1970 Yenko Deuce II For Sale

[DeanBitner]

As the last "colorful" Arkansas owner, I know a great deal about this car. It is absolutely not the original drivetrain to the car. It was indeed a Cliff Peck car that was damaged in shipment, hence the repaint and absence of original stripes. the repaint from 1970 lasted until 1987-88 ? when I sold the car to the aforementioned collector.

The car sold new in Little Rock, roamed central Arkansas for a brief time before being purchased by a used car dealer in Rogers, Arkansas. Blood's Sport City was the dealers name in Rogers. The car sold to a young lady whose mother owned an area restaurant. I think this girl and her boyfriend/husband re-motored the car during the time they owned it.

She sold it to a man named Hoyt Williford in Farmington, Arkansas who bought it for one of his kids. They blew the engine up and I bought the car sitting on car ramps with the crankshaft hanging out of the oil pan. Well, pieces of it anyway. The original transmission was gone. The car had a 10 bolt in it for a rear end.

I bought the next to last set of Yenko Deuce stripes on the shelf in 1988. I paid about 200.00 for them and they were black. I have sent the original Yenko box to the current owner of the car and he assures me it will stay with it. I don't know why I kept the box for 20 + years, but I'm glad I did. I was gathering parts for the car and found a correct short shaft TH400, I robbed the 12 bolt out of a 1970 396 ? SS Nova, I don't remember where I found a "correct" block, I had the correct heads already on the blown up engine, and I bought an NOS Dixco tach for the car.

The car was rock solid and no floor pans needed replacing. They had never been replaced either. The car was still wearing ALL of its' original sheet metal including the bumpers.

I sold the car in the fall of 1988 and used the money to pay for the down payment on my first home.

Anyone who wants to know more about this car is welcome to call me anytime at 479-263-3326. I talk a lot better than I type.

Thanks, Dean

[John]

Dean, Great way to start the new year.... Welcome to the site.

... Now go find some old photos of the car.

...... Happy New Year [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[Charley Lillard]

Welcome to the site Dean and thanks for the great info.

[bergy]

I agree - thanks for your input Dean. Marlin says it was unrestored &amp; sheet metal appeared replaced - Dean says all original sheet metal??? It's kind of important. Anybody know for sure?

[Schonyenko2]

I believe that it had a left qtr patch on it when we stripped it. Behind the wheel. It was lft, or right can't remember for sure. Not a big deal, but not 100% original if that's what you're asking.

Do you have any knowledge of the original, or any owners of the red Peck deuce? I own that car and have never been able to get back to any Ark owner other than the bank that held the note.

Just in passing, we heard a story that when that blue deuce ran the streets in Little rock it was pretty fast, also heard it had a 454 in it at one time Any truth to those stories?

[DeanBitner]

The top of the car and perhaps the sides had substantial damage caused by a chain falling from the upper deck onto the car during transport. It dented and damaged the top and perhaps the quarters. The car was repainted by the folks at Peck Chevrolet and that was the paint it was wearing when I acquired it in ( I THINK ) late 1985.

I know about the damage through a long convoluted story that I haven't gotten into here. If you want the details of how I came up with that info, I'll be glad to provide it but it will take several paragraphs. I am certain the story is true.

As I mentioned earlier I sold the car in the fall of 1988 to a guy in the northeast. His name was Bill. I thought he was from New York but Connecticut may be correct.

I know the car was wearing it's original tin because of the paint from 1970 and because I spoke to EVERY owner except the first. There were only 4 of us, excluding the dealers of course. I also spoke to the folks at Peck, some of whom remembered the car, including the guy who did the arrival inspection.

When that car left my home in 1988 it was 100 percent original body parts. It needed no panels replaced. It was absolutely rust free in every way having lived right here in Arkansas since new. I am also safe in saying that the entire drivetrain with the sole exception of possibly the cylinder heads and driveshaft, was 100 percent NOT ORIGINAL.

I'm sure of it.

[DeanBitner]

Your red Deuce is not one I am familiar with any history on. Send me as much info as you have on city, bank, etc... and I'll see what I can dig up.

I have spoken to you previously on the phone about both cars and I think I'm the guy who first told you there was actually a Cortez Silver sister to the red and blue cars. Again, I researched this car heavily after I bought it trying to save as much of its' history as possible. I missed the original Peck information by just a few months. They purged their records and anything older than 10 years was recycled. The files on the red, blue and silver cars were in the stuff lost to the shredders.

I too heard the rumors of a big block. I cannot verify it and I haven't found anyone who could. I can tell you the car was an overlooked piece here in NW Arkansas. I know lots of folks who street raced in the 70's and none of them remember the car here in our part of the state. Remember though, there were no stripes on the car. If you didn't notice the Yenko emblems on the fender and deck or if you didn't see the DEUCE declas on the door panels... you'd never know it was anything special. The girl who owned it second had no interest in the collector car status and neither did the third owners. To them, it was just transportation.

[Schonyenko2]

You are correct about the transport damage. The roof had some chain dents, but nothing structural. The info we had was that the hood was replaced and that the original tach was destroyed. It was our understanding that the car was sold without a hood tach. We cut the hole in the hood for the tach that came with the car.
I don't know who put the patch panel in. It was there when we striped it. There was some dings and dents most likley due to the swinging chain on that qrt also. If you look at the rear marker lights you can notice that one, again I believe it's the lft, is not in the same spot as the other side which has had no sheet metal work. The stamp on the replacement patch panel is off a little. I would have liked to have changed that out, but the owner at the time was not concerned as it's something that 99.9% of the people who look at it will never notice.

And you are correct, it has no original drive line.

It is, or was when it was done, a good solid piece, that was a very cool car to drive, and enjoy.

[Schonyenko2]

I do remember talking to you now. The name sounded familiar.
BTW we've found the original silver deuce owner.

[DeanBitner]

The damage to the top was superficial and required a little filler to repair. The absence of the hole in the hood always baffled me. I spoke to Vince Emme about it and he told me it was possible the car had no hood tach from Yenko. If the hood was replaced by Peck, that would explain why none of the owners ever knew about it. I humbly stand corrected.

The car had a black plastic steering wheel rather than the aluminum 3 spoke in it now. It also had an automatic steering column in it, complete with the column shifter boss. There were a number of things about it that seemed odd to me at the time.

The patch panel is news to me. There seemed to be absolutely no rust anywhere on the car. I don't know who or when the panel was put in but it had to have been after it left Arkansas.

I've got several photos of the car somewhere that I'll have to find. I'll post them here soon. Thinking back, it was kind of sad looking really. Sitting there in the middle of the other orphans I had rescued from the salvage yard or crusher, or someones back yard. A 65 2+2 Pontiac with a 421 I think, a 67 426 Hemi Fury III (one of three), a couple of 69 428 SCJ Fairlane Cobras, a 70 Boss 302 Cougar Eliminator, a 70 429 Torino Cobra, a 71 351 Torino Cobra, a 69 375/396 SS Chevelle etc ...

Man I wish I had some of those cars back !