My SCR7 two cents

[Belair62]

Got a pic of one Dave ?

[whitetop]

Belair
I will have to go through my catalogs this weekend. I looked at the better pic of the car on the main page and the center caps are not bullet shaped but are like the ET "Super" wheels which caps were oval shaped with a flat top.The spoked of the wheels are also flat. Looking at the better pic I'm not sure if they are Rogues. Some 2nd tier companies made wheels like these in the mid '60's like Foresight Ventures, Durachrome etc.

[Steve_Hoog]

Belair it took me a while, but now I remember where I saw those wheels before. If anyone should know what they are, it's you!!! Cause their on your car!!!

[Belair62]

Steved...don't make me drag out the gay junkyard pics you posted !!!

[Steve_Hoog]

Go on, let's see what you got.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

This has been discussed at length on other threads, so I'll try to give the 'cliffs notes' version.

All of the 175 Yenko Deuces were built in 3 consecutive weeks, but in two distinct orders. The cars were ready to ship to Canonsburg, but where was Don going to put 175 Novas in addition to his other new car inventory, his used car inventory, and his leftover inventory? And how was he going to convert 175 cars that had a more complicated stripe pattern than the '69's, needed a wheel change (not a wheel & tire change, just the wheels, so they all had to be broken down to reinstall the whitewall tires!), needed three holes drilled into the hood and install and wire the hood tach, install the emblems and door panel decals, and any additional options like sport mirrors, dual gate shifters, custom steering wheels, etc.... Think about 175 cars lined up nose to tail, and you can see where this can be quite a task. Don't forget that dealers were initially clamoring the for 'The Deuce' and they needed to be shipped asap. How many kids, local garages, spare employees, etc... could Don get to do this work?

It is our understanding that the entire second order of 50 Yenko Deuces were sent directly to Hurst in Detroit to perform this work. It was not a case where Hurst was trying to get into the Nova business, he was just a subcontractor to Don. To our knowledge, Hurst did not install his wheels on any of the cars, nor did any of them receive the 'HURST Equipped' badges when new.

When Hurst completed the conversions, the Deuces were either drop-shipped to the receiving dealer or shipped to Yenko in Canonsburg to await transfer to a particpating dealer. So, it's possible that some of the cars never saw Canonsburg, however, the MSO is still Yenko not Hurst, Kidder, or Douglass. The cars received an HYS-### stock number instead of the normal YS-### stock number to signify that the car was converted by Hurst.

The '67 Yenko Camaros were done similarly. Harrell did the conversions for Yenko, and those cars also may never have seen Canonsburg. If you have ever been to the original dealership, you will have a better understanding where 175 Novas won't fit!

[Schonyenko2]

The late build blue deuce that Dave Belk bought from the original owner in Souix city Ia. that was sold from Kidder Kneffler was sent direct from Hurst to the dealer. Most likley my SF yellow deuce was also on that transport, as Cedar Rapids would be on the way. Dave had transport documents to show it was a direct shipment.
The Hurst equiped emblem on the left rear of the trunk was added by Dave. They sold them at local speed shops all over back"in the day". I almost put one on mine way back then before I even knew of the Hurst connection. Schonye

[Salvatore]

So GM sent them to Hurst for a Yenko fit out? and they did not add the Hurst emblem, but was later added by the owner? Why didn't Hurst make it a Hurst deuce?

[Belair62]

Because they were Yenko Deuces !

[Salvatore]

I know I am getting hardning of the arteries, but I still don't understand what Hurst was doing with the Deuces. Did these cars go from GM to Yenko to Hurst then to a dealer? I was dropped alot as a child, so be nice.