69 Yenko Nova; take 1!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

JoeC;
Nice job!!
Now if I could get it to come in with the color...
I'll keep trying when I get a chance today.
Thanks,
M

[JoeC]

thanks Kevin and Marlin, that is a great pic first one I have ever seen of an original Yenko Nova. It has the non SS front side marker light but of course that would have had "396" on it.

[JoeC]

Marlin, If you like you can e-mail me the pic. I have a few different software packages to try on it. Your software may not work with that type of file.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

JoeC;
I sent you the photo,
you're the wizard!!!
Thanks,
M

[JoeC]

I swapped the B&W pic for the color. What year was the pic taken and at which drag strip? It is a great drag racing period pic besides being a rare pic of a '69 Yenko Nova.

[SuperCars]

Marlin/Joe, looking at the original photo in the background over the young fellows elbow looks like a 69 Yenko Camaro (Narrow black hood stripe, 12.60 on windshield). Over the fender of the 57 chev looks like the front corner of a 69 Z-28. All in all the cars all appear to be 1969-70 Vintage.

The Nova appears in non SS trim here and no Yenko stripes. Maybe the same guy was there in 1969 and called it a Yenko Circus wagon (just joking); embarassed the owner to strip it down to look like a plain jane Nova. Maybe it was repainted in its early days. Roger Gibson (he restored this car) was adamant though, that it had no signs of SS trim or interior. I'm sure he would have seen holes in body panels where trim parts would have been previously, if that were the case.

Joe, the build sheet is not like the full size like the COPO Chevelle that lists both 9562 and L-78. This is the small 4"x8" (bbdon had a previous post of these from Willow Run Plant) from Willow Run also. It only lists production date, body style, WRN plant, body sequence number, 731 trim, 52 52 paint, and then the last line lists L-78, M20, N10. There is no COPO number. Vince Emme found this car and states it was the first Yenko Nova. To my knowledge he hasn't seen this photo or the build sheet that was found while restoring it. It is still remains a mystery when the restorer is adamant it was not an SS, and then photos like this, and paperwork showing it to be a big-block. I choose not to make a statement one way or the other, because I just don't know. Take care. Kevin

[Edited by SuperCars (10-06-2000 at 12:03 AM).]

[JoeC]

Kevin, You have a good eye. It does look like a Yellow Yenko Camaro and to the pass side of the 57 Chevy looks like another '69 Z/28.
In my previous post I was not referring to the 8.5 x11.5 Chevelle type build sheet. I was looking at the GM documents titled "Body Broadcast Copy." There are a few copies of these in the Camaro books. They have lines of boxes with codes and on the lower quarter of the document is an open space where there are special codes and sometimes instructions. This is where the COPO codes are listed. For example one is for ZL1 Camaro no. 2 and has typed in this space "SHIP 12.30 ESTES REQUEST RED HOT PILOT 427 ENGINE OPT 9560BA." Some of the other sheets just have the COPO number. I believe some of the Novas came with this type of "Body Broadcast Copy."
Did Gibson restore your car with an SS grill and steering wheel? That's what it looks like in the pics I have on the computer but they are not that clear.