Re: Fathers Lost Yenko Chevelle #358034 Butternut
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Cworkman2</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I'm still debating on what to do, when I first started on this journey of looking for the car it was more of just knowing it existed. I had been under the impression that the car had more than likely been sold by some family member years ago and that I would find someones signature or someone would come forward and admit to it. C'mon it's been almost 40 years..it's not like I could hold a grudge. But the reality of it all is that there has been no definitive answer about how it ended up where it is now. So it leads me to believe that somewhere down the line there is a shadow over it,and what makes things even more askewed is that my attempts to contact the person who may possess the car wont even speak with me. I'm not demanding anything, asking for anything other than a few min to get some details straight. I know to all of you guys this is a Yenko, to me, it's my dads car. To my fathers friends, it was Carls' car. I know most of you on here are restorers and hard core enthusiast, I understand that, and I have no problem with you questioning my motives. I will tell you this, I'm not out trying to make a buck...I'm not out to get a car that I'm going to flip on some auction site, this is not about that. If you read any of these posts, you know I never knew my father, he passed when I was 6 months old...and many of you may say "boo hoo", and I'm not gonna get into semantic over it, but for me..this is a piece of my father. These pictures I post, they aren't select ones pulled from volumes...they are the ones all of the family has, no birthday parties, no football photos, no fun at camp.......each one has that car in it. My mom told me that the bulk of their relationship revolved around her sitting in the passenger seat and talking to him thru the floorboards cause he was constantly adjusting the clutch. So you tell me, am I greedy or something for wanting a piece of that. I would be content to find a hump of junk in a field in Colorado if i knew it was his car, but its not...its a Yenko. The sad part is I would of never had a chance to find it if it wasn't, I started looking for this car when I was 9. I called the Oxford, Mi police department and wanted to report it stolen. I didn't even know the Vin then...I just knew it was a yellow chevelle. So I imagine someone is asking what I would do if it came back to my family...you want to know what i would do... drive it. Yep...go up to Manton, Mi and pick up my fathers cousin Andy and my fathers friend Charlie. I would take them out for a ride... I would do the same for my mother and my aunt Rene... I would take it to his grave in Oxford and let him see it again. That is what I would do. But right now I'm making no accusations or claims, I'm not pointing fingers and naming names. I just want to get the right, correct and truthful story I can. I am willing to talk or mail anyone about what I'm saying either call me or PM me...I'm very open and offer only respect and gratitude to all of the people who have helped me on here.
Thank you again
Chris </div></div>
Sorry about your Dad's passing.I did a little research and found that he died as a passenger in a car wreck.
It seems to me that maybe your Dad's car just slipped between the cracks.Hopefully you can get to the bottom of what is the truth.
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