Local Deuce Featured in the newspaper (Long)

[hvychev]

Welcome Alan! Can you tell us how it was to go and buy a Deuce at Colonial? Was there other Yenko cars there? Did you ever take any pics of your car when it was new that you can post here?

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One of my most frequently asked questions Frank! Alan has great stories from when he bought it, and it's early years.

Love those Fathom Blue Deuces

[blue thunder]

Hi Marlin,
Its great to hear from you. Well, I think I have lit up the tires at least four times but at the cost for these Coker reproductions I don't do it too often. There are times though when you just gotta do it as you also know.
Hi also Frank,
The purchase of my Nova was actually a bit of luck. I went there to buy a Corvette but when I found out that I couldn't get insurance then the salesman showed me the Deuces that they had for sale. Can you imagine, they actually had about twelve of these for sale. They had six different colors and two cars in each color. The only difference was one was an automatic and one was the M-21 four speed. Needless to say, the M-21 had to be the choice for me. I do have a few old pictures that I will scan and post them for you guys. I think they are all without the stripes because water had gotten under the vinyl and started rust so I had to scrape them off and re-paint.
Alan

[camarojoe]

Very cool... my car was probably sitting in the same row... I have a Forest Green 4-speed car from Colonial. Do you have any of the original Colonial paperwork from the car? Bill of Sale, etc... Would love to see some of it. Bring that sucker to Collinsville this year!

[camarojoe]

Look familiar?

[Mr70]

What was the cost of your Deuce out the door,and how much were your insurance premiums back then.
WELCOME!

[blue thunder]

Joe, I am glad to meet another owner of a Colonial Chevy Deuce. The reason that they had so many was that the owner, Josh Darden was a good friend of Don Yenko.I still have my original bill of sale and the window sticker. I will be glad to scan them and post them for you guys to see. I think the final price was around $3,400. I guess that was a pretty good investment. If I remember correctly, the insurance was about $300 a year for full coverage. They just didn't know what these cars were capable of doing.
Alan

[Mr. T]

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They just didn't know what these cars were capable of doing.

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[camarojoe]

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Joe, I am glad to meet another owner of a Colonial Chevy Deuce. The reason that they had so many was that the owner, Josh Darden was a good friend of Don Yenko.

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Yep. I'd say thats an accurate statement...

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'cmon Joe!! Post that pic of Glen Campbell and the colonial deuce

Alan, did you ever see the silver race deuce that colonial sponsored?