[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

To our knowledge, those cars found with their original hoods had the SS grille support brackets on the underside of the hood. Very few photos of '69 Yenko Novas in their original state exist, so it is hard to tell. The L78 was only available in the Nova when the SS option was ordered.

I do not believe there are any delivery sheets for the '69 Yenko Novas, they were not COPO's, therefore were not 'Fleet' ordered vehicles, therefore did not qualify under the 'delayed payment privilege for new floor plan units' from GMAC. The delivery schedules were used to start the payments for new floor plan units to the new dealership.

I believe they were ordered in small batches with the intent to convert to 427's for other hi-po dealerships that had ordered cars from Yenko SportsCars Inc. in prior years. Colonial, Stauffer, Hult, and Gates for eg. When the insurance problems started, Yenko sold them as SS L78's with a 'tuneup' similar to Harrell L78 Novas. We know of at least one that is an L78 with a tune.

To our knowledge, they were ordered with the 4.10 rear. Although, if the customer wanted a different ratio, Yenko would certainly comply just as he had done in prior years on the Camaros.
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