1969 Yenko Nova
 

I sure everyone knows thos car but a guy I dont know to well came by my shop today and told me he found some pictures of his buddys car when he bought it new and thought I might want to see them. He said the weather was cold out when he took them and the car had around 500 miles on it. His friends last name was Earnspiker and he ran slicks on the rear most of the time and drove it like he was at the track most of the time. Kinda cool and thought you might like the picks.

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1969 Yenko Nova pick.

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KINDA cool??? Those are super!!! Looks like it had some sort of deep dish chrome mags on it and maybe redline tires? Awesome snapshots... Thanks for sharing. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Very https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif !!!

I love these original photos from the day!
Rick

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Looks like my old car, i regret parting with.I bought Randy Millers who got it from Mitch Moore sold new at VV Cooke in Kentucky!

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Hey Kevin...How ya doin?

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Fantastic!

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Correct Kevin, the car sold new at VV Cooke and Mitch and I had a conversation about the car only a few days ago and he liked the photos also. Suprising how many VV Cooke hi po cars are still around here that are unfound or say un known about by the plubic.

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Looks like my old car, i regret parting with.I bought Randy Millers who got it from Mitch Moore sold new at VV Cooke in Kentucky!

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Then buy it back Kevin https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

We have some pics from the original owner of that car, when it was in Indiana. I posted them before, but will try them again.
The car was found out behind a body shop!

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Wow...way cool stuff!

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Just got my Danbury Mint magazine and this car is now a diecast. This is one of the coolest novas ever!
Joe

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The Danbury Mint came to my house and shot photos of that and the Deuce before i sold it. I proofed the prototype last summer. Mine are on the way. Expect the Deuce soon!
kh

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Marlin, can't afford the inflation rate, loan me the $$ and we will depreciate it on your books.

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Wow! can't afford https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

Depreciate what? the Car? don't be silly - Yenko's don't depreciate!!

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Anyone notice the SS badging in Marlin's pics?

I remember studying these photos with Marlin at past SCRs and wondering what was up with the tail pan SS being mounted high and off to the left. Note the rear shot, even with the sun glaring badly you can positively identify an SS badge high and to the left.

I've always figured Yenko must have utilized one of the existing holes that were cast into the rear trim panel for the original SS badge, and simply relocated the original SS up and to the left and added his own 427 or Yenko crest emblem down and to the right, much like he did on the 69 Camaro tail pans.

Now if the info regarding the first set of pics is correct, and that they were actually taken very early in the car's life, then my emblem theory may be shot as the SS is absent from the grille, likely as it left Yenko in Canonsburg. I believe the info about the pics to be correct as the original inspection sticker can be seen in the 1st set of pics placed in the middle of the windshield Kentucky style, while later on it is on the driver's side corner corresponding with it's time spent in Indiana.

Perhaps the owner decided to add the SS badge back to the grille, since it was an SS just with a Yenko added 427.

It's just interesting to me that it's definitely different in the 2 sets of pics. Wonder what the tailpan treatment was originally, did Yenko move the SS but keep it like that? Seems like it would be an awful lot of work to drill off a riveted SS emblem only to replace it in a different location. Looks like small 6 cyliner type marker bezels with Yenko's own 427s on the fenders, but also looks like the 427s are above the marker lights not in front which would leave exposed holes where the 396 marker bezels came off.

I'm betting the car had no SS markings when it left Yenko, except for maybe the steering wheel. Any thoughts? https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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I always thought that the original owner resided over the border from Louisville in Indiana, and that the car migrated back to Kentucky later in life where it was eventually discovered behind the body shop. Regardless as to the order of ownership, we might not be able to determine how it left Yenko - so many things happened to these cars on Day2! I was actually trying to determine if the wheels in my pics could be the Cragars that are on the car in the other pics https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

Unfortunately, the Indiana owner is deceased, but his widow was kind enough to submit the photos.

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Supercar_Kid;

I zoomed in on the the first two pics and it looks like the 427 is in front of the bezel.

Would love to have 1200 dpi scan of the original pics to tell for sure.

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The fellow who brought the pictures by for me to see said his frind bought the car new and they lived in Louisville at the time. I think the SS grille emblem was put on at a later date by another owner.

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I bet the rear SS emblem that can be seen in Marlin's pics was added by another owner too.. Probably at the same time the grill SS emblem was added.

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I bet the rear SS emblem that can be seen in Marlin's pics was added by another owner too.. Probably at the same time the grill SS emblem was added.

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Very possible, sort of like the wheels - lots of things got changed.

Very cool pictures, thanks for sharing https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Very possible, sort of like the wheels - lots of things got changed.

[/ QUOTE ] Yeah, what are those like L60s on 15x8"s? Even jacked to the sky like that they'd have to rub. I guess it was worth it to look cool.

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Those are definetly not L60's on that car.

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Those are definetly not L60's on that car.

[/ QUOTE ]I think it's safe to say they're plenty bigger than the E70 14"s it would have worn out of Willow Run. I was just pointing out that they're obviously greatly oversized and not something Yenko would have likely installed and sold new like that. It was probably delivered with XTs like most 69 sYc Novas and had Cragars and bigger tires added on day 2 by the owner. I'd bet it had shock extenders in front and air shocks in the rear to get it sitting like that too.

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Agreed!
They might be L60-14's, but not 15's as I had a set of 15's on my first Nova - had to jack the rear end up pretty tall to keep the lips from cutting into the tires https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif

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Agreed!
They might be L60-14's, but not 15's as I had a set of 15's on my first Nova - had to jack the rear end up pretty tall to keep the lips from cutting into the tires https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/shocked.gif

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I'm almost positive I had L60-15's on my Nova, shown below...BFGoodrich Radial T/A's on Corvette Rallys...I rolled the inner lip a bit, though https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Coil spring spacers......twist in with a rachet and bar.

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Spacers

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Not sure those are L60's they look like radials, but a lot depends on backspacing - or rolling the lip https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif I'll try to dig up a pic of my first Nova with the L60-15's, they were really square and made a major racket when the lips came down on them.

One night while racing 5 wide on the Roosevelt Blvd in Philadelphia, I hit a low spot on the road. The lip came down, sliced the bulge of the sidewall, and left a strip rubber dangling off of the tire. That stupid strip flailed around and slapped rubber streaks all over my new cortez silver paint job https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/mad.gif Then again, I could have stopped https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

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My brother-in-law had '69 Z. I remember helping him "roll the lip" so we could put a set of Mickey Thompson L-60s on it.

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I thought SC Kid was talking about the FRONT of the car. It is higher than the rear.

ktownkid

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I don't know...they could have been smaller (Thanks SC69Sam https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif) I just may be old. I DO know that I rolled the lip due to tire interference, though.... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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L-60 Micky Thompsons....Remember those well! I'd get them so hot they would start spittin chuncks of rubber all over the place.I soon lost the whole center section of tread in one giant chunk.....Pic is from a looooong time ago..Cragers and magniesum American Dragmasters in the front. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif


Steve https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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Steve,

Freddy Mercury called, he wants his shorts back........ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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I knew it was comming...... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Steve,

Freddy Mercury called, he wants his shorts back........ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"

Dan.

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Steve,

Freddy Mercury called, he wants his shorts back........ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"

Dan.

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That was hilarious! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/haha.gif https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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I ran L60 15 corvette ralleys on the back of my sf deuce before I put on the Fentons. Delco air shocks, with the H block extension on the top of the shock. Goodyear polyglass L60 15s. It would only rub a little if you hit a bad bump. Never rolled the lip.

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L60s ala-Scardino

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