Inside our new shop

[Xplantdad]

Nice shop and memorabilia....cars aren't bad either

[sYc]

Hey..if I did not already have truck load of stuff for the reunion I might take you up on that.
But then again, I would not get to drool all over your stuff.

When I got most of it set up, Rob stopped in to see how I was doing and commented, "man..I did not know you had so much stuff". In boxes you kind of forget what you have.

If you want to add your stuff, I have extra space for some more.

BTW, it is all BKH's fault. I had never thought about collecting memorabilia until I saw his display at a National Camaro event, the same event he tricked me into agreeing to host a Yenko reunion. Man. has he cost me a lot of $$$ the last ten years.

[hvychev]

It is absolutely amazing to see all of the stuff that Don owned survive to this day!

Tom your show room is totally awesome!

[mrrec]

Very nice, Tom. Congrats!
Dave

[copo-2]

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Very nice, Tom. Congrats!

I will 2nd that. Sure wish I had one that nice!!

[Z-11 396]

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Case #8 is for Kasey, all Stinger stuff.





A couple of items of interest here, the blue book holds the original paperwork where they registered the Stinger trademark, an Don's Corvair shop manuel, which has the serial number of Don's 1965 Corvair. Hum...

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+++ Tom +++ Thanks so much for showing all your items, they are '' Fantastic "", and of course the <<< STINGER >>. goodies are the Best.... ...Kasey ,..

[mudjnky]

Tom, that is a great "stuff" collection. A lot of history there. I love the office you set up. If you don't mind, how did you acquire so many items? Were you friends with Don or work for/with him?

[markjohnson]

"Be a Swinger in a Stinger"! I like that. Now that is the genius of a brilliant ad man.

[sYc]

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Tom, that is a great "stuff" collection. A lot of history there. I love the office you set up. If you don't mind, how did you acquire so many items? Were you friends with Don or work for/with him?

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A little over 10 years ago I bought my first Yenko, the Yellow "Submarine". Once restored, I was ready to join the Yenko club and start showing with other Yenkos. Well, I sson found out no such club existed, and one of my first shows was the US Camaro Nationals, where to my amazement, there were only 3 other supercars. Thankfully, Brian Henderson was there, and we instantly hit it off. That is where the idea of a Yenko reunion was born. But before starting anything, I wanted to get the approval of the Yenko family, and as luck would have it, there was an article in one of the musclecars mags about a guy (John Connolly) out East who had just held an auction of Yenko memorabilia. I tracked him down and found out he was in charge of the Yenko estate. I introduced myself, told him what I wanted to do, and after a couple more phone calls, I received written permission from the Yenkos to use the Yenko name for my intended purposes.

So, with this letter in hand, the Yenko Sportscar Club was formed, a website launched and plans for a reunion put in motion. As the date of SCR1 approached, I got a call from the John, asking if I would be interested in hosting a auction of Yenko memorabilia at SCR1, which we did. Hope Yenko, Don's wife was on hand, which made the event really special. A lot of neat stuff was sold that day, but not to me, as since I was in charge, I choose not to bid. Thankfully for me, this was not all he had. Following SCR1, John asked me to sell much of the remaining inventory, on Ebay and other avenues, with my fee being I got first chance to buy stuff before it went public. As you can see, I bought a lot of stuff, and who knows if my investment was a smart one, but I had this dream in the back of mind of one day having a "mini-museum", dedicated to Yenko.

As word spread about SCR1, I received calls from owners of non-Yenko supercars, asking me to consider including all supercars, which we did. That is why the Supercar Registry was formed, and that is why there is a case dedicated to the other supercar dealers in my showroom. The SCR was the first show of its kind, though out the years having dedicated shows to various supercar dealers, not just Yenko. Who would have thought SCR10 would be just around the corner? Not me.

[mudjnky]

Tom, that is great story. Many thanks to you, and people like you, that keep the history of our hobby alive. Maybe one day I will be in your area and be able to stop in and see everything in person.