1969 Yenko Nova

[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.

[supermuscle]

Charlie put it much better than I... knowing what we know now, why would it be on the list when it was not sold as anything but a 396 Nova ?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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Charlie put it much better than I... knowing what we know now, why would it be on the list when it was not sold as anything but a 396 Nova ?

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Read my posts above! It appears you are particularly anxious to have this car removed from the 'list', while most of us are still digesting what is evolving here. What gives?

[supermuscle]

I am not anxious to have anything done, just wondering why like others. I'll stay out of it Marlin..

[Jeff H]

It still makes you wonder how many of the 67, 68 Camaros and 69 Novas never received a conversion. It almost seems like the lists are cars that were selected for conversion but obviously not all of them received it. The lists should probably be notated showing which cars are known to be conversions and which cars are known to be non converted.

[Belair62]

I think the current owner could give a [censored] about any lists...who was this Locater or the guy that "finds" these cars that knew this info 4 years ago just let the charade go on ? We wouldn't even be talking about this if that person would have been honest.

[Salvatore]

How right you are Gags!

[69LM1]

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I think the current owner could give a [censored] about any lists...who was this Locater or the guy that "finds" these cars that knew this info 4 years ago just let the charade go on ? We wouldn't even be talking about this if that person would have been honest.

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Well Said. Who was the mystery person?
Rich

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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I am not anxious to have anything done, just wondering why like others. I'll stay out of it Marlin..

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No need to 'stay out of it', I was just curious why you have such a specific interest in 'the list' and wanted it changed.

JeffH: As of right now, altering the list of vins is the last thing on our minds. The car's heritage is front & center, and documenting the chain of events takes priority.

In all honesty, I'm not sure the list will get changed. This car made it onto the list of 37 because of something, it was not put there by us - but by Yenko. So, we are trying to figure out what the process was in '69 to get certain cars included in this group vs. others. We have known all along that some cars were not converted, but how would we know which ones? We don't even have all 37 numbers, so if the 'later' ones were non-converted how would we know which ones were the 'later' ones. We are not about to guess which ones. This is consistent with other years/models that have unconverted situations. We don't guess, (and * ), which '68 Yenko Camaro's are non-converted, nor which '68 Gibb/Harrell Novas were non-converted. We simply offered the list of numbers as we had them, and please note: the listing of '69 Yenko Novas does not say that they are all 427's, it only says that they are Yenko Novas. There was actually a method to the madness during the years of assembling all that info!