Found my 69 Yenko, 649313

[Lynn]

Very cool George. Looks a little better than my Z when my younger brother drug it home with the engine removed in 1975. Ducted hood was mia, but you can still see the white stripes on the cowl vent panel.

The second pic is the Mini-Brute "muscle car" I traded for the Z in 1976.

[NoYenko]

Lynn, in 1976 I would say your brother got the better end of the trade, but today it sounds like you made out better. Any progress pictures of your car sounds like you are getting closer. George

[ssl78]

Here is a couple of pictures I have of the white Douglass Yenko thar was from Georgia that now is in Florida.

[ssl78]

Here is a couple of pictures from the original owner of my old white Douglass Yenko

[ssl78]

I have a picture of your yellow Douglass Yenko from the mid 70s I have to find it. Notice both white cars have emblems moumted above the fender body line. The rear Yenko emblem is also the same.

[NoYenko]

ssl78, I liked to see that picture if you can find it.
I have a story related to the diaper coments. In 1983 I was a proud new father and decided to take my son for a ride in my Yenko. It rode really stiff, and he looked like a bobble head toy straped in the car seat. That was his one & only ride.I was afraid I was going to break him. Twenty eight years later I was looking for my old car or another to restore. Every available car I showed to my son he said that's nice but it's "NoYenko". We found another car to restore, and the name stuck with me. George

[L89DRMR]

That kid needed a diaper just to ride in the Yenko.

[Lynn]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NoYenko</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lynn, in 1976 I would say your brother got the better end of the trade, but today it sounds like you made out better. Any progress pictures of your car sounds like you are getting closer. George </div></div>

He was only 15, in way over his head, and really needed reliable transportation. The Opel wasn't pristine. I had sideswiped a pole and had to put a fender and door on it, then painted it my my garage with a rented compressor and a borrowed Binks Model 7, and converted that crappy solex carb to a rochester two barrel. But it was very reliable. Even to this day, he says he considered himself the winner on that deal... at the time. I had regretted parting with my first Z/28, and really wanted another. Got a pile of parts in the deal, including many original Z parts.
He totaled the Opel a few months later, so I probably rescued this one from the crusher.

Will try and post some progress pics after this weekend. Got the headliner in, the windows, weatherstrip, instrument cluster and all the wiring. I have one side marker light that won't light (no power to the socket), so have to disassemble part of the front harness to find the problem. Hoping to have front and rear glass installed by the weekend.