Yenko Optional Twin Sport Mirrors

[Supercar_Kid]

Maybe the mayor and I aren't talking about the same scoop, because the tach face sure looks like a standard 8 grand Dixco to me. Can't wait to see pics of it on a Deuce!

...and with all you wi$ea$$es out there, it's T -30 seconds until the caption writing contest to starts on this one.

[Schonyenko2]

Kid, I think you're right. They're not the same. What I have is different. This on came off a rebel machine. I had looked for the setup at swap meets and found a few but not complete. Was talking to Marlin about it and he mentioned he had the whole setup. So we cut the deal. I had hoped to put it on the infamous yellow/rust Pa. deuce, but that's not gonna happen. So we just cut a hole in my old yellow deuce hood and bolted it on.

[sYc]

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.... So we just cut a hole in my old yellow deuce hood and bolted it on.

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Hum... sounds like someone is gearing up for the 2nd annual Deuce shootout at SCR8.

[Supercar_Kid]

It's definitely looking like a different scoop was used on the Rebel Machine. Here's a link for several other shots. Rebel Machines Now I assumed the Rebel and the Jeep Commando got the same scoops being that they were both AMCs being prepped by Hurst, but it looks like this isn't necessarily the case. Hmm... this seems to bring only more confusion. The Commando scoop looks like it has one big opening on the front, versus the split twin openings on the Rebel type, while Yenko's Deuce protoype has no opening at all and doesn't really appear to have provisions for making an opening. We may be looking at 3 completely separate tach/scoop combos here. This doesn't really clear up what Yenko used at all, I just assumed the Yenko scoop would have the Dixco type tach face being that the "regular" hood tach was a standard issue 8 grand Dixco unit...any thoughts?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I still lean towards a prototype of some sort on the brochure car, but now I'm not sure if it's a Rebel, Jeep, or mystery Dixco prototype! Cool pics of the Jeep version though, I had never seen that version b4

[Kim_Howie]

The tack on the AMC was a 8 grand white letters and turned to red letters at 5 to 8 grand 180 sweep. It didn't have center face on the bottom like the Jeep shows. KIm

[camarojoe]

Has anyone considered the possibilty that the hoodscoop shown in the Deuce prototype photos is a one-off hand-made piece fabbed up at Yenko for the "mock-up" pics of the Deuce? I mean considering the fact is known the car itself was just a 6 cylinder car with blue guts, whats to say the hoodscoop itself wasnt created out of nothing... with the anticipation of later ordering the scoops from Dixco or wherever... then by the time the COPO Novas actually arrived, Don changed his mind about offering it for whatever reason, (price, availability, difficulty of install, etc.) That would explain why there were no pics taken of the backside of the hoodscoop during that publicity photo shoot, and would also explain why no one has ever seen one quite like the one in the pics... He may have had a scoop constructed in-house, based on the photos the had seen elsewhere, making his 0ne-off scoop
similar enough to what he planned to later offer, and making it "close-enough" in design to use for the B&W press photos. Just something to consider...