Original Selling Dealer

[James Berry]

Thanks for the help!

[James Berry]

Good question, are Dealer approved Yenkos real Yenkos, My question would be do they have a sequence number? Sounds like we need ED.
I am getting alot of E-mail, asking what car I have. My car is sequence #54 Lemans Blue Chevelle. If anyone has any information on this car please contact me.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I would think that a Douglas Chev. car with a set of Yenko stripes installed on it would not be a real Yenko car. A hi-po Camaro taken to Motion Performance for the stripe treatment doesn't make it a Baldwin/Motion car, does it??

Yenko cars were ordered by Yenko Sportscars, were double COPO's, had specific items installed - like emblems & stripes, were recorded on the New Car Inventory sheets for NHRA qualification, and then were distributed to other hi-po dealers in the Yenko Sportscars Network.

The Douglas Chev. cars do not follow any of this procedure, therefore they cannot be considered 'Yenko' cars just because they have stripes.

Consequently, I was not aware that this Douglas Chev. making Yenko SportsCars wannabe's was a real agreement. I had thought that after Yenko found out why they were buying stripes, he would not sell them any more!! Any info to the contrary??

Marlin

[sixtiesmuscle]

Well Marlin, without the ability to ask Don if Jack is being truthful, we'll never know if there was an official agreement. It seems that the number that were purchased [25-28] and the price paid , $400. per set, would lead one to believe that there wasn't any confusion over why they were being bought. I don't know what the stripes cost in '69, but, you have to figure that $400. was a pretty profitable sale. I happen to agree with you, and, when I finished my Douglas COPO I did it the way most of his were appointed. This, even though a previous title, and a previous owner claimed it had been a "Yenko". What if, however, one showed up with original owner documentation, original paint & stripes, etc. Hypothetical, I know, but an interesting possibility nonetheless.

[Belair62]

Interesting discussion. Under what circumstance would Don Yenko sell a set of stripes much less 25-28 of them? Could anyone walk into Y Chevrolet and buy a set of stripes to put on their Camaro or Chevelle ? Darn I'm hooked on that burnout now !

[JoeC]

James Berry - A few years ago I went to look at a Daytona Yellow Yenko Camaro in NY. The guy said he had sold a unrestored Yenko Chevelle that he had purchased from Dryer's Super Charger Co.


[Edited by JoeC (02-07-2001 at 05:46 PM).]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Mike;
I understand your logic regarding the relationship between the price of the stripes, and some sort of an agreement.

I am curious to know where the $400 stripe price came from. It does support the agreement theory because it is extremely high as compared to the Yenko parts catalog's suggested list price: Yenko Styling Kits for Camaro/Chevelle #YS1-2012 & #YS1-2020 $86.50 , and Yenko Deuce #YS1-2016/17 $86.50. (Subscriber Net Price = $65.00).

Additionally, it would be interesting to see some paperwork on such an agreement. Yenko was a business man, and when he formed agreements he put them in writing - signed by both parties. For example, one such agreement is between Don Yenko of Yenko Sports Cars and Josh Darden of Colonial Chev. in Norfolk, VA. This particular agreement outlined the specific territory under which Colonial would be the 'Exclusive' dealer of Yenko Sports Cars. Most people think the Norfolk Navy business was the reason for the high volume of Yenko sales in that region. This is true, but the formal agreement is what made Colonial the seller of all of that volume.

Can you get some paperwork from Douglas??

Marlin

[Edited by YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY (02-07-2001 at 09:35 AM).]