Yenko Stinger Vega on eBay

[camarojoe]

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!

[1970Ls6]

Talk about reading the fine print! What is he trying to hide

[resto4u]

I would be cautious, unless ed has something on this car. Does not have rear spoiler. Stripes are incorrect from other yenko vegas. See pic of real stripe. Roger

[JoeC]

I don't see any Yenko crest embelms on it like shown in Yenko Vega original pictures

[mahoy78spyder]

Yeah, I thought the same thing when I saw it... "be cautious"... the decal is wrong, no Yenko crests anywhere... and I didn't think the turbo was actually installed by Don on any of these cars, but was rather an over-the-counter add-on for legal/emmissions reasons... I wish he'd post pics of the engine, we could tell if it's even the correct Switzer turbo....

Ken

[Chevy454]

Just got this from the seller...

<font color="red">Dear chevy454,

You asked:
"Do you have any documentation from Yenko Chevrolet, or anywhere else, stating it's Yenko heritage? Thanks, Rob Clary yenko.net"

Sorry but no !973 is a very hard year to find any information on with Yenko vegas.
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We also requested a picture of the engine, but no dice...

[sYc]

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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.

[Jeff H]

I saw some magazine ads for the Yenko turbo Vega and they said it was a Rajay turbo. It looked like the turbo mounting was similar to the one on Ebay, but it appeared to be mounted more forward in the car. The ads I found on the internet and you can't see the detail well enough.

[sYc]

In early '71, Yenko was experimenting with Rajay on a prototype or two. But in mid to late '71 Yenko switched to Schwitzer. I am guessing because of the problems he was having with the EPA and emissions.

[Jeff H]

The ads were from 1971 and they were different ads that look like they are from Car Craft and Hot Rod and they both show the Rajay turbo. So he didn't end up using the Rajay turbo at all?