427 Grease pencil markings on fender extensions.

What is left of the original white Yenko Stripes.

X6 on the rear Bulkhead for X66. Haven’t made out if there is also a OG for Olympic Gold yet.

Killer uncut rear package tray. No butchered up 6x9 speaker holes on this car. Also original olympic gold paint and black over spray.

Original front fender. Yenko emblem holes welded shut.

Original top of dash Suede texture.

Inner Door.

Gold Gold and more Gold.

Original assembly line windshield cheese cloth.

Ryan:

If you decide to go with centerlines, make certain you have some hubcentric rings made. I don't believe anyone has them off the shelf.

Several of my buddies commented on my Centerline wheels stating that I need to be sure to retorque the lug nuts occasionally. I don't have to, because I had rings made for them.

Even the really old Centerlines, like I have on the El Camino should use them, even though they use a tapered lug nut.

Cheap insurance.

Awesome picture of the dash texture :biggthumpup:

Thank you Matt . Had a great weekend getting the guys together at Franks. The photos that you took and great hidden OG color .... thanks for showing the white stripes. Lots of originality to provide. We are in good hands State Farm (Frank)

Thanks for sharing those fantastic details, I especially like the original seam sealer showing the tool marks.

Duly noted!!

Ryan W31

The 4th owner who provided this photo with the USA-1 plate on the rear of the car approx 1975. Melvin contacted me this weekend he found the old USA-1 plate when he was cleaning out his shop. The USA-1 plate and hopefully some Drag racing trophies will be reunited with the car.

Its has been hard finding actual pictures of Nankivell Chevrolet dealership.

Nice finds Matt

nice photo

old newspapers can turn up photos from ads

not all old newspapers are on line so would have to look in the local library

Matt you are a dedicated ‘carchaeologist’!

That is his new nickname and fits him well ...great call

Nankivell

Very cool Mike. We need a time machine to the better times in life.

Will keep looking Doug, that's about all I do Is play on the interweb :hmmm:

Maybe if the weather gets better and the pandemic clears I will try to come up for a car show up there next summer

Depending on who is running the show we might still be locked down :crazy:

That’s true political jail. :crazy:

Some more tear down pictures. Look at the gold overspray on the side of the dash. Original firewall pad intact.

The original firewall pad and dash carrier looks like they will clean up nicely with some TLC on the carrier and I will compare it to my NOS dash carrier.

How do you repair the areas where the chrome trim is worn away?

Paint stick works great!!

Another progress picture.

Here is a Hand Painted sign that once hung in the Norwood Fisher Body Plant (obtained the sign from a contractor who was involved in the demolition of the plant in 1987)

The 2nd is a Original Norwood Chevrolet Plant employee badge.

3rd. Body by Fisher Norwood Plant employee badge.

This resto is going to be great....love the pics!

Dash Cluster
 

I wanted to share a photo of the dash cluster decal...I am guessing the speedometer sequence number is exclusive to the 140 speedo

Vintage parts!
 

You can;t beat original parts. With documents to BOOT! Great job on the car. BBBenny

amazing that a paper ID tag can last over 50 years

Joe if you enlarge the photo you can see where it has shrunk just a small amount on the left side. Just like us. Lol.

Subframe Bushings
 

Original paper still attached to the passenger side rear body mount bushing.

The original owner of this Yenko, Rick Barratt, was a regular in National Dragster Magazine back in the 1970s. This car was even talked about in several issues. Max Gasser (Killer name) was the 2nd owner said he found the car listed forsale in National Dragster when he bought the car. We are currently on the hunt for Rick Barratt's forsale ads in National Dragster. We dont know the exact dates of publication yet but assume Late 1971 early 1972 National Dragster. Anyone have a collection of early 70s National Dragster Magazines please keep a lookout for a forsale ad for the "Motivation" Yenko.

Pictures from this weekend.