Russo & Steele photos Fri/Sat. ('villions too)

[Canucklehead]

Anyone know what that black 67 nova went for?

[jeff-san]

I thought I heard someone say it was bid up to 37K...I could be wrong...it was gorgeous, IMO

[68l30]

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Maybe the ones you parted out that had the magic mirror tag were the some of the remaining missing 4 ??



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Nope.....I was on to this 25 years ago and yes I knew what a Yenko was. My friend had a 68 with this tag and I would often compare his to mine. His started out as a 327 glide and was later converted to a 396( not by Yenko ) ...His was a early 68 car, it had the Astro door glass in it. Mine is a 07E car. Magic tags often appear later in 68 (Yenko build dates ).Mine is one of the last built in 68 without this tag, built along side those that have it.... True,the Yenkos had them.That much is known..but..it's just as hard finding a "normal" 68 with them as it is finding a Yenko.Why couldn't I find a Yenko? You can come up with a bunch rational reasons why Fisher might use that tag, but they don't make sense when you consider Magic Mirror being the main difference.To my knowledge there is nothing different about 68 Yenko paint. Converted or not. It's not a 9737 thing.Export tags are different. I think it may have something to due with a type of batch order, or possibly some other internal quality tracking related to the paint supplier or finish.Something triggered the need for that tag. I'd bet the farm that,other than by chance, it had nothing to do with Yenko.

Steve

[enio45]

Steve, do you have a pic or the export tag that your familiar with?

[427freak]

Ed
I thought the export and Yenko tag for 68 were the same? The reason you and Sam and Carl from Chicago had such a good time Sat. night was because I lent you my private waitress, Bionca. Seriously it was a blast. I had to come home to recuperate.

[68l30]

I'll dig for the pic...I think it was one of the export cars that had sunroof... I thought export cars are usually not legal to register in the US? Does not make sense for these Yenko cars to have them if that is the case...Yenko did the conversions..140 mph speedos were legal..What's the connection ? I'm starting to wonder why the Chevrolet Div. and Detroit Mich notation..Again, special order or something ....Export may just be a coincidence as well..

Steve

[mockingbird812]

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Ed
I thought the export and Yenko tag for 68 were the same? The reason you and Sam and Carl from Chicago had such a good time Sat. night was because I lent you my private waitress, Bionca. Seriously it was a blast. I had to come home to recuperate.

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Dana - a pleasure to meet you! And thanks for allowing us to borrow your "private waitress". Now it all makes sense. I was wondering why she had all those dollar bills sticking out from her borderlines!

[enio45]

Now i know why Dana asked us if we had a bunch of singles on us when he let us in the bidding area . Yes the export and yenko tags are the same - the magic mirror was also supported by the ACC stamp also on the trim tag.

[68l30]

I spoke too soon on the export being different....I can't confirm that. I was thinking of the "Made in Canada" tag pictured in the Fisher Body books... I did find a neat picture of a 200KPH export speedo. I thought I saved a pic of the tag also.

What I do find interesting about this tag is the similarity to the 59-64 "second design" tag. Same design of tag,but,the difference being Style and Trim are now ST and TR. In the CBTN book it mentions using this tag on certain Chevrolets thru 66 even though a third and fouth design were introduced in 64.I don't know a thing about 59-64 Chevy's ....Maybe Vern has some insight on the various tag useage early on....

I don't recall codes following the ACC on these 68 tags...Do any of the known 68 Yenkos show a code?

Steve

[427freak]

Here is a pic from my car.