Comfort grip steering wheel on ebay is fake!
 

I was brought to my attention by Brandon Barr " Yenko memorabilia collector" that a person is selling a Yenko comfort grip steering wheel on ebay. The story behind the wheel is very imaginitive. Bottom line , this is NOT a comfort grip wheel, not even close. Beware...BKH

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Did yenko chevrolet install a "Yenko" logo horn button on any of there supercars?

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Here's the link

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Is there anyway to tell when the steering wheel was produced? Are there any visible stampings to go by? This guy says it was on 'Vettes til 1975 but every he mentions is Yenko this, COPO that.......

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The only time I know Yenko used a decal on the steering wheel is on the 81 Turbo Z cars with the special Racemark wheel. The wheel in the picture is not a comfort grip...BKH

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Talk about trying to include every possible Chevy related keyword in the ad.....

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It is a cool centerpiece though. Did somebody just make it up ?

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Brian,


If its not a comfort grip what is it?



Jason

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Looks like a std. 69 and up sport wheel.It has the stainless band around the edge of the wheel.A comfort grip was a thicker wheel,no stainless around rim.It was available in 69 and 70 and most popular on the 70 GS & GSX Buicks.A very big difference side by side..

Steve

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Oh, OK. I was just plain ignorant in this case. I thought those comfort grip wheels were buick only. Learn something new everyday.


Thanks for the info,



Jason

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Jason,
I am with you. I don't recall ever having seen the soft spongy wheel with no molds for your fingers used as an RPO option for Camaros. The buick GSX had this wheel available as an option.

Did Yenko have an aftermarket spongy wheel available?

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Yenko only offered, and used, the comfort grip in '70 Yenko Novas. It was only available as GM equipment on the '70+ Buick GSX's. Yenko offered it as a catalog item from '70 on. It did not come on any '69 cars, much less '69 Yenko cars, however, Don has been known to hand them out to guys who would stop by the store in McMurray [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

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Marlin is 100% correct. I have seen Don Yenko give comfort grip wheels to Yenko owners for their cars....BKH