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back in 1974 i lived in the north end of columbus ohio, me and a couple buddies shared a 3 bedroom apartment. it was close to christmas time and on morse road there was an old house that set up near the road. one day there was a black with white yenko stripe 69 chevelle setting right next to the house with a small for sale sign in the window. i stopped and checked it out, it looked mostly original and clean. asking $3000, looking futher i seen it was a automatic, bummer. at the time i had a 69 Z/28 and a 66 SS chevy II L/79. i wanted a 4 speed so i thought i would wait and someday i would find one. "somedays never come" the car was gone in a few short days and i have never seen it locally again. snooze ya loose. dennis

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Dennis,

Great story....I`m sure we all have similar stories such as yours. Woulda, coulda....shoulda https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

If we only had a time machine. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

Hey...I sent you a pm.

Dan.

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no pm https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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Sorry....here it comes.

Dan.

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BACK IN SUMMER OF 78 AT THE SOHIO AT THE CORNER OF MORSE AND KARL SAT A 69 HURST OLDS FOR SALE,ASKING PRICE WAS $1500.
IT WAS GONE IN A DAY.

IN 1981,THERE WAS A TRIPLE BLACK 69 W-31 CUTLASS SITTING AT THE FAS LUBE AT HIGH AND MORSE WITH A FOR SALE SIGN IN IT

MY COUSIN GOT THAT ONE,AND STILL HAS IT https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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Did they make any black Yenko Chevelles ?

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Didn't Duane Allman hit one with his cycle...in Traffic.

Edited by Charley Lillard (2/19/07 at 09:00 PM)

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I've got a couple that could make you lay down on the ground and sob like spoiled brat!!

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-----If we are talking about "ones that got away, I got one for you.
-----1969 I was going thru the Boston paper classifieds and a 1964 Cobra popped up. Called the guy and left for the hour and a half trip to see it. Got there and the car had a very bad red paint job. Along with that every electrical wire in the car was the same color,,,red. Well,,,that put me offf and I left without buying it for,,,,,,,,The princely sum of,,,,,,Are you ready,,,$1200.00. Oh...body was pretty nice under the spray-bomb paint..........Bill S

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It was the winter of '76 and I had a sweet little 1959 model green-eyed blonde on my hands...https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif..

Seriously though and aside from my own cars I wish I still had, I always think back to when I worked at the boneyard in the late 70's/early 80's when all the best stuff was rolling through.. Aside from the daily routine of stripping parts and fixing cars, every six months or so the press would come in and you'd have to make decisions on what could stay and what got flattened. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif..

I shoved fork-loads of Camaros, Chevelles, Novas', Road-Runners...you name it into the squeezer and with the ones I really knew I'd regret someday, I'd back away from the press and often watch as they'd crumple with their glass breaking and chrome popping off...all somehow beautifully glistening in the sunlight.https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/crazy.gif..

Included in the ones I just can't forget was a '69 Judge Coupe...blue w/ a slight front corner hit, a sweet little white '63 Nova SS ragtop (one year only)...lots more. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif..

~ Pete
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June 1974. I was 16 and was out for a drive. As I did from time to time, I stopped by Twin Pine Auto Sales in Ephrata, PA to check out their current offering as they were known for their selection of muscle cars at the time. As I pulled onto the lot, I was stopped dead in my tracks by the sight of a 1969 Shelby GT500 convertible sitting front and center near the showroom. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif I remember that car like it was yesterday . Gulfstream aqua, gold stripes, white interior, white convertible top. 428, four speed. Absolutely pristine condition and stunning as it sat in the bright sunshine. One problem . . . to the tune of $4,500. Sounds like a pittance now but at the time $4,500 was all the money in the world. I worked part time after school making $1.85 and hour. It sure made an impression on me. It was a real joy just to see it!
Thinking of that day long ago reminds me of how much enjoyment you can get just from being around great muscle cars, even if you don't own one.

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back in 1974 i lived in the north end of columbus ohio, me and a couple buddies shared a 3 bedroom apartment. it was close to christmas time and on morse road there was an old house that set up near the road. one day there was a black with white yenko stripe 69 chevelle setting right next to the house with a small for sale sign in the window. i stopped and checked it out, it looked mostly original and clean. asking $3000, looking futher i seen it was a automatic, bummer. at the time i had a 69 Z/28 and a 66 SS chevy II L/79. i wanted a 4 speed so i thought i would wait and someday i would find one. "somedays never come" the car was gone in a few short days and i have never seen it locally again. snooze ya loose. dennis

[/ QUOTE ] Do you remember THE PATIO @ Morse Rd. and Karl Rd. all the street racers hung out there every weekend in the summer.

