Yenko brand reborn?

[Steve Shauger]

For the people who don't want a new Yenko, it's simple don't buy one. The Yenko family is behind the project that Tom and his group are doing. That is validation enough for me.

[Les Quam]

Shelby is still reasonably hands on with his cars. When in town he takes them home and drives them and tells his guys what he wants done when he brings them back. The mods on these new cars are for the most part dreamed up by him. In fact he is the one that mandates the HP levels and he helped think up the new Shelby/Prudomme drag car. Shelby isn't finsihed yet he has instructed his guys to build some mind blowing stuff that is being developed right now.

I don't know how much time he spent turning wrenches back in the day as opposed to brainstorming and marketing? Maybe Colin call shed some light on this? Colin's new Shelby book is out and it's thoroughness is a stunner. Never been another Shelby book like this one.

[Les Quam]

And yes I think the surviving Yenko family involvement in a new Yenko is huge because it gives a stamp of approval and sets a standard that no one else on earth can give. When Don's daughter a former employee says my dad would have loved this new car or this is what he would have built how do you top that? In other words if a tribute car is built with the input of the family that is a special, very personal tribute IMHO.

[bkhpah]

If you are not interested in such a car, simply do not own one. It was that way in the glory days as well. The numbers of Yenko cars sold was certainly not staggering by today's standard. Nowhere have I seen that it states Don Yenko is involved, it has always been a tribute. I don't think you discount the family's input here. The market will set the number built, and I imagine it will be very low. I would love to have seen some of you tell Donna Mae that she was ONLY a girl..BKH

[motionwannabe]

My arguement is simply that GMCI shouldnt be the ones doing it.If the SYC and the Clarys are doing it thats fine because of all the site and that particular family has done to keep the YENKO flame alive. Did Jeff Leonard start a YENKO site and bring owners of vegas,camaros,novas vettes chevelles together and help them to track down the info on their cars? My guess is NO. If this is going to be done it should be done by those who love the car and arent doing it to simply reap profits. I believe the Clarys and the SYC would do it for their passion of YENKO. Sure they will make money but its not their sole intent.

[black69]

It will be interesting how much different the new yenko stripes look vs what hennesy has done on their camaros (they look same).

I feel if the new 'yenkos' do not involve GM and some form of copo aspect, its not true to form. To me, anyone can make a new yenko, but if you got GM to do something special, its a real step in the right direction of re-inventing images of some of these super cars of the past. I have a friend that has one of those 2002 camaro berger cars, and I like the way GM put their finger print into that effort, and thus should be the example how these new 'yenkos' should follow. GM should still have an idea of what Yenko was all about too, they seemed to get the berger thing.

my 2 cents.

[sYc]

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It will be interesting how much different the new yenko stripes look vs what hennesy has done on their camaros (they look same).

I feel if the new 'yenkos' do not involve GM and some form of copo aspect, its not true to form. To me, anyone can make a new yenko, but if you got GM to do something special, its a real step in the right direction of re-inventing images of some of these super cars of the past. I have a friend that has one of those 2002 camaro berger cars, and I like the way GM put their finger print into that effort, and thus should be the example how these new 'yenkos' should follow. GM should still have an idea of what Yenko was all about too, they seemed to get the berger thing.

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If you actually take the time to compare stripe packages, I think you will see they are different.

What did GM do to make the Berger 2002 cars special? I thought an outside source modified them.

[1970Bluel78]

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For the people who don't want a new Yenko, it's simple don't buy one. The Yenko family is behind the project that Tom and his group are doing. That is validation enough for me.

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If there was a real yenko from Don being offered, I would think many would buy them, but that can never happen. If you are " validated " from this endevor By all meands buy the car and enjoy same

[Les Quam]

The only reason I own two Yenko's (aside from Colin finding them for me) is because of this site and the registry of VIN numbers and the wealth of information long time members have about these old cars.

Same for Shelby's without the registry in my opinion they would not have the following they do today so if anyone is going to be involved in a Yenko tribute car it should be the guys that have put in the years to preserve the authenticity and history.

Not to mention the fact they are the only ones to my knowledge who had the respect for Don Yenko to actually ask his surviving Yenko family members for permission to use the Yenko name as opposed to running down and obtaining a trade name and trade mark without the permission of the rightful owners of the Yenko name that being Don's heirs.

[Steve Shauger]

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For the people who don't want a new Yenko, it's simple don't buy one. The Yenko family is behind the project that Tom and his group are doing. That is validation enough for me.

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If there was a real yenko from Don being offered, I would think many would buy them, but that can never happen. If you are " validated " from this endevor By all meands buy the car and enjoy same

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What muscle car/s do you own now. Have you ever owned a 67, 68,69, 70, or 80 Yenko.
This car is a tribute to Don period, and that is what this site and members are all about. The SYC people behind this project have the passion, desire and knowledge to produce a fantastic car. To condemn this project is way out of line.