Anyone else following the 1969 Nova maybe a Yenko thread on FB?

[ssl78]

Would a non converted car that was sold as a L78 have all the emblems on it?

[JoeC]

The Yenko crest was used on some unmodified Yenko sold cars.

I have seen it on some Yenko sold Corvettes and Z/28s and other cars. It is not clear if Yenko used the crest as a normal dealer emblem. It may have been used as a bare emblem. I have seen it bare and have seen it painted with different styles of paint on the crest also seen it on Yenko race cars and on Don's personal cars.

I don't think the Nutmeg Firemist Metallic 1969 Yenko Nova is on the Vince E. 37 list because some articles called it the 38 th Yenko L78 Nova.
Warren D. had a lot of paperwork and history on the car if I remember correctly

here is the Nutmeg Firemist Metallic 1969 Yenko Nova at the museum
https://www.americanmusclecarmuseum....ova-yenko.html

[olredalert]

----I like this Nova as much as any Nova I have ever seen. What a great color combo!....Bill S

[ssl78]

It looks like this one has the holes for the 427 emblem

[Pro Stock John]

The 396 cars had different emblem placement?

[69hurstSC]

This was the Gates car, according to the 2nd owner. The car was stolen in '71 and left in a river. This is the first time I'm sharing this image. It's hard to see, but there appears to be two emblems on the rear valance.

[mrays]

Originally Posted by 69hurstSC

This was the Gates car, according to the 2nd owner. The car was stolen in '71 and left in a river. This is the first time I'm sharing this image. It's hard to see, but there appears to be two emblems on the rear valance.

It definitely doesn't have any stripes in that picture. When I asked my friend if he knew what happened to the car he said he didn't. He didn't remember the original owner having the car very long.

[69hurstSC]

That seems to fit the narrative of it not having stripes.

Originally Posted by mrays

It definitely doesn't have any stripes in that picture. When I asked my friend if he knew what happened to the car he said he didn't. He didn't remember the original owner having the car very long.

[Stefano]

Where is 'Yenko Deuce Registry' when you need him?

I believe 'Warren' added the Yenko badges to the Nutmeg Firemist Cadillac Color Nova, when he converted it. I don't recall ever seeing a non converted non race car having Yenko crest emblems installed at the dealership?

The picture of the Viking Camaro and Nova appear to me to be a similar color and this color appears to be more Dusk Blue than the subject car which is Lemans Blue. The white stripes and overhead light reflections brighten up the color, but it still looks darker than Lemans Blue?

[R68GTO]

The Lemans Blue question is a tough one....just from my own personal experience photographing my car, it can go from looking Glacier Blue to Dusk Blue depending on the lighting. Generally, inside my garage it always leans to the darker side of Lemans Blue, i.e. more Dusk Blue.
On the special paint Nova mentioned in this thread.....would Yenko have ordered a special paint car for conversion? Or are we assuming that a customer ordered a car for conversion and asked for the special paint?