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Re: 1970 Yenko Deuce
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Quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank, Do you call $110,000.00 pennies ?????? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- He was talking about the old usual guys who used to sneak around and backdoor people...not the legit offers...and so what if they didn't do anything with it for 30 years.It must be a good start if they were made serious offers. [/ QUOTE ] Exactly Belair. Frank I meant nothing about who ever made the $110k offer. I am glad that these people are going to get there due and get what the car is worth as opposed to someone getting it for like 10-30K because the owners were not "in the know." Personally if in fact it is YOU I would be happy to see you get the car. I would love to see a Deuce get the Arone/SCW treatment! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif |
Re: Mockingbird--Vinegar Hill?
Yep Linda, it was/is Vinegar Hill. Terrific to hear of a former customer of my Papa (Sam Brubaker). He loved his job and would wake at any time of the night to help a customer. Delaney never impressed me either. But I did get a few parts for my '49 Chevy Sedan (some hot rod!) that were still in the system in the mid 70's. Sounds like the whole family has a good healthy appreciation for American Muscle. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif Man that Earl sure knows how to pitch some serious woo! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/laugh.gif
Now everyone mind your manners and remember, don't mix it up with an Indiana girl. You could bite off more than you could chew. I know, cause I was raised by one! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif |
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Re: Yenko Deuce pictures
Amazing what a little soap and water will do...Is that the original XT spare on the left rear?
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Beautiful, honest unrestored car!
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Marlin,in regards to the hood tach did they mount them anywhere or was there a set place? The location on this car looks totally different from mine.
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Chad, I'm wondering if the lack of hood stripes might be throwing your visual perception off...It looked like it was way too close to the center of the hood when i first looked at the pics, but I just checked my car and the tach looks to be in just about the same place as this one... as well as a few other deuces I have saved pics of.
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AMAZING WHAT A HOSE AND SOAP AND WATER CAN DO WITH 20 + YEARS OF DIRT... KP
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I think Joe is right. Some are off a little. Kinda like the stripes. None are exactly the same. But this one is where it should be.
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Car is in super shape-----my hat goes off to the owners for not letting it rot in some field .....
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Great car. I wish it was in my garage, but I'm a little off the money on this one.
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The tach is pretty much where it should be, hard to tell from the pics. Joe's tach is exactly where mine is/was - I gave my original hood to neal for a template for Joe's car https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
Linda, I'm assuming the NOS fenders would go with the car if you sold it? I remember a pair of them against the back wall when we were there. |
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Hi Marlin, I'm almost positive Earl is going to let the fenders go with the car. Can't imagine what we would do with them. That is the original spare on the back. Joe, can't believe you have a picture of the salesman!!! We got a big chuckle out of that. Talk about a trip down memory lane. Let me explain about the dust since that seems to be a big issue. As I said previously, Earl runs an excavation business. When he comes home from a job he puts the equipment back in the garage, sometimes dirt, mud, and all!! This equipment sits in the bay right next to the cars and when we sweep this bay out, guess what?? DUST!!
Doug had his Monte Carlo out in late November last year, cleaned it all up and took it for a ride. When he came back he parked it in the garage next to the Deuce and within two weeks it was covered with dust again. It's not that we don't try to take care of these cars. We did install an exhaust fan in the equipment side of the garage to see if that helps some. Also a public thanks to Tom for getting the pics posted for us. We don't plan on messing around with this much longer. Afraid of getting accused of causing hard feelings amongst you guys again. Hope to make a decision real soon. Thanks, Linda |
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Marlin, Do you happen to remember what year your pictures were taken? Also Earl put a Lakewood bellhousing on the car and would like to keep it. We do have the original bellhousing to go with the car. Have seen some beautiful cars on this site. Especially loved the pictures of the Deuce with the Monte next to it. Linda
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Linda, Brian Henderson and I were there Feb. 19, 2000, you can see Brian in one of the pics - standing in front of the NOS fenders that were leaning up against the wall.
The original bellhousing will have a part number cast into it, ending with the numbers ...621. It's an 11" aluminum unit that was commonly replaced. (In fact, another deuce had the clutch let go during some 'spirited' driving. The clutch stuff struck a bellhousing attaching bolt dead-on, and took it right off the block - ruining the block. This deuce has a 427 in it from that day on, and a scattershield - the owner figured he step up the power & the protection). The Monte SS thing is purely coincidental, and makes me chuckle each time I see one parked next to a deuce. It is just one of those things that make you go 'hmmmmm', a deuce and a Monte SS - a lot of deuce owners think alike I guess. (I too would own one if the cards were right, but so far - not yet). |
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Marlin, Never could figure out who that was in the background of the pics. For a long time thought it was our neighbor. Thanks for enlightening me. I've always loved the monte ss. I really enjoyed running that car. When we decided we needed a new vehicle after I graduated nursing school we thought about trading it. We certainly didn't need any more cars sitting around but I really hated to part with it. That's when we came up with the idea to give it to Doug for graduation. We're glad we kept it in the family. We bought the car used, think the original owner was from Ohio. Linda
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Linda,
Please do not take offense at some of the comments posted in this whole thread. Everyone here is just very passionate about these cars and sometimes tend to get carried away. You sound like a truly wonderful person and I have had just a great time reading your stories about the car and its history with your family.....obviously it means a lot to you!! Like some others here, I hope you find it possible to just keep the car and get it going again. You would not need to do a restoration or anything....just clean it a bit and drive it. Thanks again for your contributions here https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif and I hope we all get to hear more from you in the future https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/smile.gif |
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Linda will you take payments over 30 years? If so I can make a good offer.
