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[Rowdy Rat]

Marlin,

Looking at the Hurst shifter ad now - 396/350, Turbo Hydramatic (would have to be a 400 behind the big block) and Cragar wheels with Goodyear tires. The ad is a retouched black and white format, but I'd guess you'd be close calling it red or burgandy.

As far as Doug's post goes, that pretty much rules out Central Chevrolet as a dealer for this automatic car. How about another dealer in that area? How about Minneman, Konners, or Hugh White? Any light color/black stripe automatic cars sold from those locations in your database?

Regards,

Stan

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Guess I couldn't have been more wrong on the Hurst Shifter ad!

Spoke to the prior owner of the Hamilton, OH silver Yenko Nova. He bought the car from Carl Dwiggins, and it still had it's original 4 speed and Hurst shifter with it. The owner does not recall any lettering anywhere on the car, so I guess that rules that car out.

I believe there are 53 automatic Yenko Novas from '70, of which ~~8 were silver; 4 without power steering and 4 with power steering. Of these 8 silver automatics, 2 have been found leaving 6 unknown. I do not know what dealerships these 6 cars went to, so I can't rule out that one of them did not go to Central Chev, or any other OH dealership. I can say that it was not one of the 2 existing cars, they were out of Grossman Chev. in Minneapolis, MN and Tamson Chev. in Danville, VA. So it is very possible that the car in the image photo is a Silver automatic from Central Chev, Cleveland, OH.

As for other OH dealers and their '70 Yenko Novas. I know of no '70 Yenko Novas sold from Hugh White Chev, but two were sold from Konners Chev. in Columbus, OH. One of these 2 cars has been found, and is in Orlando, FL. This car is Forest Green, and has a 4 speed. The other Konners car is Fathom Blue, is also a 4 speed, and to my knowledge has not been found. We can rule these two out.

Marve Minneman Chev, in Youngstown, OH sold 3 '70 Yenko Novas, 2 of which have been found. One of the two cars found is an automatic and does appear to have a race history. Does the car in the photo have a 'box' hood scoop? Is it possible that the image photo car is Sunflower Yellow? The other Marve car that is found is Huggar Orange, is a 4 speed and definitely is not the image car. The last Marve Yenko Nova was a Citrus Green automatic, and to my knowledge has not been found. This is the car I was referring to when I suggested that maybe Central got an automatic car as a dealer transfer from Marve Minneman.

The last dealer that I know sold a '70 Yenko Nova was Glockner Chev. in Portsmouth, OH. This is located down on the KY border, the car is found, is red, is a 4 speed and does not have a race history. We can rule this car out as well.

This concludes the summary of '70 Yenko Novas from OH dealerships!! Maybe when I get a chance to see the photos, we can determine what color it is.

Marlin

[JoeC]

Speaking of Hurst cars - there is a 1969 Daytona Yellow Yenko Camaro listed on the inventory sheets sold to Hurst by Spencer with the word "Demo" and it appears to have been picked up at the Yenko Dealership. Anyone have more info on this car?

[bkhpah]

I believe that the Hurst Yenko Camaro had the automatic shifter installed by Hurst for some unknown reason. I was told that it may have been used as a photo shoot for shifter installation for Car Craft mag. I have never seen this story though. I also believe that this is the car that Doug spoke about that is still in the hands of its original owner in Erie Pa. The car has been a drag car its entire life. Doug has 69/70 era photos of this car that have just been found.
BKH

[CopoDoug]

Hi Marlin, as Stan mentioned I did view contact sheets (books filled with negative sized prints in weekly chronological order)from 1969 thru 1972. Although no pictures of the PROUT trout were found, many nonspoiler copo's and spoiler cars alike in many colors grace the pages of his books. Also of particular interest were a couple of Yenko cars, a Daytona Yellow car that makes a transition from stocker to pro-stocker during the period and one absolutely awesome Yenko Duece shot taken in 70 with Central Chevrolets livery painted on the sides. A good number of Dick Harrell pics including an unseen 69 Harrell Camaro with Kellsey Hayes Strippers. I'm having some copies made for you and a few others.

Doug

[Edited by CopoDoug (09-10-2000 at 01:34 AM).]

[bkhpah]

Beautiful shots of the Nova's. I think that the Deuce shot has the Central badging on the left side of the trunk lid. Any ideas on that badge? That might be an Orange or Red car.
BKH

[JoeC]

Thanks for the great pics Doug. The Hurst Nova paint scheme looks like the other Hurst cars from 68/69/70. The Deuce Nova color looks like Daytona Yellow or Hugger Orange but it is difficult to tell. Maybe you can compare the contrast to that big Chevrolet decal on the car that normally was a dark blue.
Marlin - What month was the first Yenko Deuce Nova built? Was it before the 1970 Camaro Z/28 or the 1970 LT1 Corvette? If it was that would make it the first use of the LT1 engine in a production car. Just a trivia question.

[Rowdy Rat]

Doug,

Great photos - thanks for taking the time to post them to the board! Can't wait to see the rest of them!

Joe,

We'll have to wait for Marlin's reply on the LT-1 Nova production dates, but I can tell you that LT-1 Corvettes were being built right from the start of 1970 Corvette production (which began January 5, 1970). I believe Camaro/Firbird production began in late January/early February 1970 and I would imagine that LT-1 powered Z-28s were available right from the start too.

Regards,

Stan

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Dougie-Fresh!!!
Absolutely Awesome photos!!!!!!!!

I will have to study the photo for a bit longer to try to determine the color. Does it have a cowl induction hood or a hood scoop with integrated tach? The hood looks black in the photo.

All the '70 Yenko Novas were made in three weeks, 05D, 06A and 06B.

Love the photos!!!!!
M

[micky69396]

It looks like a Charles Gilchrist photo, which he still has all his negatives and shots can be purchased, he has a lot of neat stuff shot at Thompson, Dragway 42, some Quaker City. He had shots of my Biscayne and Chevelle when they were raced, and of our old altered too, great stuff.