift from 1st to 2nd!!!!!!!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]

[Belair62]

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;"Son, I bought that car cause she had a Yenko 427 in her, and I like yellow!"

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This statement and the statement in the Yenko estate document says it all really.....Jack Douglass found it advantageous to buy the stripes and emblems to enhance retailing the merchandise...they were all just COPO's but there was and still is a certain mystique and lure of a Yenko.

[ssl78]

Well said. I think we could put a fork in this one.

[hvychev]

Wow, a 15 page thread to what seems like a resolution to me.

[Belair62]

People will make up their own minds when they go to buy a car whether they feel a JD car with Yenko accessories is the same as a Canonsburg car and they will pay according to what they feel. There will never be a real consensus on this but there is no reason to keep beating a dead horse.We could use our time better to mess with Stefano or Charley. And if that gets old we can go to Marlin and so on...its more funner ! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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[sixtiesmuscle]

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[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I noticed that you didn't disagree with my points Mike, but I agree that we have been through this before and I don't want to do it again. Remember, this is how Urban Legends get put into history books! The consensus you speak of is only among those from one side of the debate, therefore it's automatically a consensus. I think the true consensus is that they are Douglass/Yenko COPO cars, with a unique history behind them.

[hvychev]

Marlin, what urban legend would you be refering to? The one where someone states that Douglas cars were the first clones? Who holds or determines what goes in the history books? Hopefully not you.