Another cool pic!

[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!!

[JoeC]

Reilly's used car sales, Bridgeport Ct. does ring a bell. Do you ever attend the Marcus Dairy cruz nites? I saw the Yenko Duece from Scuncio there. The Stafford Springs swap meet is this weekend. Nice to see someone from CT here. The Yenko air filter decals are an interesting topic. The original pictures of the Yenko Chevelle in SS magazine shows no decals. I have seen original pics that show the 427 decal on a Yenko Camaro but have not seen original Deuce under hood pics.
Many restored cars use the 427 and the 450 HP decal but I don't think the 450 HP decal was made by Chevy until the 1970 LS6 was released. Unless Yenko made his own 450 HP decal. Anyone know of any original COPO/Yenko under hood pics that show the 450HP decal?

[COPO]

Joe, I believe the 450hp decal was used for a short while on early '66 L-72 Corvettes and later that year they went to the 425 hp rating.

[Rowdy Rat]

COPO is right on the money. The 1966 L-72 Corvettes were rated at 450 horsepower for the first several weeks of production. The change from 450 to 425 horsepower was made to the air cleaner decal only; there were no changes made to the engine.

Regards,

Stan

[johnk]

joe,thanks for the reply!!!maybe with the insurance hoopla from the 69 camaros, yenko wanted to keep a low profile with the 70 nova?i wish i had a camera in my hand scraping that decal off!the more i think about it could have very well have been left off.marlin,the 10hp difference being in exhaust systems between the camaros&vettes?also i remember seeing john wargo's gobi beige deuce in musclecar review with optional vette air cleaner with full decal.can you shed any light on this! i need more aspirin!!!
thanks!

[JoeC]

Was the 1966 450hp decal the same as the 1970 450hp decal?