'69 Original Yenko Nova

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Rob;
I am not certain about the fender antenna indicating an AM-FM, but I believe that is the case. When only an AM radio is installed, the antenna is in the windshield unless the customer specifically orders the fender antenna.

I would agree with Brian about the SYC on the headrests. These rests are short with a serious curve at the top, which would make it hard to keep them on.

It is really hard to obtain early photos of '69 Yenko Novas, special thanks goes to RowdyRat who persisted for quite some time to obtain these! Also, thanks to Joe Grom of 'Chevy II Only' for the 'discovery' story. These kinds of photos do raise a lot of questions, which was the purpose for this post.

The F41 package can be determined by looking on the underside of the trunk floor, above where the muffler is installed. If it is an F41 car, there will be brackets welded into the floor for the two short vertical bars from the rear sway bar portion of the package. All of the '70 Yenko Novas have F41 suspension, even though GM only offered it on SS cars. The '70 COPO 9737 is thought to have superceded this, and included the F41 package. It would be interesting to see if any of the '69 Yenko Novas were ordered with this option first, which made Don order it on all of the '70 Yenko Novas. It is usefull for traction since the force is applied behind the rear wheels, it is worth a few hundreths in the 1/4 mile. Take a look under your car, they are not real big, but they will be obvious.

Marlin