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Humphrey Chevy---Yenko Dealer ad

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I like the individual 4 2 7 letters below the Camaro emblem on the fenders... has any 67 Yenko been found with emblems like that?

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I bought a used Corvair at Humphrey May 1969. At one time WI largest Corvette dealer.

Gone now. The lot where the showroom was has been vacant since it was torn down in the '70s.

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I think that was one of the few that stared out as 350 car. The one we are restoring right now was a 396/375. The emblems on the 396 were simply changed to the 427 Turbo Jet style...BKH

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Yes, it was an SS350... the car in that ad was actually photographed by Don himself behind the dealership. He sent copies to various network dealers to use for advertising and promotion. I have all the original shots of the car, including the one used in the Humphrey's ad. Here's a few other outtake photos from the same photo shoot. Seems they couldn't decide whether to leave the headlights open or closed! Note the pic selected for the ads is marked with a #6... pretty sure that meant Don wanted 6 copies printed of that particular shot. Not sure what the "H" signifies on the other photo, Humphrey's maybe? Who knows!?

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/325...rabilia001.jpg

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Here's what appears to be another SS350 converted car, with stock SS hood, vette pipes, redlines, rallys, (sans trim rings) and no vinyl top...sitting inside the Yenko dealership in Canonsburg. Note the date on the pics... March 1968. Either a leftover 67, or possibly a year old car in for service...wish i knew for sure!

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/325...rabilia003.jpg

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Close-up of the fender emblems on the Humphrey's ad car. Sorry it's blurry!

https://www.yenko.net/attachments/325...rabilia002.jpg

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Have any of the SS 350 cars been found?

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I think the one in the photo was found years ago. It was an ACC tech article Camaro at one point. Color was butternut yellow With side pipes. One of the reasons you may see some 68 dates is the cars were produced very late in 1967. The plum car we are doing is 05D and is one of the first. I have paperwork from Yenko with one "new" 427 67' Yenko Camaro being sold in March of 68'....BKH

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I bought a used Corvair at Humphrey May 1969. At one time WI largest Corvette dealer.

Gone now. The lot where the showroom was has been vacant since it was torn down in the '70s.

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William, I envy you for actually being at Humphrey back in '69. I was only able to get in the building long after it was shut down. I went to Marquette high school which is next door to the old Humphrey new car showroom on the SE corner of 35th & Wisconsin (btw, VERY tough part of town for many years). As I'm sure you remember better than me (as I was not born yet) the used car department was a huge lot on the NE corner of 35th & Wisconsin with a small concrete building. Still standing last I checked.

The Humphrey family donated the still standing "time capsule" new car property to my school in '86/'87 while I was there. I was able to con my way into the dealership via a very understanding Jesuit priest...who also looked the other way as I rolled out boxes of old files, signs, showroom displays, etc. The place had just been locked on the last day of operation ('81-'82 I think?), everything was still intact. To this day I have Humphrey service department signs in my shop and still pump gear lube and wheel bearing grease through Humphrey pumps!

The school bulldozed the showroom in spring of '88. I watched it go down while I was supposed to be learning Latin in a 2nd floor class room about 500' away. A sad day. What became of the old dealership is Marquette High School's Humphrey Field, a soccer/ football field our teams made great use of as we previously had no place to practice. I must say, I am probably the only kid that ever went to that school that was sad to see us get a field, as it meant Humphrey had to come down.

Another Milwaukee high-performance institution was Dale Chevrolet. Although I never was able to see Dale in operation either, I am friends with Bill (Billy) Dale, who as a young man took over the dealership in the 60's. I have heard many stories from him about their performance car inventory. One showroom devoted to used Corvettes I am told.
If anybody has a Dale Chevy I am sure I can hook them up with Bill, maybe he remembers the car.

I always thought I was born too late, but at least I was able to visit some "ghosts" here in Brewtown.

Colin

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this pic is the restored 67 Yenko that I think is the one in the (non v-top) original pictures. It has some interesting early paperwork useing the Stinger logo and calling the car a "Yenko Stomper".
It appears that Yenko's early 1967 plan was to offer a Stinger, a Stormer, and a Stomper.

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Isn't that car the one sold out of Evans in Ohio?

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my notes say - YS604 Earl Davis Chev.
not on the 107 vin list or the 54 vin list

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What's the vin? Might be another Donna Mae typo https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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[/ QUOTE ] I always thought I was born too late, but at least I was able to visit some "ghosts" here in Brewtown.

Colin

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As I did not live nearby I did not spend much time at Humphrey. The HP cars were stored in the building across from the used car lot on 35th st, that's where my Corvair was delivered. I remember Z/28s, Corvettes, Chevelles jammed in there. When I worked for CPX one of our customers was a former salesman there and stated they had several '67 Z/28s, none of which I recall.

Dale was nuts-they had 2 of Gibbs' ZL-1s, at least 6 L72 cars, dozens of Z/28s and L78 cars. A friend owned a Yellow/Yellow JL-8 Z/28-RS sold new there, one of the coolest '69s I have ever seen. There were plenty of SHP Chevys in Milwaukee; I believe 25 or so Yenko Camaros were sold in WI. Holz in Hales Corners also had quite a few HP cars in the day and is still in business at the same location. The '67 Z/28 we had was sold new there along with several others.

I will bet some of all that is still here, waiting to be found.

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my notes say - YS604 Earl Davis Chev.
not on the 107 vin list or the 54 vin list

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Found my old newspaper article, has this car on the showroom of Earl Davis Chev.

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Same dealer had Dick Harrell and his '67 f/c on the showroom floor too.

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I believe Earl D sold Stingers also as they are on the Stinger Dealer Network

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The newspaper ad shows the factory hood with pins. This is what the plum car has..BKH

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When I showed Warren the pics of the 67 350 car with no trim rings in the Yenko showroom, he mentioned remembering that car specifcally, and that the side pipes at the time were totally non-functional. He hung them on there with wire per Don's request for display purposes only.

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You guys call it an SS350 car, why do you leave out that it is an RS as well? It has the hidden headlamps.

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