Another cool pic!

[copo69]

Marlin, Help, I don't know much about the '70 Novas. I always thought cars came with LT-1's (factory installed) and you say they were ordered as L65's. Were the cars just standard Novas with stripe packages or was the engine different? Thanks

[bowtie3168]

Marlin, Two points, First: Is Wallace Chevrolet still in buisness? The store is/was only about 20 miles from my home. It is/was in Linden, New Jersey. If I can gather any info for you let me know. I will ask around at the track and see if any of the racers know any of the techs who worked there. Sometimes life is so ironic, I bought a suit last week from a gentleman who was the sales manager in charge of high performance cars at Briggs Chevrolet in South Amboy, New Jersey. He shared some interesting history with me. I thought that it was very cool because he told me that many previous stories that I was told (at the track) were embelished folk lore. People love to add on their own ideas and theories and then pass them along as the "honest to God truth". Point 2: If I may I would like to "throw in" this bid of first hand info. I am restoring a '65 Chevelle Malibu (non SS) and I just had a argument over my grill with my "expert" Chevelle buddy. The car has a black trim on the grill which is part of the "SS" package. The "expert" told me that "the grill had to have been installed by someone later because it was a "SS" only part. My parents bought the car new in '65 and the car is ALL original, never been hit,never been repaired, never been anything. He said that this was not possible but my parents have pictures of the car new and it is real. I share this to add to the argument that Chevrolet did not always follow the same procedures.
Andrew

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Andrew: To my knowledge Wallace Chev. is no longer in business. The first owner of this eg. car is none other than BodyCraft F/SA '68 Camaro, 327/275hp racecar owner. You will probably know him without me posting his name.

COPO69: You are correct, the LT1 came factory installed in the '70 Yenko Novas. However, when Don was ordering them, he spec'd out the L65 with an M20, and then in the special instructions section of the order form wrote in COPO 9010. This COPO superceded the L65/M20 with the LT1 and an M21. This is how Don got the LT1 into a non-SS body, he originally spec'd a non-SS V8 engine. Quite ingenious!!

The other goodies came along with the 9737 COPO, but without a build order for '70 we cannot tell exactly what it contained.

Marlin

[bowtie3168]

Marlin,
That is so cool! I see the "Body Craft" Camaro at least once a month. I hope that you will be able to attend our "Muscle Car Show and Go" next season. I would love to see any member of the club there. Andrew

[JoeC]

Marlin, Have any original underhood pics of a Duece been found? Did the cars have decals on the air filter lid? I'm wondering what HP rating was used since the 70 Camaro LT1 used 360HP and the 70 LT1 Corvette used 370HP. Or was there no HP decal? Also did the Deuce use a special code 4:10 rear?

[bkhpah]

From what I have seen of original decals the HP rating has been cut off by Yenko...
BKH

[johnk]

joe& brian,another good topic i would like to know about! i remember possibly seeing a
full decal on air cleaner,this was around 1979 though.i can check with gentlemen i bought car from.he purchased it from reilly's
used car sales,bridgeport ct.(1975)joe,does that ring a bell?marlin,did they cut hp off to sandbag a little!!