1969 Olympic Gold Nankivell Yenko YS-9034
 

Congratulations to Doug Perry who is now the proud owner of the 1969 Olympic Gold Nankivell Yenko Vin#124379N579034 or YS-9034. I am posting this for Doug.

The car was bought out out of the state of Illinois off the long term owner who has owned the car since 1976.

The car was purchased new by a Rick Barratt of Indy at Nankivell Chevrolet in Indianapolis in May 1969. Jim Nankivell used the car as a demo before being sold to Rick.

Once Rick bought the car he proceeded to remove all the Yenko decals/emblems and the car was then street raced around Indy. Then the car was used as a race car and proceeded to be raced at Raceway Park, Muncie Dragway, Edgewater Dragway, Milan Dragway, Beech Bend and others.

We are currently researching more into the history of this car.

Big Congrats Doug. We would love to follow along!!!!!! Couldn't imagine going cold-turkey after you finish up your Superman sYc!!!!

Wow amazing and congratulations!!!!! Looking forward to more pics & details.....

Kool, so how many of the Gold Yenko's are accounted for?

US Nationals Indy 1970. Pictures are from the Peterson Archive.

I thought I had heard it was in Eastern Iowa. I guess that's close to Illinois. Congratulations Doug and team. Cant wait to see it.

Where at in IL?

How cool!:beers:

Doug seems to be the king of COPO. What a collection!

Right on the boarder of Illinois and Iowa in Coal Valley Illinois.

The car has been in Rock Island, IL with Troy for decades....specifically Coal Valley. There are 6 OG Yenko's found.

The car was gaptized in both of those Peterson pics!!! :eek:

Way to go Doug - congrats!!

True. Quite a few people knew about the car. Most people over the years tried to low ball him, or questioned him about it being real. Interesting bit of info was that when he bought it, he just thought it was a 69 Camaro. Wasn't until later he found out what he had. Troy and his family are very nice folks, and Doug treated them very fairly on the deal. Very cool to see another one coming out of hibernation.

Congrats Doug!

:beers:

Mike

Thanks everyone...sorry for coming to the party so late tonight....I was traveling all over the state today for work...duty calls I guess. First of all I want to say that I have a special group of friends that went above and beyond to help me with this car. If it wasn’t for them this special car would not have surfaced as well as the history would have been lost. The car resided in Indiana, Iowa and Illinois. A huge thank you to my Iowa family Deuce Heaven (Ken and Joe Shoenthaler) for providing me with the owners information....they had known about the car for years (25 or more). Joe and Ken met me at the owners home about 3 weeks ago...It was a small world because Troy (the owner) and Ken knew all the same people. They only live 30 minutes apart. Thank you Ken and Joe. By the way ...the fried chicken dinner with...Shawn, Joe and Ken was outstanding. I promised Troy the owner that I would share all information that we find...and we have done just that. Troy is a true gentleman. After loading up the car I headed back east to Ohio for my 7 hour drive (all alone) ...so I called a good friend Matt Lamer and provided him with a few previous owners names...and Matt took it from there...he has found out everything as we know it today including the original owner and race history...Matt I owe you a big bottle of Captain Morgan’s in Chicago in 2 weeks. Thank you ...you are truly gifted with knowledge and the ability to find information. We only have 2 weeks until Chicago so we have been focused on finishing up some small details on the 67 Yenko with Frank Arone. The group that has went above and beyond deserve ALL the credit....Frank Arone, Matt Lamer, Matt Barczak, Dave McGaffee, Joe and Ken Schoenthaler, Tom Scholtz, John Weaver, my girlfriend Amy and her son Lane along with my son Austin....you folks made all of this possible.

What a great story and a amazing group of people. Congrats Doug. Every time I think, Wow Doug found another killer car. You seem to raise the bar, one more time. Looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks.

Kenny

Doug, you need some Nankivell memorabilia now....

Nice addition to your collection. congrats....

Nankivell stuff.

Congrats Doug. :)

Something I love is history and dealership memorabilia I am sure that I will be on the hunt going forward for these items I won’t catch you guys but at least I will try to locate some cool stuff for the car

Congrats Doug

are you trying to be the new "King of the Yenkos"? :)

Here is the car roughly 1978.

So is it an early X66 trim Yenko?

Yes its an 01B X66 car.

All 10 of the OG Yenko Camaros are 01B, X66's

Somebody posted a pic of the Hedrick Yenko Camaro race car inside the Nankivell dealership, but I can't find it - that is a great pic!

Congrats Doug E Fresh.. Look forward to seeing the car down the road.

Going to the Prom in 1976.

I got some dealer memorabilia for ya!!!

Rich

I will never own a Super Car,, The main reason I joined is because of stories like this. I really enjoy the Finds/Builds and True Knowledge of all Members on this site!! This is the Best site ever!!

Congrats Doug - another great find and accomplishment !

Congrats Doug. Great car, great history and great photos. Very cool.

Doug, Is like a prospector, of Super cars. He finds all the Gold! BBBenny

Of course I appreciate all Yenkos, but one that was raced, the ultimate. Being a Gold car would look awesome restored, but I would have to put the old girl back like her racing days and and hit the 1/4.

Doug has Drag Racing in his blood.. That would sure be a great idea..

From 1969. The right color too. Gold.

Its no wonder I can't find any Nankivell stuff, Nasblu has it all!! :grin:

Marlin....Matt is a hound dog for Nankivell stuff especially since their family Corvette sold there new.