Yenko Deuce accident

[elcamino72]

I am from western Pa, but I wasn't born yet in 1970. The local papers around Canonsburg would have been the Washington Observer-Reporter and the papers in Pittsburgh would have been the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and the Pittsburgh Press. These are all the papers that I know of from that time period. Canonsburg themselves may have had a small paper, but it would have been just that a small paper. The dealership is/was not actually in Canonsburg itself, but rather over on route 19. Chances of finding the car in the junkyards would be slim to none, the yards around here crush 'em quick if there are no usuable parts, this especially goes for the older cars to make room for the newer cars with parts that make more money. This accident happened while this was still a relatively new car and around here, best I can tell from talking with my father and other local car guys that were around, Yenko's were not really a big deal. It seems everyone knew someone with a Yenko and sure they were fast, but no one ever thought much about them. It wasn't until later when everyone seems to have noticed exactly what they were seeing back in the later 1960's, early 1970's.

The Observer-Reporter is still in business and so is the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Pittsburgh Press went on strike and merged with the Post-Gazette in the early 1990's.

I hope this helps some, sorry I couldn't be of much more help. BTW, where are you from? I live in Burgettstown and go to school in Indiana, Pa.