Original and 2nd owner of Yenko Deuce YS-024/SCR8

[Charley Lillard]

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[camarojoe]

The story behind the "disfigured" shifter ball goes like this... Years ago, Moses had a leak in the heater core and decided to change it himself... Using a trouble light to see under the dash, the light rested on the shifter ball as he was working... He left the light on and went in the house for a bit, and during this time, it melted the ball... Good thing it didnt set the whole car on fire as badly melted as it is! Another interesting thing I noted, is the ball itself is a faux-wood type Hurst ball... which i had never seen before on a deuce. (we had a big discussion here about the "correct" ball being black several months ago) I asked Moses if he had ever changed it, and he said no, that was the same ball it had on it when he drove it off the Dale Chevrolet lot in 1971. I noted there was no lock-nut under it to hold it in place on the stick, so possibly the original was stolen while sitting on the lot for nearly a year, or maybe some of the cars actually were shipped with this style knob... who knows? Was a really neat opportunity to talk to yet another original owner of one of these Yenko supercars... nothing quite like talking to someone who has owned and cared for one of these things for 5 years longer than I have even been on this planet!

[Salvatore]

Joe, Come on you are not that old!

[hvychev]

Another cool thing that Moses said was that after he totaled his 67 Chevelle SS 396 he went shopping for his next car in 4/71 at a number of dealers. He went to Holtz Motors in Hales Corner, WI, Nickey in Chicago, and Fencl Tufo Chevrolet in Chicago before "settling" on the Deuce! He said he had never even heard of Yenko before buying the car and only bought it because after he beat the salesman Mr. Polanski up on price he was walking when Mr. Polanski finally aggreed to take Moses offer of $3600 before he hit the door and was gone forever!

[Charley Lillard]

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[camarojoe]

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Did anyone ask Moses what happened to that shift knob ? I got to talk to him but forgot to ask. Very nice guy.

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see my above post...

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

We've been onto this car for years, and Steve got it done last Wed. morning! What an awesome car, a true time capsule. Original owner, original paint, original drivetrain, POP, inventory sheet, etc... Gus wouldn't let me lift the cover until Steve got there, but once it was out of the trailer I pulled the back seat out looking for the broadcast sheets

Moses is an absolute wealth of info, and I've been soaking up his history lessons for several years now. Moses is also quite an accomplished scratch golfer, and was also a professional baseball player in his younger days. The Yenko Deuce was popular with African-Americans, no fewer than 4 (possibly 6) purchased them new. It has been a pleasure getting to know yet another original deuce owner.

As we were unloading the convention center Sat. evening, I noticed a man with a ziplock baggie and a pic of a Nova's front-end. I inquired, and knew who it was immediately. It was the original owner of a Silver deuce that was totalled in '73-4 in southern IL. We spoke for quite a while, and when we do the info exchange thing, I'll post the pics of his Deuce - he only owned it for 4 months, but retains the paperwork, a lesson for those hunting for their original paperwork! BTW, it had whitewalls when new - but received GoodYear Polyglas' within the first 100 miles, along with other speed parts.

Somebody needs to go back to Sunday School, Moses was not with the Ark - that would be Noah. Moses is indeed in the account of the 'burning bush', 10 Commandments, 40 years of wandering, etc... Here's your trivia question: What is significant about Enoch? One of only two people to be known for this?