Bogus Yenko sighting at Carlise

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Tom and others:

You can 'count me in' towards any efforts to making the authenticating process better.

Like Brian Henderson, I have not, and do not, issue certificates or charge a fee to anyone who calls me regarding confirmation of a particular car. I started my registry on a quest for information, not to make any money.

If The SuperCar Registry is willing to be the 'Central Source' for maintaining VIN #'s, I will release to them all of the VIN #'s of the '70 Yenko Novas that I have, but withold the conclusive info that I use to truly determine a car's authenticity. I will also provide timely updates of new information. If someone wants to check on a VIN, the SuperCar Registry can confirm the VIN, but at their/my discretion can then request some further info to see if it checks out.

I will still continue to do research, and search for cars/owners. I do not have the capacity or desire yet to build a website, and maintain it. This would simply supply some initial info by which 'newcomers' wishing to purchase a Yenko, can access the circle of people who can reliably help them. I have several experiences regarding the release of info where it has come back to haunt me, everthing from a complete fake attempt, to modifying statements on my Registry Letterhead! So, I am justifiably hesitant when offering this info.

Additionaly, I think this can help the whole hobby only if we can maintain the integrity of the information. From a CPA standpoint, integrity requires more than one set of eyes for reviewing, crosschecking information, documenting results, reliance on particular 'experts'in their fields, ect. Hopefully, we can attain this by working together.

I welcome constructive thoughts/opinions,

Marlin R. Spotts Jr.
Yenko Deuce Registry - currently at 70 cars remaining!

[sYc]

Concerning putting together a group to over see our hobby, I have no problem meeting at the reunion, but we might want to consider meeting sooner. To me, the sooner we have the first meeting and set some guidelines, the sooner we can get things rolling. Also, if the group should want the Supercar Registry(sYc) to be the Central office, that is fine, but does not matter to us. The registry should have three divisions, one for the release of information, one for documenting cars and another to over see other clubs activities, such as publicity, newsletter, web page, reunion, etc. I like Marlin's idea concerning the release of numbers. The central registry would have all of the numbers and could answer basic questions, but once more information was required, it would be funneled to the person who is the expert on that model, Deuce, Camaro, Chevelle, etc. As per documenting cars, we could have different levels, from listing the VIN to a fully documented car. When we release information on a car, we could state what level the car's documentation was at. This would allow the owner several options of how to register/document his car. I think most owners would register their cars, but at different levels. Tom

[JoeC]

I am also concerned about all the Yenko clones that seem to pop up everywhere lately and would help out with verifications on the Yenko Chevelles.
Another problem is the lists of Yenko vin numbers that are being traded. Without much effort I was able to assemble a list of 140 1969 Yenko Camaro vin numbers. I was wondering how accurate the list is and where the numbers are coming from so I called Vince last night to see if he released any info on the Yenko numbers.
He has not released any info lately but years ago he would sell a Yenko Inventory Sheet to a Yenko owner showing their vin number. He said he would block out most of the numbers and just give them the section where the ownerÃs car was listed along with the cars with similar options. He thinks other people then copied and filled in these same Inventory Sheets and now the sheets do not match his originals. This may mean that there are fake Inventory Sheets going around so if any vin number lists are made there must be way to verify that the correct numbers are used and where the numbers came from. I donÃt know if Chevrolet released any numbers lately but Vince has the originals and maybe some effort should be made to include him.
I also asked about the total for the 1969 Yenko Camaro since many web sites still list it as 201. He said, many years ago, he was asked in a phone interview to give a total for a magazine article. He ran through the Sheets and counted 201 but later recounted more carefully and only found 198. The magazine printed 201 and that number stuck despite him trying to change it.