Re: Visible progress!
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Part of which tuner car you choose depended on where you lived.
[/ QUOTE ] I agree 100%, I'm from Pittsburgh, and 'till this day Yenko is the buzzword at the car shows. I'm sure it's the same way for Nickey near Chicago, Motion near Long Island, Harrell near Kansas City, etc. etc. I think the majority of people who bought a Yenko off of the Canonsburg lot had a pretty good understanding what those little R/W/B crests meant on the fenders. Otherwise they wouldn't have been so readily stolen to become keepsake mementos, or removed to confuse suspecting racers. I've even heard that BKH's old Fathom Green/Black stripe car was so equipped because the original owner wanted the stripes to "disappear" at night, so it made for easier roping of unsuspecting street racers. Let's also not forget what Ed Hedrick and Dick Harrell did to promote the Yenko name. They were at the drags every weekend tearing up the competition with a big Yenko crest on their doors and getting their pictures in the papers, that's why Yenko paid them $$$ to wear the name, same as Nickey paid for their radio spots. The Yenko name didn't just become synonomous with hi-performance since the 90's, it's something that has been instilled in anyone who was ever around a Yenko car when it was new. Sure there are exceptions, but ask friends or neighbors about original Yenko owners and their cars, the story is always the same "that was one runnin' SOB!" I probably just feel that way because I'm from Pittsburgh, where the Yenko legend is still alive and well. I'm sure you're partial to Nickey Frank, because of your locale. You could drive around Pittsburgh with a Nickey decal on the back and get far less questions about it than you would in a Chicago suburb, the same goes for Yenko out there I'd imagine, people just aren't drawn to it like they are here. But I'll argue that both dealers were well known in their day, or we wouldn't still be talking about them today, JMHO. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]
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