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in 1972 my dad was getting his 72 T-bird fixed at the bodyshop and out front was an employees car for sale, a 1969 shelby GT 500 428 SCJ green with gold accents (stripes) the asking price 3000.00 or best offer.I asked my father to buy it but he said your only 15 NO WAY!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/eek.gif

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Heres one for you, in 82 dad bought a 69 Yenko camaro from a guy who had parked it because he said it run to rough. we paid $3000 for it it had been painted blue but in great shape. a few years later pro street was becoming big and i had to have a pro street car. so i bought another 69, mom said something had to go. to dumb to realize it we sold the Yenko to a guy in hampton this was around 86. that was a bad move. 2 years later i sold the pro steet car to buy a house. Man i sure wish i had the Yenko back. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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back in 1974 i lived in the north end of columbus ohio, me and a couple buddies shared a 3 bedroom apartment. it was close to christmas time and on morse road there was an old house that set up near the road. one day there was a black with white yenko stripe 69 chevelle setting right next to the house with a small for sale sign in the window. i stopped and checked it out, it looked mostly original and clean. asking $3000, looking futher i seen it was a automatic, bummer. at the time i had a 69 Z/28 and a 66 SS chevy II L/79. i wanted a 4 speed so i thought i would wait and someday i would find one. "somedays never come" the car was gone in a few short days and i have never seen it locally again. snooze ya loose. dennis

[/ QUOTE ] Do you remember THE PATIO @ Morse Rd. and Karl Rd. all the street racers hung out there every weekend in the summer.

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Keep an ear out for anyone who remembers a Deepwater Blue non-rallysport 67 Z28 in that area around that timeframe. Last I traced it, it was traded in at Twin Pines in early Summer 1976. Sold new out of Calhoun in Philadelphia, spent its whole life between there and the Lancaster area, from what it seems so far.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...Z/IMG_0232.jpg

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Not that I am smart now but I was real stupid 20-25 years ago.
I guess the worse ones would be watching my best friends original 69 L88 vet leave the yard for $4000 and finding it about 5 years later for $7500 but would not take it because the clutch was bad.
or passing up an original 69 Hemi superbee for 1800 less it's original motor but knew where the motor was and it was obtainable.
or seeing a add in the local paper 67 Chevrolet for sale standard.$2000 or best offer.4 door sedan I assumed, nope
67 vet 427 4spd. I could go on but won't.

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i called my buddy who looked at the car with me back then, i didn't lead him with any questions and he agreed it was a black 69 yenko chevelle. i am no expert on yenko production colors, but it looked real to me. i guess someone could have cloned one even back then? ... yes i remember the PATIO that was a kool place. morse road was a nice place to cruise back then with JERRY'S drive in at one end and the PATIO at the other. lastly, i live near lancaster, ohio now. do you know you owned the 67 Z/28 back then? dennis

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Couple I lost, for sale 1970 Barracuda, stick shift , orange. I show up, 440 six pack, hemi orange, 4 spd, white top and white leather interior, shaker, dent in the 1/4. Son's car, bought it just before Nam, Dad put the dent in the 1/4 pulling it out of the garage the week before the ad in the paper came out. Son never made it out of Nam, they kept the car all these years (how many times have you heard this story?)wanted $3k around 1983-4. Asked dad for the money, he said I was nuts, look for an Escort instead, but Dad this will be worth a lot of money someday, trust me, He didn't. Very true story, I helped the Father jump it to get it started, Also had a shot at a 70 Buick GS Stage 1 Conv 4spd, all orig, around the $3k mark as well , same ending on that as well. Sad ending to this I did end up with a POS Escort...

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Summer of 77 before I went off to college I had to make a tough choice. I could keep my 69 triple black SS 4spd Chevelle with a built motor that I couldn't keep my foot out of and would only make from one gas station to the next. Or sell it and buy a 76 Corolla. I let the Chevelle go for under $1000, had the POS Corolla all thru college. The second owner after me hit a cow at a high rate of speed and that was it for the Chevelle. I probably would have killed myself in that car and have no regrets about getting my degree. Sure would like to have that car back though, it was the nicest car in the little podunk town I lived in.

