68 Yenko Barn find

[nuch_ss396]

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Very exciting! I love these barn find stories. Here is a pic of my original emblems, for what it's worth. I haven't started tearing the car apart yet, but have been busy collecting things for it. I am in talks now with a familiar restorer. And, unless he has my orig hood to trade, he is not getting mine.



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Dana,

Are those emblems chrome?


Nuch

[camarojoe]

looks like they're the correct raw potmetal, then painted...Again, no chrome emblems til the 70 stick ons... here's both versions for comparison... the chrome 70 style, painted 68/69 style, and a raw 68/69 style with paint removed. Note the stars on the chrome ones are bigger than the 68/69 versions...There's actually at least 2 different versions of the 70 ones too, with a difference in the shape of the "O". Yeah, I have too much time on my hands.

[68l30]

I've got one with the red and blue reversed.....So much for cheap labor...


Steve

[JChlupsa]

are there numbers on the back of them??

[camarojoe]

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are there numbers on the back of them??

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Not on any originals I have. That goes for the 68/69 ones as well as the 70 chrome ones... Some repros awhile back had part numbers...but some repros don't... Here's the back of a real deal 68/69. (One pin is broken off.)

[camarojoe]

Here's an NOS 70 Chrome emblem with the foam adhesive tape on the back, no pins, no part #s.

[camarojoe]

And since I'm digging through my closet, here's some examples of the "68 style" 427 emblems vs. the "69 style" ones with the bar underneath, although as I said, i think the 2 could have been used interchangably at some point in production, most likely during the end of the 68's/beginning of 69's. The top ones are GM 4 2 7 numerals as used in 67... Dig the 69 one on the left that was cut at an angle to fit the fender trim on a 69 sYc Chevelle... this isn't how most were, but someone got their measurements off a bit apparently... remember, measure twice, drill once...or have a big 'ol file handy

[bashton]

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And since I'm digging through my closet, here's some examples of the "68 style" 427 emblems vs. the "69 style" ones with the bar underneath, although as I said, i think the 2 could have been used interchangably at some point in production, most likely during the end of the 68's/beginning of 69's. The top ones are GM 4 2 7 numerals as used in 67... Dig the 69 one on the left that was cut at an angle to fit the fender trim on a 69 sYc Chevelle... this isn't how most were, but someone got their measurements off a bit apparently... remember, measure twice, drill once...or have a big 'ol file handy



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Joe; I can never get enough of your collection. Thanks for posting and Thanks for sharing your knowledge; Good Stuff indeed.

BA

[nuch_ss396]

Joe,

Do you have an original emblem, or image of one, that shows
how they were painted for their initial installation at the
dealership? I'm looking for a pristine example of one at this point.
Are the ones on epay correct in terms of color?

Nuch

[camarojoe]

The one in the top center of the first pic I posted is an original, with original paint. White background, silver behind the Yenko lettering, blue letters, blue on top, red and white stripes below. Most of the repros seem to be painted correctly. But as Big Steve noted, sometimes they messed up the colors at Yenko... they were all hand painted. The above one is the "standard" way most were done though...