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Old 11-04-2004, 11:27 PM
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we used to joke the ugly ones survived..meaning odd colors usually were purchased by a different crowd and some how made it over the years...how many cool cars have you followed up on over the years to find it is Granada Gold with Gold interior or heaven help us Gobi Beige or light green with green guts...
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Old 11-05-2004, 01:40 AM
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Ironically, my original owner walked into Nankivell Chevrolet on 7/29/70, and actually chose the gobi beige over Kevin C's forest green deuce that were sitting on the showroom floor. I asked him why he chose the beige over the far more popular green, he said he just liked it better! Oh, and he paid full window sticker price, another rarity for the deuces.
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I'd choose a Gobi Deuce over a FG Deuce,then & now.
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Old 11-05-2004, 05:27 AM
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First I have to say that there have been some REALLY good educational threads in the Yenko Chevrolet section of this board as of late started by Marlin, camarojoe, and others. Actually talking about supercars here has become a novel concept! Thanks guys!

I have a question about colors on 69 and 70 Yenko's. Why did Don choose not to do a Black Yenko? IMO they would look sinister in black. Next why did he leave out red on the 69 Camaro's? Red is timeless and I am sure would have been a good seller??
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I'm not sure why he left black out in '68 and '69, but he did use garnet red in '69 for the Chevelles and Novas, then cranberry in '70 of course. He continued with red for the stinger vegas, and turbo Z's.

Don also didn't use white for the Camaros in '69 but did for the Chevelles, don't know why. After seeing John's '69 Douglass-Yenko Camaro at SCR7, it's a shame Yenko didn't order white - it's a knockout combo.
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Personally, I like the Blue Deuces and the Rally Green 69 Yenko Nova but I'm not sure which 69 Camaro color I like the most.

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Huggar Orange maybe?

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How many white Y Chevelles were built ???
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