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... yes i remember the PATIO that was a kool place. morse road was a nice place to cruise back then with JERRY'S drive in at one end and the PATIO at the other. lastly, i live near lancaster, ohio now. do you know you owned the 67 Z/28 back then? dennis

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Mitch Bard bought the car from Twin Pines (traded in a Jeep) in Spring/Summer 1976. No record of ownership before then, but appears to have always been titled in PA https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

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... yes i remember the PATIO that was a kool place. morse road was a nice place to cruise back then with JERRY'S drive in at one end and the PATIO at the other. lastly, i live near lancaster, ohio now. do you know you owned the 67 Z/28 back then? dennis

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Mitch Bard bought the car from Twin Pines (traded in a Jeep) in Spring/Summer 1976. No record of ownership before then, but appears to have always been titled in PA https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif

[/ QUOTE ]sorry read it wrong, i see now it is lancaster PA. not lancaster, ohio. dennis

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Couple I lost, for sale 1970 Barracuda, stick shift , orange. I show up, 440 six pack, hemi orange, 4 spd, white top and white leather interior, shaker, dent in the 1/4. Son's car, bought it just before Nam, Dad put the dent in the 1/4 pulling it out of the garage the week before the ad in the paper came out. Son never made it out of Nam, they kept the car all these years (how many times have you heard this story?)wanted $3k around 1983-4. Asked dad for the money, he said I was nuts, look for an Escort instead, but Dad this will be worth a lot of money someday, trust me, He didn't. Very true story, I helped the Father jump it to get it started, Also had a shot at a 70 Buick GS Stage 1 Conv 4spd, all orig, around the $3k mark as well , same ending on that as well. Sad ending to this I did end up with a POS Escort...

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Mine is similar. A '74 Pontiac Formula SD-455 was for sale in the mid 80's .... the dude was getting married and needed money... I wanted my first car.... he was asking $1,500..... I worked through the summer and put money away.... Dad said no way did a 16-year old need a 455 Firebird. He made me spend my money on a sensible car... a '77 Chevette. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...emlins/mad.gif I still haven't forgotten about it.

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O brother Gary...where are you? Scenario sounds the same with my bro and a new Admarility Blue Trans Am... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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Hi Bruce,
Yes a Blue 74 (new) could have been in the mix. I remember the gas gauge going through 1/4 of a tank of gas in a very short test drive. Not the most fuel efficient smog motor TA. The one that really got away is the 69 Trans Am sitting on the used car lot in Santa Ana, CA. back in 78 for under 2,000. REALLY missed on that one.

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well my bubble has been busted. i have spent the last 30 years worrying that i made a major mistake not buying one of my dream cars, turns out it wasn't even real https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/confused.gif the figures don't lie, maybe the 70's where a little to tuff on my brain. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/dunno.gif dennis

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back in 1974 i lived in the north end of columbus ohio, me and a couple buddies shared a 3 bedroom apartment. it was close to christmas time and on morse road there was an old house that set up near the road. one day there was a black with white yenko stripe 69 chevelle setting right next to the house with a small for sale sign in the window. i stopped and checked it out, it looked mostly original and clean. asking $3000, looking futher i seen it was a automatic, bummer. at the time i had a 69 Z/28 and a 66 SS chevy II L/79. i wanted a 4 speed so i thought i would wait and someday i would find one. "somedays never come" the car was gone in a few short days and i have never seen it locally again. snooze ya loose. dennis

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Do you remember what color interior that black 69 Chevelle had? My COPO Chevelle spent a lot of its life in Columbus Ohio. Its originally white with red bench/automatic interior but I know it was painted black at one time - someone coulda put yenko stripes on it at the time even though its not a Yenko...

Any chance it might have been the one you saw back in 1974???

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it had black interior i "think", and i am not positive but i think it was automatic on the column. thats what really turned me off from it. now i would love a bench seat with cloumn shift if it came that way from factory. after growing up with dads bench seat column shift stick/auto that was the last thing i wanted. 4 speed, buckets and console was what i had on my mind. i do still like a 4 speed, but with bench seat. also i work on morse road and i went by karl/morse and noticed there is still a old PATIO SHOPS sign there https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif dennis

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after looking through this site for info for the "black" yenko chevelle https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif i found in the yenko vins. section with 3 sold at hugh white chevrolet in downtown columbus,ohio unknown for color/trans. i did witness a dark green with white stripe yenko chevelle in there showroon in summer of 69. it had matching green interior with bucket seats and console with the U shaped shifter. the window sticker listed it as a 427/450 hp. now whether they sold it there or dealer traded it away i do not know. it sure left a long lasting impresson on me https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif dennis

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after looking through this site for info for the "black" yenko chevelle https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

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Dennis,
Is this the one? Black Yenko Chevelles