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#31
02-22-2017, 02:59 AM
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Re: Vintage pics of our Yenko Camaro.
Brings back memories.
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#32
03-09-2017, 03:55 PM
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Since my last posts i have been able to speak with three of the former owners of our Yenko. One of them was the one who sent Jamie the pics I posted.
The photo with the woman and child is his wife Janis and son Chris, sporting their Street Machine Nationals (Wisconsin) t-shirts, he thought 1979. The Pace car in the pic is a friend's car. Also, the pic with the Green Yenko, and rear shot with Cragars was at the same show, he met the owner of the Green car at the show. The other photos were taken at Cliff Ernst's show room, shortly before I bought it. I had forgotten, but he and his family attended SCR1 at Hendersonville, where he remembered me giving his daughter a ride in his old car. He reminded me that he told me then it should have white stripes. When he sold the car it was in very good condition, original paint and sheetmetal, except hood, which he had to replace as previous owner ran a blower. Even though the paint was in good condition, the stripes had started to crack, and there were no stripes on the replacement hood, so he contemplated replacing all of them. He tried to find a set of stripes, but could not, so a friend and he gave serious thought to painting them on (thankfully did not). Here is a drawing his friend did with the dimensions, etc, for the stripes. Also is an insurance card from 1979.
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#33
03-10-2017, 07:43 PM
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That is very cool Tom! I am glad I was able to a part of finding a missing link in the history and those old photos.
Can't wait to see the car back the way it was. Jamie
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#34
04-04-2017, 03:53 AM
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LOVE Daytona Yellow with white stripes...
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#35
04-08-2017, 03:38 PM
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May I ask what kind of shifter that is?
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#36
04-08-2017, 04:12 PM
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That is a Hurst His and Hers shifter.
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#37
04-09-2017, 03:27 PM
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The shifter shown on page one is not correct, a later model. Yenko did use a His/Hers Hurst shifter, I think designed and used in Pontiacs. Yenko used his own special housing/surround for the shifter.
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Tom Clary
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#38
04-10-2017, 02:08 AM
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Tom we met at the USCC show in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee back in 1997. I have pictures of your car inside the convention center and also old VHS video of you giving me a short ride in your Yenko. Thanks to you I was fortunate enough to meet Cliff and get a personal tour of his collection. The following year I also attended the first Supercar reunion at Cliff's hotel. I will forever cherish the ride in your Yenko and also a huge thank you for helping me to get into Cliff's and view his collection of Yenkos.
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#39
04-10-2017, 01:38 PM
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the shifter on the first page is a later version Hurst duel gate shifter
Hurst made many different duel gate shifters , made to fit many makes and models some were factory installed, GTOs and 442s used them a lot The one Yenko used was the Hurst duel gate shifter designed for a column shift to floor conversion and was sold with or without the plastic console It was also used in the Hurst Olds, Hemi Darts, as well as other cars but anyone can buy it from Hurst as an aftermarket floor shifter
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