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Re: Yenko's plans for '71
Tom;
Neat piece, I have heard of this paper but have not gotten a copy of it yet. Until hearing about this, I did not know about the Yenko Ace Novas, or of Don's plans for the '71 Yenko Deuce Novas. It doesn't surprise me that they probably weren't built, the participating dealers had a hard time selling their orders of '70 Yenko Deuce Novas. Many dealers still had them on the lots at EOY '70, and some at EOY '71! Thanks for the post, Marlin
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Marlin 70 Yenko Nova-350/360, 4speed M21, 4.10 Posi (Daddy's Ride) 69 SS Nova-396/375hp, 4speed M20, 3.55 Posi (Benjamin's Ride) 67 RS Camaro-327/250hp, 2speed Glide, & 3.08 Open (Danny's Ride) |
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Re: Yenko's plans for '71
Glad you liked the Yenko letter. I will try and post some more letters, photos, etc from Don's stuff. Tom
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Re: Yenko's plans for '71
Thanks Tom - that's an interesting Yenko document. I have some comments/questions on it.
Looks like Yenko had big plans for the Vega with a '500 sets' order of Yenko Stinger 2 tires. There was a reference in a Yenko parts catalog that 200 Vegas were already built at the time the catalog was published. Where are all these Vegas? Maybe all the Vegas are gone since they started rusting-out on the showroom floor. I hope not. 400 sets of tires for the "Yenko ACE " for a 15x7 Nova wheel? That's odd since the SS Nova wheels were all 14 inch. Could this be a typo mistake and could the Yenko Ace have been the stillborn 400 cu.in. 1971 Yenko Camaro which would have 15x7 wheels? The last paragraph is asking for three 9.75 x 13 inch wide tires and three 12.50 x 13 inch wide tires for the Jerry Thompson "works team" for experimental Stinger purposes. Would this be the Stinger Corvair or the Stinger 2 Vega? Was Jerry still racing the Corvairs in 1970? I know other people were still racing it. The letter sounds like it was written by Donna Mae with the reference to "some new jazzy tire" then that part was edited out by Don. Just a guess on my part. I wonder if GoodYear would have any more Yenko letters in their old files somewhere. |
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Re: Yenko's plans for '71
JoeC:
Here's a Stinger Vega for you!!
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Marlin 70 Yenko Nova-350/360, 4speed M21, 4.10 Posi (Daddy's Ride) 69 SS Nova-396/375hp, 4speed M20, 3.55 Posi (Benjamin's Ride) 67 RS Camaro-327/250hp, 2speed Glide, & 3.08 Open (Danny's Ride) |
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Re: Yenko's plans for '71
Did you know that Yenko raced the Citation X's in the late 80's. He had his own special tricks for those cars in SCCA comp. I think it was called X-ponents. A Yenko preped Citation X. Anyone seen this car out there?
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