1970 Yenko Deuce

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Linda, Brian Henderson and I were there Feb. 19, 2000, you can see Brian in one of the pics - standing in front of the NOS fenders that were leaning up against the wall.

The original bellhousing will have a part number cast into it, ending with the numbers ...621. It's an 11" aluminum unit that was commonly replaced. (In fact, another deuce had the clutch let go during some 'spirited' driving. The clutch stuff struck a bellhousing attaching bolt dead-on, and took it right off the block - ruining the block. This deuce has a 427 in it from that day on, and a scattershield - the owner figured he step up the power & the protection).

The Monte SS thing is purely coincidental, and makes me chuckle each time I see one parked next to a deuce. It is just one of those things that make you go 'hmmmmm', a deuce and a Monte SS - a lot of deuce owners think alike I guess. (I too would own one if the cards were right, but so far - not yet).

[Roof]

Marlin, Never could figure out who that was in the background of the pics. For a long time thought it was our neighbor. Thanks for enlightening me. I've always loved the monte ss. I really enjoyed running that car. When we decided we needed a new vehicle after I graduated nursing school we thought about trading it. We certainly didn't need any more cars sitting around but I really hated to part with it. That's when we came up with the idea to give it to Doug for graduation. We're glad we kept it in the family. We bought the car used, think the original owner was from Ohio. Linda

[Bill Pritchard]

Linda,

Please do not take offense at some of the comments posted in this whole thread. Everyone here is just very passionate about these cars and sometimes tend to get carried away. You sound like a truly wonderful person and I have had just a great time reading your stories about the car and its history with your family.....obviously it means a lot to you!! Like some others here, I hope you find it possible to just keep the car and get it going again. You would not need to do a restoration or anything....just clean it a bit and drive it.

Thanks again for your contributions here and I hope we all get to hear more from you in the future

[1970ChevelleSS]

Linda will you take payments over 30 years? If so I can make a good offer.

[Roof]

Cute!!! But could you make it over 20 years? After all this stress I'm not sure I'll be around for another 30!!! If you can stand one more story I can give you the history on the traction bars. Was in a real stew one year shortly after we were married trying to figure out what to get Earl for Christmas besides the usual socks and tees. Finally came up with the idea of traction bars for the Deuce. I was so excited, I thought he'd never believe I would come up with that great a gift. Had no idea how or what to buy at the time though so contacted a friend of Earl's who pointed me in the right direction. Had them ordered and was anxiously awaiting their arrival. Couldn't wait to get them wrapped and under the tree. Earl was working a 3-11 shift that night and I waited up as usual for him to come home. He walked in the door and set a box on the floor with--you guessed it---TRACTION BARS!!!!!!!! I was so disappointed I think he ended up with socks and tees. Linda

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Interesting story on the traction bars Linda. I took the picture of the undersid because of those traction bars. It is very unusual for a deuce to get traction bars installed, and still retain the factory rear sway bar setup. The bars that are on this deuce are unique in that they bolt to the bottom of the leaf spring plate - as opposed to replacing the leaf spring plate. The majority of deuces have the traditional J-Hook style of traction bars installed, necessitating the removal of the sway bar unit. Just a FWIW.

[bilede]

I noticed that in the photo marlin and couldn't see the j hooks but assumed they were there. who made these units that would allow you to retain the sway bar?

thx!

[Bill Pritchard]

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If you can stand one more story ....

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I think we can 'stand' as many stories as you are able to relate to us Keep 'em coming!

[Roof]

Earl says he bought the traction bars at Auto Parts store on Gompers Avenue. I think this was Sam's Papa's store. Earl's uncle Jack Rising used to work for this store. Earl says there were brackets on the bars for the shocks to bolt to but he cut them off so he didn't have to take the sway bar off. Then he built a set for the neighbor's Nova. He says he put the traction bars on because he was tired of hearing the springs rap when he power shifted. One night we took the car to the Cadet down at Kittanning. After we had everyone's attention by driving through a few times, I got behind the wheel and took it through the parking lot. At the end of the lot where it was dark we did a quick driver swap and Earl burned it out of the lot and slapped it through the gears out on 422. Then we switched back and I drove it back through the parking lot so everyone thought I was the one horsing it. We had a lot of fun that night.