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Re: 1967 nova ss
Cute!!! But could you make it over 20 years? After all this stress I'm not sure I'll be around for another 30!!! If you can stand one more story I can give you the history on the traction bars. Was in a real stew one year shortly after we were married trying to figure out what to get Earl for Christmas besides the usual socks and tees. Finally came up with the idea of traction bars for the Deuce. I was so excited, I thought he'd never believe I would come up with that great a gift. Had no idea how or what to buy at the time though so contacted a friend of Earl's who pointed me in the right direction. Had them ordered and was anxiously awaiting their arrival. Couldn't wait to get them wrapped and under the tree. Earl was working a 3-11 shift that night and I waited up as usual for him to come home. He walked in the door and set a box on the floor with--you guessed it---TRACTION BARS!!!!!!!! I was so disappointed I think he ended up with socks and tees. Linda
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Interesting story on the traction bars Linda. I took the picture of the undersid because of those traction bars. It is very unusual for a deuce to get traction bars installed, and still retain the factory rear sway bar setup. The bars that are on this deuce are unique in that they bolt to the bottom of the leaf spring plate - as opposed to replacing the leaf spring plate. The majority of deuces have the traditional J-Hook style of traction bars installed, necessitating the removal of the sway bar unit. Just a FWIW.
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I noticed that in the photo marlin and couldn't see the j hooks but assumed they were there. who made these units that would allow you to retain the sway bar?
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If you can stand one more story .... [/ QUOTE ] I think we can 'stand' as many stories as you are able to relate to us https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif Keep 'em coming! |
Re: 1967 nova ss
Earl says he bought the traction bars at Auto Parts store on Gompers Avenue. I think this was Sam's Papa's store. Earl's uncle Jack Rising used to work for this store. Earl says there were brackets on the bars for the shocks to bolt to but he cut them off so he didn't have to take the sway bar off. Then he built a set for the neighbor's Nova. He says he put the traction bars on because he was tired of hearing the springs rap when he power shifted. One night we took the car to the Cadet down at Kittanning. After we had everyone's attention by driving through a few times, I got behind the wheel and took it through the parking lot. At the end of the lot where it was dark we did a quick driver swap and Earl burned it out of the lot and slapped it through the gears out on 422. Then we switched back and I drove it back through the parking lot so everyone thought I was the one horsing it. We had a lot of fun that night.
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One night we took the car to the Cadet down at Kittanning. After we had everyone's attention by driving through a few times, I got behind the wheel and took it through the parking lot. At the end of the lot where it was dark we did a quick driver swap and Earl burned it out of the lot and slapped it through the gears out on 422. Then we switched back and I drove it back through the parking lot so everyone thought I was the one horsing it. We had a lot of fun that night. [/ QUOTE ] That's absolutely priceless!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ins/3gears.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif |
Re: 1967 nova ss
Man, I would love to own this Deuce just because of the storys! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif
Linda, do you and Earl have any old pictures of the car? |
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Linda, Earl,
Speaking of more stories ....would you please tell us the story of the missing stripes? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif |
Re: Yenko Nova
Bill, I don't think this version of the traction bars has the J-Hooks, just a mount below the spring plate. These bars are very unique, especially in the snubber area. They are not something you would find on a track car, but probably handled the wheel hop problem Linda was describing. We've all had the wheel hop issue at one time or another, sounds like the rear is going to flop out of the car https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif
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Re: Yenko Nova
As a Classic Car appraiser, my advice to you would be to thoroughly clean the vehicle and consign it to a high line auction within the next 6-9 months. The rare investment, numbers matching classic market operates on somewhat of a pyramid method. It begins at a broad base, with vehicles priced low and everyone buying, and (like a pyramid) as the prices rise, the buying pool shrinks. There have been two other “equalizations” in classic car history, and I believe the third one is inevitable. The first were the pre and post war cars, that were skyrocketing in the late seventies and early eighties. With the introduction of the muscle cars, that market dropped and never did recover.
The second was in the late eighties, when muscle car prices went through the roof. The equalization that occurred decimated the market, and it took several years to recover. I still remember the gentleman that bought the Fathom Blue LS6 convertible from a classic dealer for $150,000 in the late eighties. A few years later, he had no takers at $90,000. It took several years for him to finally recoup his money. A rule of thumb- when the investment vehicle market prices the product out of the hands of Joe Public and into the hands of only a small group of collectors, the equalization occurs. This is due to the fact that after the small group is done swapping and acquiring vehicles, there is no one left with the financial means to buy them. I believe we are approaching another equalization. The problem is, you have no advance warning- it just happens. The collectors that purchased at the lower end of the pyramid and sold at the high end are winners. Those who purchased at the top of the pyramid are going to suffer some, the degree of suffering being unknown. Those financially secure enough to sit on their cars can always weather the market fluctuation. When you hear comments that some cars sold for “stupid money”, that is a clue. The two partners that formed B/J were honorable and reputable men- you could always view these auction results as an indicator of the market-no more. The circus atmosphere and grandstanding has nullified B/J as an indicator of anything. If you want top dollar for your vehicle, I’d sell it in the near future. |
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