An interesting Yenko story

[Supercar_Kid]

No LeMans blue on Deuces, but I agree that door edge does look silver. It could be the sunlight like Frank suggests, but the edge on the inside of the weatherstrip sure looks silver too and I don't think the light is hitting it there enough to give that appearance. Judging by the amount of paintwork on the rest of the car, it's very possible it got an entire exterior color change, less jambs, which would be just fine on a drag car back in the day. Could be the same car in the pics Steve posted, with a repaint. That may explain the off color of blue as well. That's the best explaination I can come up with. Marlin must be out doing his holiday shopping, he should be all over this thread.

[hvychev]

Marlin doesn't post much anymore......wonder why? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img]

Come on Marlin. You offered a lot of good info in the past. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img]

[camarojoe]

I'm gonna agree with lil bro... That sure looks like silver paint in the door jamb, and the blue is definitely not fathom blue, which was the only blue a Deuce coulda came in... so its definitely a total repaint. Looking at the USA-1 plate on the rear of the silver car 68l30 posted, and seeing it on the blue car as well, my guess is that this could VERY well be the same car... the pics 68l30 has being of the car fresh from the showroom, and the blue paint job came a little later... Whatdaya think? Its a good theory anyhow.

[68TopStock]

Old racecars continue to excite me the most, especially if they are from an well known dealership involved in Chevrolet racing during the 60's. Many were repainted, and most were never jammed. When I found my car "Little Hoss", it still had (and still does) the original Royal Plum on the cowl, door jams, and underside of the trunk. I was told my repaint was done one Saturday, and it was probably raced the next day.

The above photo sure does look to be a lighter color than the rest of the car. It was probably put back on the street, but you never know, with the rear 1/4's cut, it may still be sitting in a garage, a tired old racecar. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I would imagine that this 'blue' car (definitely silver in the jam's) could very well be the 'Gilchrist' car, (referred as such to give credit to the race photographer). The b/w race car photos are definitely of a Cortez Silver Yenko Deuce, automatic (note class on the windshield), that was raced by Central Chev in Cleveland, OH as confirmed by Charles Gilchrist himself, and some old-school racers who remember it racing in the Erie, PA in the early '70's. Other than these scant recollections, I too have come up empty on my research efforts for this race deuce.

http://www.charlesgilchrist.com/GPC/...eet/YD7001.jpg

Although it might look like a slam dunk on the surface, I wouldn't bet the farm on this one just yet. The reason is because there was another Central Chevrolet, in Hamilton, OH, which also sold Yenko Deuces, one of which was also Cortez Silver, 4speed - now owned by Ed Cunneen. So, it is very possible that this 'blue' car could have been that one. I have traced Ed's deuce back through Holub, Griffin, unknown woman, Griffin, unknown person in Ohio back in the mid '90s.

I sure wish it was the Gilchrist car, that would help somewhat in my research for that car - would love to restore a Deuce back to as-raced condition!

If you can get any more photos, not matter how insignificant you might think they are, it would undoubtedly help a bunch. We have studied those two Gilchrist photos - who caught the SW tach hangin on the windshield pillar?
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[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

In reviewing the other pictures in that grouping, what's the nova in yellow-ish primer in the background? I see there is a headlight mounted to the core support in another photo.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I spoke with J. Griffin last evening regarding Ed's Central Deuce that he used to own. I was mistaken in that he did not purchase that particular car from someone in OH, (I was thinking of Cliff's red deuce), he purchased the car from Carl Dwiggins. When he purchased the car it was silver with stripes, however they were not yenko's stripes but rather another person's effort at recreating the stripes.

I do not know where Carl purchased the car, nor do I have
contact info for Carl. Speaking with Carl is relevant in our efforts to determine if this car is indeed the Gilchrist car, or coincidentally another silver deuce raced by another Central Chev.

The other way to determine which car this is, would be to see a firewall pic with visibility of the speedo cable exit. The original poster is working on that!