Another cool pic!

[JoeC]

Marlin, Nice pics! I met the guy with the Blue Deuce from Scuncio at a cruz nite here in CT. He was in the process of getting a computer at that time. Do you have an e-mail address for him?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

JoeC;
Don't have his email address, but will email you his phone number.
M

[johnk]

marlin,nice photo's!seen the car circa 1987,
beautiful car!!! great job with the pics!!!
another i should have bought that one!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Thanks John,
I sent the guy who just bought this car to the Scuncio Yenko via phone number, he knew 'R Smith' and the photos and history started coming!!

I called another Yenko Nova in the Eastern TN area to check out this 'Gobi Yenko Nova traded in' story. He remembers the car back in the early to mid 70's, but has not seen it since then. He will keep an eye out.

Amazing how these cars got around the country so early in their lives. We don't yet know how yours got from Syracuse to Norwalk by '74-75.

Marlin

[johnk]

marlin,i see trim rings on car
from original owner pic.is it correct
to say all 70 yenko novas came dechromed.
reggie j. nova in super chevy mag(1982)
showed rings on car.just thought i would
mention it if others were unsure.you never
know what is possible with anything!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

It is commonly believed that the '70 Yenko Novas did not come with trim rings. This is not to say that some of the demo cars didn't get them, because they seemed to have more options than the non-demo cars.

These cars came from GM with the painted 14x7 'XT' coded wheels, and a 'dog cap' hubcap. Yenko changed 4, (not 5, the spare is still an 'XT'), of the wheels to a Magnum 500 Custom version, (not the Deluxe-they had the chrome spoke overlays). Yenko reinstalled the Uniroyal Tiger Paw white-wall tires onto the Magnum rims.

Yenko brochures do not say anything about the trim rings, and no original owners ever remember having them on their cars. This is probably because Yenko did not purchase the wheels from GM, he bought them right from Kelsey-Hayes/Motorwheel and did not want to incur the extra expense of the rings.

The 'Y' centercap also came from Motorwheel, and is actually just a decal that covers the original 'Magnum 500' plastic insert, they do not say 'SS' underneath.

Marlin

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

FYI;
I should correct my prior post, Yenko did not actually change the wheels - he subcontracted that out to a tire shop that was across the street from the dealership. The tire shop is now under new owners, and they rent the back half of the original Yenko dealership. Their office is Don's old Dyno Room!!
Marlin