2010 Yenko/SC Camaro

[396L35]

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Mark, You know what I have been thru with my car!! Hell my car is real!!! I don't get where your coming from.

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Kim I know you had trouble with your car but it was a REAL car not some made up sticker/mod package from a dealership that no longer exists. If someone has a 69 Yenko and wants to buy a 2010 and make it look like the other car then they have that right, but to build a new car and use an old name is like reinventing the wheel. Im just saying that you could build a kickasss car with all new performance & technology and give it its own identity. Lets get back to INOVATION AND NEW IDEAS and make something that no one else has ever thought of and build it dont live in the past and move into the future.

[Salvatore]

Like I said before, I am all for the new camaro and the go fast mods. I just think a new name and a new future is in order for the camaro. The TC Special sounds good to me! let the all new car have its own identity from the rest! There is enough Yenko cars and stuff out there that no one will ever forget Don's legacy. Time for a new kid on the block and it might be you or Stef, Tom.

[markjohnson]

This whole subject of new Yenkos is really a sensitive subject to a lot of people. Mr. Clary's comparism to Grumpy cars is without merit though because no one is building a fleet of "Grumpy" cars for sale. I DID think that the Indian motorcycle comparism earlier was interesting though. Now that was a company that didn't even exist anymore that was resurrected and the final product looked worthy of the Indian name. Does anybody remember public opinion when that was announced? I think it was excitement by motorcycle enthusiasts and very little negative. This has been done before, and really not very long ago, with Matt Murphy and his fleet of Dick Harrell 2002 Camaros and before that it was his ZL-1's. I thought those were well recieved. On on the other hand, I think we've all heard of Mr. Shelby's disdain and legal action against "Cobra" kit cars. If it was up to him, the only Cobras that would exist would be the ones that he manufactured. Heck, I'm sure that kit car Cobras VASTLY outnumber the real thing. It is a free country so people are allowed to build, buy, and drive whatever they want. If anybody doesn't like it, I guess they don't have to buy it or even acknowledge it at a car show. That's all from my end.

[396L35]

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Like I said before, I am all for the new camaro and the go fast mods. I just think a new name and a new future is in order for the camaro. The TC Special sounds good to me! let the all new car have its own identity from the rest! There is enough Yenko cars and stuff out there that no one will ever forget Don's legacy. Time for a new kid on the block and it might be you or Stef, Tom.

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Yeah what Sammy said!!!

[Chevy454]

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Posted by 396L35 08/29/09:

Kim I know you had trouble with your car but it was a REAL car not some made up sticker/mod package from a dealership that no longer exists. If someone has a 69 Yenko and wants to buy a 2010 and make it look like the other car then they have that right, but to build a new car and use an old name is like reinventing the wheel. Im just saying that you could build a kickasss car with all new performance & technology and give it its own identity. Lets get back to INOVATION AND NEW IDEAS and make something that no one else has ever thought of and build it dont live in the past and move into the future.

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Sooo, what changed your mind in 3 years?

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Posted by 396L35 08/11/06:

The Badest Berger Car Yet!!!

I just received my Sept. issue of GM High-Tech Performance and it has a KICKASSS article about Berger's 2002 DH Wide Body Camaro. It not only made the cover but it has twelve pages to back up this Last New Muscle Car... The orange one on the cover belongs to Val Harrell and it is an awesome machine... I was told by Dick Jacques of Berger to list this article and let the public know that there are still two of these killer cars available... Dick can be reached at 616-293-1850 Here are some pictures:

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[396L35]

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Sooo, what changed your mind in 3 years?


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Rob a lot of things have changed my mind over the last 3 years. I am a new father of twin boys that just turned 4 months, a new respect for old race cars, and looking forward to new technology for street/strip cars. I wish you all the luck in your new endevors but I think its a bad idea to bring a name from the past to sell cars. This has been done too many times by Chevrolet with the LS6, LS7, LT1, etc. I think if your going to make a new car give it a new name to let it stand out on its own. From what I have seen that Nickey Chicago has for sale it doesn't look that difficult to make a badasss car so give it a new bad asss name. Its just my two cents, like I told you at Jim's wake "Life is too short to worry about the small things". Hopefully we can talk next weekend at the show, I look forward to hear how your suburban is doing. Mark

[JK98SS]

I agree, why not create a new Legacy? Back in the day these guys were not well known and were selling cars based on the performance, not so much the name.
Fast Forward 40 years and now those names sell the cars. I am sure the Yenko name will certainly help you sell more units than an unknown name. But the fact remains, it is not produced by Yenko, so it honestly a Yenko?
Good luck with it. Do you have any renderings?

[Kim_Howie]

I don't see anybody jumping on the NEW Dodge Hurst. George Hurst is a dead guy too!!! We have something else to do besides this B S .

[427.060]

Last time I checked Hurst was still in business. These cars are modified by Hurst not someone just someone want to capitalize on the Hurst name.
James

[Stefano]

Take every damn Capitalist you can find put them in front of a firing squad......

I didn't call Sam, Darren or any one else, but my wife as well as some paid business and legal advisors prior to legally purchasing the rights to "Nickey", resigning my corporate job and setting out to try and bring back a brand name in the Super Car and Hi-Performance parts business. I also haven't asked for their opinions regarding my current business plan.

If I had wanted to build a 'Stefano Bimbi'or other different edition Camaro, or just sell someone else's, then I could have chosen to do so.

We definitely could have sold just as many vehicles, with much less expense, however I CHOSE not to. I'm not telling you it was a smart decision, or even a profitable one, but it was certainly a calculated one.

So, thanks to all who have contributed to the unsolicited advise regarding my business acumen and a huge thanks to all of our customers, who patronize our business and who are too busy working and having fun to get involved with this thread.

Just for the record; Some of the Key people who were directly involved with building the Nickey brand are still working and supporting us today, in the best ways which they can.

Mr. Nickey never turned a wrench on a Mucle car or Super Car!

The Nickey Brand and Mark have significant value and historical importance to us. I am proud of what we do, how we do it and that which we have done to remind those who were there, to reminisce, while making new generations aware of past history.

Nickey ceased to exist because of many reasons, but mainly because the business failed. This was not because the Key people involved had passed away. The Stephani family made a decision to sell those rights off.

The Yenko family/estate has never done that to the best of my knowledge.

The fact that Tom Clary and family want to build a 2010 Camaro, for their personal enjoyment and to commemorate their real Yenko Camaro as well as the spirit, legacy and legend of Don Yenko and since the Yenko family is in full support of this commemorative vehicle, I say, "enough said".