[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Joe:

I believe the reference in the catalog is due to the fact that it was published in 1971,(?). I also believe Yenko was paving the way for future cars, but it never worked out. Remember the Byrne Bros. Chev. add for the '70 454 Yenko cars, and the Span Inc. add for the '73 427 Yenko Camaro, neither of these cars ever seemed to materialize. By the end of 1970, Yenko still had 3 LT1 Novas left on his lot alone, and several of the dealers in his network also had them unsold at year end. One reason may have been the colors, several Gobi Beige, (close to Butternut Yellow), Citrus Green, and Sunflower Yellow cars proved hard to sell and were the most common colors unsold at year end. (Two cars, one Beige and one Yellow were sold within the first few days of Jan. '71 however. Both are still with their original owners today.) So, I feel that his reference in the catalog for the '71's was just in case he chose to continue the program, but I don't feel he did.

At this time there are a few post '70 Yenko Clones running around, but no evidence suggests that there were any plans to continue the COPO LT1 program. Yenko was on to the Stinger Vegas!!

Marlin