1969 Yenko Nova

[William Dyer]

Ok, so you guys are saying that Yenko Chevrolet received a 396 Nova, transferred it to Yenko Sports Car Conversions, then transferred it back to Yenko Chevrolet to sell?

If it wasn't touched, it wouldn't have been transferred or put on the list.

The reason it was put on the list was that it was converted.

Maybe Don Yenko made deals on those last cars so that the locals didn't get dinged on the insurance. Left off the stripes and badges so no one around there would know it was a 427.

As I said before, there is nothing in Yenko's paperwork from SYC that says the 7 Novas were NOT converted. If so, they wouldn't be on the list.

William Dyer

[Kim_Howie]

Hi, Bill I tolded you it was interesting.

[Mr70]

"He said it was because the SELLING PRICE of the last 7 Novas was below what the other cars were sold for".

Is it possible today to find these other 6 Novas and determine if they too were all sold new with 396 engines?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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"He said it was because the SELLING PRICE of the last 7 Novas was below what the other cars were sold for".

Is it possible today to find these other 6 Novas and determine if they too were all 396 engines?

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We don't know which ones are 'the last 7'

Perry, we have 22 of the 37 numbers, so that is what we published and that is why this car is on the 'list'. Just because it's a non-converted car does not mean that it's not an sYc car - there were several '68 Yenko Camaro's that were not converted either. There are several '68 Gibb Novas that were 'tuned' by Harrell but not converted, they are still Harrell cars.

[Chevy454]

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Info from the orig owner family early in this thread states paperwork showing it DID sell thru Yenko Chevy, not Yenko Sportscars...

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That's not necessarily indicative of anything...I believe a vast majority of the Yenko cars all show Yenko Chevrolet not YSC, Inc, on their paperwork, when we know they did in fact come through YSC, Inc...in fact [BKH or Marlin correct me if I'm wrong or fill in the blanks] but I seem to recall a '67 Harrell converted Yenko Camaro that was a Span car that has heavy paperwork but doesn't show YSC, Inc on the paper...and neither did the heavily modded @ YSC '69 Yenko Camaro that we know of. Donna Mae has mentioned "sloppy paperwork" on occasion, which goes along with what we found in our original paperwork from the estate...

[William Dyer]

The reason they are on the sYc list in the first place is that "special things" were done to them that made them come off the factory warranty list.

They had to transfer them to SYC in order to take Yenko Chevrolet off the hook in case someone went to the district manager saying "hey I bought this 69 Nova from Yenko Chevrolet and when it pitched a rod after 1 month, I took it to Joe Blow Chevrolet in Pittsburgh and it has a 427 engine in it. I want another 427 engine put in it."

Yenko Chevrolet would be breaking federal law and their GM agreement by swapping out engines.

So they made Yenko Sportcar Conversions to swap engines that they couldn't do at Yenko Chevrolet.

When the 69 COPOs came around, Yenko kept up the notion that they converted them to keep the COPO ordering a secret (though it came out anyways).

William Dyer

[A468BU]

Well it seems our car was on that list but it did have an engine replaced under warranty.

[A468BU]

There was nothing on the paper work from Yenko that said it WAS either.

[Charley Lillard]

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Ok, so you guys are saying that Yenko Chevrolet received a 396 Nova, transferred it to Yenko Sports Car Conversions, then transferred it back to Yenko Chevrolet to sell?

If it wasn't touched, it wouldn't have been transferred or put on the list.

The reason it was put on the list was that it was converted.

Maybe Don Yenko made deals on those last cars so that the locals didn't get dinged on the insurance. Left off the stripes and badges so no one around there would know it was a 427.

William Dyer

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William...The thinking is the cars on the list are Yenkos but what we have just learned from the orig owner is the red car(that is on the list)was bought new off Yenkos lot using Yenko Chevrolet paperwork(as supplied by Warren D)as a plain 396 Nova with no mods done. The orig owner is saying very clearly that it was not sold as a Yenko.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

To follow up on Charlies point: the next logical question is if this particular car was a 'plain 396 Nova with no mods done' then why did it even make it onto the list of 37?

The prevailing thought is that Yenko bought these L78 Novas in batches and had them stashed in the upper lot awaiting conversion through sYc. However, if someone wanted one of them without being modified or converted, it would be sold as such even though it was originally intended to be used in the SuperCar program.