Yenko Chevelie - Marshall Chevy Test

[Musclecarkid]

Hard to believe that someone is letting a Yenko Chevelle rust away in some undisclosed location. Is it still in the Northeast, PA region? Could the Ebay 512 Yenko block be from this car? Just a thought.......(musclecarkid)

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

The ebay 512 block is not from the magazine test Yenko Chevelle, but rather from a garnet red Yenko Chevelle that was listed as sold out of Marshall. I have reason to believe that this red Yenko Chevelle was dealer traded to Stauffer Chev. in Scranton, PA to be sold. When the block popped up in the Scranton area, I was not surprised. The car that the EBAY block belongs to has not been found, and it will be interesting to see if it suddenly pops up - better be a super story based on the info I have on the title search!

[Mike]

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[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

No, it's a butternut yellow Yenko chevelle, not the daytona yellow one from Bresee - I think I have a line on that one too, but not sure yet!

[Mike]

Your fast Marlin, I read the posts again and realized the car was from Marshall and deleted my post. Anyway, let me know if I can help with the Bresee Yenko. I was told a guy with the nickname Tex owned the car in the early 70's.

Mike

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

You have a PM with name of first owner, and possibly the current address - here's hoping [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif[/img]

[Mike]

Marlin,

Thanks for the info. I owe you one! I'll let you know if I come up with anything. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif[/img]

Thanks again.
Mike

[55chevy]

Marlin, How do you do it? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Turbo_Jet]

That pic on page 2 is really cool. Driver hunkered down over that skinny steering wheel, getting ready to yank that 4 speed. I can almost hear that L72 roaring... [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/headbang.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Dan

[Supercar_Kid]

Undisputable period underhood shots of Yenko/COPO cars are few and far between, so I think it's interesting to note that the engine shots on page 3 of the SSDI article show a complete lack of air cleaner decals. I suspect many of the 69 COPO Chevelles & Camaros Yenko received may have come off the truck this way. It's been debated whether these cars came equipped with 427 flags and Turbo Jet/425 HP decals and it's always seemed to make sense that Yenko may have opted to remove the 425 HP decal since he re-rated the cars at the more generous 450 number. I know it was commonplace for Yenko to trim the horsepower rating off the Deuce air cleaner decals, but this was most likely an attempt to keep the insurance companies guessing, since things were beginning to get out of hand in that department by 1970. My brother (CamaroJoe) also owns original underhood photos of a 69 Yenko Camaro that were taken when the car was brought back to Yenko Chevrolet for service sometime in the early 70's. The air cleaner lid shows a 427 flags and a very distinct glue and left over paper patch where a HP decal was undoubtedly removed. This supports it may have been a Camaro/Chevelle thing. Could COPO Chevelles have come off the truck sans lid decals altogether, while COPO Camaros wore 427/425 markings? That's entirely possible. Any educated thoughts on this? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] One thing I can say for sure is that I've never seen a 450HP decal in a period 69 COPO pic, Chevelle or Camaro, but they are certainly well represented on many restored cars today. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] Anyone got any other period 69 COPO underhood pics to compare?

I also noticed that the SW tach sender is mounted on the firewall at quite a slant, not something you'd commonly see on a restored car either, but certainly indicative of the "good enough" mantra Yenko and his crew probably lived by while converting close to 300 COPO cars in a single model year.