Douglass Yenko Emblem Placement

[Clint_69]

I would like to see more Douglass owners participate in this forum. If your out there, share stories about your cars. Can you add info?

[sYc]

Clint, You have spent the time and money to document how the car was equipped when new. Why go against what you know? Put the car back the way is was originally, emblems, no stripes. Any thing different only cheapens the car IMO.

By looking at information I have, which says emblems and trim (no mention of stripes) and what I have seen and heard, it is not certain that JD installed Yenko stripes on COPO cars. As Rob mentioned, JD varied from the way Yenko did it, which would have caused some problems.

Now, and this is not to step on any toes, I am curiuos about something. From what I have been told and read, Jack Douglass was a major player during the musclecar era. He sold some very neat cars, which to me have their own legacy. I can not understand for the life of me why owners of Douglass cars insist on adding/moving emblems, adding non-original stripes etc. It is as though they are ashamed of the Douglass name. Why? Why not let the Yenko name be a side bar to the history of Jack Douglass Chevrolet and his cars and concentrate on promoting the legacy he developed. If I were an owner of a Douglass car, instead of trying to align with Yenko, I would put my efforts into making the Douglass name as well known and appreciated as the other supercar dealers. Much the way that owners of Yenko, Gibb, Harrell, cars etc are doing.

[Stefano]

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In speaking with the original owner, he did say that the car was badged when he bought it but not striped.

[Stefano]

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"In speaking with the original owner,.... He said that he purchased the car as a Yenko and paid Yenko money, somwhere around $4500 he stated."

Clint, I am confused. Since I have never seen your car or spoken to any of the prior owners the only info I have is that which was provided by you.

You told me that the car was in an accident, rear 1/4 and tail panel and already possibly completely repainted in the picture you have dated circa 1971, which you showed me at the Fall '02 Chevy/Vette Fest

Has the original owner provided info, to the contrary of what he told you earlier regarding your car?

My preference would be to restore it back to the way it was sold off the showroom floor. If it had no stripes then I would keep it that way. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]