Western New York Supercars

[David C.]

One of the eight 69 TA convertibles was sold new in Clarance. I worked on a yellow 69 yenko which was drag raced in NY and eventually restored to stock trim again.

[smallblockhero]

Originally Posted by David C.

One of the eight 69 TA convertibles was sold new in Clarence. I worked on a yellow 69 yenko which was drag raced in NY and eventually restored to stock trim again.

Not only that.. but 1 of them wound up at Bob Harris's place. not sure if it was the one sold new in Clarence. it was partially restored in one of the pole barns. When i saw i,t i looked wide eyed at Bob, he just smiled and said, " yep its a real one". needless to say i touched it all over just to be able to say i did.

its not actually WNY but, Neal Robbins in Bath NY had and restored at least 4 Yenko Deuces of his own. They were in magazines a bunch of times. None of them were sold in WNY as far as i know of. Still kinda local COPOs nonetheless.

[fortim]

Originally Posted by smallblockhero

Not only that.. but 1 of them wound up at Bob Harris's place. not sure if it was the one sold new in Clarence. it was partially restored in one of the pole barns. When i saw i,t i looked wide eyed at Bob, he just smiled and said, " yep its a real one". needless to say i touched it all over just to be able to say i did.

I tried to buy that car when it was sitting on the side of a machine shop covered in a tarp...not for sale. A '69 SS427 L72 triple black conv. 4sp was special ordered from Glen Campbell Chevrolet who sponsored our race car. FWIW, I bought a local '68 400 Firebird from Bob around 2008 that needed to be finished, nice car.