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Guess I couldn't have been more wrong on the Hurst Shifter ad!

Spoke to the prior owner of the Hamilton, OH silver Yenko Nova. He bought the car from Carl Dwiggins, and it still had it's original 4 speed and Hurst shifter with it. The owner does not recall any lettering anywhere on the car, so I guess that rules that car out.

I believe there are 53 automatic Yenko Novas from '70, of which ~~8 were silver; 4 without power steering and 4 with power steering. Of these 8 silver automatics, 2 have been found leaving 6 unknown. I do not know what dealerships these 6 cars went to, so I can't rule out that one of them did not go to Central Chev, or any other OH dealership. I can say that it was not one of the 2 existing cars, they were out of Grossman Chev. in Minneapolis, MN and Tamson Chev. in Danville, VA. So it is very possible that the car in the image photo is a Silver automatic from Central Chev, Cleveland, OH.

As for other OH dealers and their '70 Yenko Novas. I know of no '70 Yenko Novas sold from Hugh White Chev, but two were sold from Konners Chev. in Columbus, OH. One of these 2 cars has been found, and is in Orlando, FL. This car is Forest Green, and has a 4 speed. The other Konners car is Fathom Blue, is also a 4 speed, and to my knowledge has not been found. We can rule these two out.

Marve Minneman Chev, in Youngstown, OH sold 3 '70 Yenko Novas, 2 of which have been found. One of the two cars found is an automatic and does appear to have a race history. Does the car in the photo have a 'box' hood scoop? Is it possible that the image photo car is Sunflower Yellow? The other Marve car that is found is Huggar Orange, is a 4 speed and definitely is not the image car. The last Marve Yenko Nova was a Citrus Green automatic, and to my knowledge has not been found. This is the car I was referring to when I suggested that maybe Central got an automatic car as a dealer transfer from Marve Minneman.

The last dealer that I know sold a '70 Yenko Nova was Glockner Chev. in Portsmouth, OH. This is located down on the KY border, the car is found, is red, is a 4 speed and does not have a race history. We can rule this car out as well.

This concludes the summary of '70 Yenko Novas from OH dealerships!! Maybe when I get a chance to see the photos, we can determine what color it is.

Marlin