Douglass Yenko Emblem Placement

[sYc]

I guess anything is possible, but am not for sure if JD would have seen that car, as it was used as a demo at Yenko Chevy in Canonsburg. And, as far as I know, the only one with that unusual emblem placement, and 427 in the rear bow tie. This car now resides in Nashville in the Ernst collection.

[ssl78]

Could it be all Yenko dealers recieved that picture or some kind of brochure with that car in it, since it was probably the first car in a photo. As I understand it JD was probably one of the first dealers to get cars and might of asked for a picture early on.

[Clint_69]

Very good research SSL78. Appears to be an obvious connection. That is the only early picture of a Yenko that I have seen with that badge placement. Are there any other Cannonsburg Yenkos that have the same placement originally? Does anybody have any other original pictures with that placement?

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[Belair62]

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Could it be all Yenko dealers recieved that picture or some kind of brochure with that car in it, since it was probably the first car in a photo. As I understand it JD was probably one of the first dealers to get cars and might of asked for a picture early on.


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OK now you guys are confusing me....if JD got some of the first Yenkos then I assume those would have been thru Yenko...what significance does the picture have ? Is this how JD badged the cars that were not from Yenko ? Does anyone have a good old straight double COPO Camaro from JD Chevrolet ?

[Unreal]

I noticed the style trim brightwork on the cars in the post. Were all Douglass prepared Yenkos X11? Was the white one with the blacked-out tailpan an X22?

[ssl78]

Bob, The first batch of cars shipped to JD were Don Yenko ordered Yenkos. I am not sure but I believe there were about 18 combined Camaro and Chevelles. That is where somebody found the sheet that had the COPO numbers on it. Jack then using those COPO numbers ordered his batch of JD Yenkos. The interesting part of that picture is people argue JD emblems are not in the same place as Yenko put them. That picture is a early Ca. Yenko and has the emblems in the same place JD put them.

[bkhpah]

I would think that the first Canonsburg ordered cars arrived at Douglass with the emblems in the more common places. What they did to their cars is anyones guess...BKH

[Chevy454]

Interesting thing about the "Drag Times" article posted earlier...

"Super Stock & Drag Illustrated" was also there the same day the gold prototype and the yellow Hedrick car were tested. In the SS&DI article, you can see that the gold car had the unique emblem placement, whereas the Hedrick car had the "standard" emblem placement. Both of these cars were early (X-66) cars, and if I'm not mistaken, the Hedrick car is earlier (by VIN#) than the gold "prototype" car. To my knowledge, the gold "prototype" car is the only Canonsburg car to get the "unique" emblem placement.

Someone feel free to jump in if any of that is wrong...!

[Belair62]

Thanks for clearing me up on that..I couldn't figure out the whole emblem deal....so...the second set of cars he ordered were actually JD COPOs which were then turned into Yenkos at JD Chevrolet...with the agreement of Don Yenko,emblems and stripes of Don Yenko on most if not all of the COPO's JD ordered.I don't think anyone would disagree that Yenko agreed to sell his stripes and emblems to JD after seeing the estate document.I think the market will decide on a case by case basis probably as to whether the first set of Canonsburg cars ordered by JD will be valued equal/more/less than the JD ordered direct cars that were given the Yenko treatment. But as was said before they are very cool and unusual cars. Just my .02 ! Either way...there sure aren't many of any of them to go around...