Yenko brand reborn?

[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.

[1970Bluel78]

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A lot of the argument I am hearing in regards to new Yenkos is the fact Don Yenko is dead, thus there cannot be another Yenko, while there can be more Motion cars and Shelbys, as Josen Rosen and Carrol Shelby are alive and kicking, and even though they are not "hands on" involved in their projects, they have endorsed the projects, and most likely were involved in the design as well.

My question is this, if Don's daughter(s), who actually worked at the dealership and were the heirs to Yenko Sportscars, INC, were to become involved in a Yenko project similar to what Joel and Carrol are doing, would it then be a Yenko?

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Why not include the guy that washed the floors or maybe the person that answered the phone there. Don WAS yenko...Period. So to answer your ?.....NO

[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.

[Kim_Howie]

If you don't have a dog in the fight than leave it alone.

[sYc]

[quote Why not include the guy that washed the floors or maybe the person that answered the phone there. Don WAS yenko...Period. So to answer your ?.....NO

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If only one person can be "Yenko" then no doubt it would be the person who had the vision to open the original Yenko Chevrolet dealership, remaining a figure head until Yenko Chevrolet was sold, was willing to sign on the doted line for 100 1966 Corvairs, sign another agreement with GM to purchase 500 COPO cars in 1969, and in 1973 relocated to a new, state of the art ($$$) facility in nearby McMurray, etc. That person? Frank Yenko, with the support of wife Martha.


Don, their only son, simply followed in his parent's footsteps, adding his vision to the mix, same as his daughters, maybe grandchildren, are wanting to do, same as Bill Thomas, Joel Rosen's family, Nancy and Connie Gibb, Valerie Harrell and others are doing.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Stefano]

It is very interesting that the ONLY people who have contacted us regarding building them a 2010 Camaro in the Spirit of that which Don Yenko built, in the '60,'70 & '80s are Enthusiasts who own Vintage Yenko cars they would like to commemorate and drive or race on a regular basis.