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How many other Fencl Tufo Deuces are around besides Engler's, and Hornbeck's?


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Ken there are four Fencl Tufo Deuces surviving. The two you mentioned and one that has yet to be seen by one of us. John D of IL has owned a Gobi Beige Fencl Tufo Deuce since 1976. The car retains it's original paint but has been stripeless since it's early days. The other surviving Deuce is a Hugger Orange car that is currently under resto by it's owner Johnny M in OH. I talked to him a month ago and he is making progress. Pics to follow.

The two remaining of the six Fencl Tufo Deuces are a Sunflower Yellow car that was totaled in the 70's and the Fencl Tufo race car The Draggin Deuce which is still MIA. I have the original paperwork on this car but have not been able to make any good of the leads that I have received as of yet.

Sorenson Chevrolet in Waukeegan, IL and Mancuso Chevrolet in Skokie, IL both sold three Deuces new, NONE of which have been found so far.

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I'd love to see that gobi beige deuce, been talking to the owner for years - but nary a pic I understand that when the stripes were removed, so was the hood tach and the hole was patched!

The orange deuce was in the same Hemmings issue as my car back in '96, was owned at the time by the art dealer/benz dealer that all you chi-town guys seem to know. That car has it's POP, and was sold new to a guy in Carpentersville, IL - is that close to F-Tufo?

The S-Yellow car was actually a repo, then involved in several accidents, with the final one a major T-bone where it was totalled - bummer.

One of the Mancuso Deuces is indeed found, still with it's original owner. It was a race car early on, and would carry the front wheels! Now, it's been semi-restored back to stock, cool car.

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The orange deuce was in the same Hemmings issue as my car back in '96, was owned at the time by the art dealer/benz dealer that all you chi-town guys seem to know. That car has it's POP, and was sold new to a guy in Carpentersville, IL - is that close to F-Tufo?

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Yep it was an AMG dealer at the time. I was looking at a low mile Hugger Orange 69 Z that they had in the showroom. When I pulled up I saw the Deuce sitting in back of the building. I asked about it and was told it was already spoken for.

C'ville is probably about 40 minutes from Tufo...

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That's right about the Schmidt car. Says "little DEUCE coupe" on the hood. Robert's a very nice guy. Has some interesting stories.

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Marlin, wow I did not know that the Little Deuce Coupe was a Mancuso car! VERY cool! Does the guy still live in IL?

As far as the Gobi car I should mention that the car has not seen the light of day in a long time, possibly decades. I met one of the guys friends from high school and he remembered that in the 70's the car had some wild engine mods like maybe a blower. He remembered that it was the fastest car at school!

I have pics of the HO F-T Deuce that were taken while at the AMG dealer. I will scan a couple of them and have them posted.

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and was sold new to a guy in Carpentersville, IL

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Pretty sure original owner of Shors Y Chevelle was from Carpentersville

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Here are some of the pics I have of the Hugger Orange Fencl Tufo Deuce.

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The original owner of Shos Y Chevelle originally lived in Arlington Hieghts then moved to Genoa if I remember the story right.