[JoeC]

I don't want to say anymore about Douglas but since this thread is fired up I like to say something about Yenko. If you don't want to read this just click your mouse. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Some of you guys don't seem to appreciate what Don Yenko did. He was more then just a car dealer. There was the Yenko Chevrolet Dealership and then there was (sYc) Yenko SportsCars Inc. SYC was recognized by ACCUS as a manufacturer of production automobiles. ACCUS stands for Automotive Competition Committee of the United States. This organization did the licensing between sanctioning bodies in the U.S., and was the U.S. representative to FISA, the international auto racing coordination body. SYC manufactured cars.
Tom has a wood crate full of documents which he showed me and others at the reunion showing SYC was a manufacturer. I wish I had taken the Evelyn Wood speed reading course because there is a lot of folders in there. I read as much as I could until Tom slammed the wooden crate lid on my fingers and pried the crate away from me. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] (just kidding Tom but I would love to read through more of that stuff)
Beginning in 1965, SYC purchased base vehicles from Chevrolet for conversion, then SYC performed the conversion. The car was no longer a Chevrolet. It was a car manufactured by SYC. I am not rewriting history. This is clearly stated in the 1966 SCCA rule book where the Stinger is listed as a 2 seat sports car manufactured by SYC not by Chevrolet. It is the same with the other Yenko Cars. Tom has many documents that show this. In the document Rob C. mentions, Don stated the SYC automobile production figures which were all higher then what is known today. In one letter dated Aug. 1967 Don said he planed to increase SYC production to 600 vehicles. My point is that the cars that Don built were manufactured by SYC not by Chevrolet. Shelby did the same thing. His cars are listed in the SCCA rule book as manufactured by Shelby American not by Ford. These guys were living the American dream building their own cars and putting their name on them.
If you read an original Yenko Camaro window sticker it states "FINAL ASSEMBLY POINT CANONSBURG PENNSYLVANIA" not Norwood Ohio. It is understandable that Don would be angry if someone were to disregard his SYC process and make their own cars. It was not right back in 1969 and not right today. SYC manufactured the Yenkos not Chevrolet. IMO