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Old 12-14-2001, 10:07 PM
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Default Re: Whereabouts of a 69 Yenko?

Mr70, Ed Cunneen drives his Daytona Yellow car on occasion, and he's brought it to the Lombard cruise night a few times. Could this be the car you occasionally see? He usually drives his Corvair Stinger to the cruise.

Ed's Yenko Camaro looks original, but he said it's an old resto, ex-race car. I've asked him to bring out his ZL-1, but it's tucked away.

On the Nova, being as I'm a Pontiac man, coupled with the fact this was a LONG time ago (early 80's), I remember this being the first Deuce I ever saw in person. It was red with a 4-speed.

What struck me was how bold the stripes were on a Deuce, and the Dixco/Yenko hood tach. I was used to the lower profile Pontiac hood tach. The car sat with a nose high attitude, the engine was out, but the handmade "For Sale" sign said the engine was being rebuilt inside the shop. The rims had some rust on them, but the car was straight and I remember seeing what seemed like dozens of Yenko emblems all over the place.

It sat there for over a month, and everyone I knew that was into cars seemed to know about "that small block Nova with the funky stripes" parked behind this fix-it shop.

To tell you the truth, even I got the VIN and any codes off that car, I wouldn't have known where to look the info up back in the early 80's. We've come a long way since then as far as documenting cars.

Sorry I can't supply more info...


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