Yenko Optional Twin Sport Mirrors

[Supercar_Kid]

It's definitely looking like a different scoop was used on the Rebel Machine. Here's a link for several other shots. Rebel Machines Now I assumed the Rebel and the Jeep Commando got the same scoops being that they were both AMCs being prepped by Hurst, but it looks like this isn't necessarily the case. Hmm... this seems to bring only more confusion. The Commando scoop looks like it has one big opening on the front, versus the split twin openings on the Rebel type, while Yenko's Deuce protoype has no opening at all and doesn't really appear to have provisions for making an opening. We may be looking at 3 completely separate tach/scoop combos here. This doesn't really clear up what Yenko used at all, I just assumed the Yenko scoop would have the Dixco type tach face being that the "regular" hood tach was a standard issue 8 grand Dixco unit...any thoughts?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I still lean towards a prototype of some sort on the brochure car, but now I'm not sure if it's a Rebel, Jeep, or mystery Dixco prototype! Cool pics of the Jeep version though, I had never seen that version b4

[Kim_Howie]

The tack on the AMC was a 8 grand white letters and turned to red letters at 5 to 8 grand 180 sweep. It didn't have center face on the bottom like the Jeep shows. KIm

[camarojoe]

Has anyone considered the possibilty that the hoodscoop shown in the Deuce prototype photos is a one-off hand-made piece fabbed up at Yenko for the "mock-up" pics of the Deuce? I mean considering the fact is known the car itself was just a 6 cylinder car with blue guts, whats to say the hoodscoop itself wasnt created out of nothing... with the anticipation of later ordering the scoops from Dixco or wherever... then by the time the COPO Novas actually arrived, Don changed his mind about offering it for whatever reason, (price, availability, difficulty of install, etc.) That would explain why there were no pics taken of the backside of the hoodscoop during that publicity photo shoot, and would also explain why no one has ever seen one quite like the one in the pics... He may have had a scoop constructed in-house, based on the photos the had seen elsewhere, making his 0ne-off scoop
similar enough to what he planned to later offer, and making it "close-enough" in design to use for the B&W press photos. Just something to consider...

[Supercar_Kid]

The scoop being a hand fabbed mock up piece is definitely another possibility, as we know Yenko was known to "mock up" items for photo purposes before.

Warren Dernoshek has commented about at least one instance of Yenko "hanging" a set of Corvette sidepipes on a 67 Yenko Camaro with some mechanic's wire for simple photo purposes, so it's entirely possible the prototype Deuce scoop was constructed with similar intentions.

I'm still betting there's a link to Dixco lurking there somewhere, it just hasn't been uncovered yet. Time will tell...good to see there's more than one of us who cares to have this mystery sorted out.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

That's what I was thinking Joe, sort of a prototype model, and like you said - an in house prototype. This is a very viable theory, keep in mind the glass decklid with integrated spoiler for the '68 Y-Cam's! What did he make, something like 3 of them? Only installed on the first few cars, one of which was not even a copo?

[Supercar_Kid]

When comparing the pics, I think the Yenko and Jeep Commando scoops look very similar, the only difference being that the Jeep has the opening "knocked out" in front.

I'm starting to doubt the scratch fabbed theory, which is why I'd love to get a close look at an original Hurst Jeep Commando scoop in person, then maybe we could determine it's manufacturer. The only problem is Hurst prepped Jeepster Commandos with their original scoops intact aren't too plentiful either.