Historical Nova?

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This was on EBay a year or so ago. From Western or Central Pa I believe.
High bid was ? $46-48 ish ....didn't sell.
Very incorrect 1980's type everything shiny restored ....cheaply done too.
Yeah, nothing to back it up nor any detailed engine/drivetrain pics, numbers or codes ever published.

Ad by a Dealer/ Speculator / "Restorer" Then and Now.......
My Question : Buy it new at Yenko, then buy a "used up" Can Am 430 from Don or ? Whomever.
Then Sent to Jenkins for a "Race Build" , shipped back to Yenko for installation & Driven on the Street ? .........Is there a Bridge in Brooklyn that swears by it as well ?

I doubt very much Joe, off the street Customer could buy a 'new C A 430' let alone afford it and then do the Jenkins/Yenko 3 Ring Circus jitter bug.
Too many serious racers / friends stood inline for usable Can Am stuff back then that ,,,,so much junk was rebuilt, saved and traded in tight circles.

As a 14 year old, myself and 'friends'. Snagged a damaged Can Am Gulf Research /Pitt University block & remnants from the side of the Hangar at Allegheny County Airport to go fast.....until NO SHOP We knew of Could or would fix it.
We spread word back to Gulf Research that we "mistakenly picked it up for Junk"
They offered a 'reward' , we ended up swapping it back for a well worn, well abused, repaired but runnable cast iron short block & "scrappable aluminum heads & miscellaneous"