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Stinger on Ebay
Anyone ever see or hear of this car? Tom, any idea if its verifed as real? If it is, it would be a neat piece to restore. Someone get this one and have it ready for SCR8!
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As per the car itself, I do not have anything, so without paperwork, the NICB would be the only way to identify the selling dealer.
In regards to the turbo unit, I have 3 folders of Yenko Vega stuff, including Schwitzer blueprints, drawings with part numbers and some pictures of Yenko cars with a turbo installed. Judging by what I can see in the pictures posted by the seller, this does not appear to be a Yenko installed turbo unit nor a Yenko kit. Without going into a lot of boring detail, from late '71 on, Yenko tubos/kits were plumbed in a different way, more in line with what Chevrolet was experimenting with at the time. Judging by what is contained in some of the correspondence between Yenko and Schwitzer, I am not for sure if Yenko actually ever offered the turbo/kit for sale. In the past 8 years, I have only seen one documented unit.
This is the second such type of Vega turbo unit I have seen for sale on Ebay in the last 6 months. The other one, which was just a turbo and kit, was plumbed in the same manner as this one. From the mid '70s to the early '80, Vega turbo kits were very popular, available from several different sources. Hot Rod magazine did an article or two on such units.