Yenko Nova question

[Nofun]

Hello All,

Just introduced to this great forum. I ran into a page about the 69 Yenko nova. The article contains info and pictures that might be of interest to this group. The article mentions that of the 37 purchased 7 of were not converted. Does anyone know the configuration of these 7 cars when they left the dealership? Here is the link.

http://www.eclassics.com/article.asp?section=2&kind=1

Thanks

Nofun

[bkhpah]

SS 396/375 cars. At least one was a modified version with tri-power, mags, and tach...BKH

[Stefano]

So then there were only 30 427 Yenko Novas?

BTW, Welcome and glad you found the sight.


[Edited by Stefano (03-05-2002 at 11:01 AM).]

[mc25t190]

better than that, only seven known to exist today, who's lucky?

[Rat_Pack]

Kevin you tell us who is lucky! Would it be you? Could be.....................RatPack...........

[Stefano]

Kevin,
Who was the recent Illinois owner?

[mc25t190]

i feel very fortunate to have located one. i'll have to look at the title, it was reassigned to me. i do not know but where three more are, the rest i don't know. the ones i know whereabouts of are in ca., wash., tenn., and mine in nc. carl dwiggins sold a solid rallye green 69 sYc 10 years ago and i could find out who he sold his to as i see him weekly. i am sorry randy miller sold the first one he had to someone in canada. what a neat car!by the way it was fathom green with a vinyl top.

[Edited by mc25t190 (03-06-2002 at 07:32 PM).]

[Stefano]

I frequent a few of the local cruise nights. I was talking Deuces with a few friends, as we recently purchased some parts from a guy who owns a Rally Green Deuce. He was at the Dupage County fair grounds selling some of his take offs. Nice guy, was also into bikes and lives in the Western Suburbs.

I recognized his Deuce in the "Nova" magazine and was telling the Guys who had cleaned out his parts collection ,that was his Deuce.

Anyway, some one from the crowd steps forward and says," I have a Yenko Nova". Yeah right I say under my breath. Where is it ,I politly ask? He points , "right over there".

Over there, is the parking lot of a McDonald's.
We walk over and admire a "done", Yenko Nova. Of Course ,I have to be the Jerk and ask, "is it real?" He says yeah, it's real, waits a couple of minutes while we scratch our heads and then drives off into the night.

Never had a chance to ask his name. I was told he was the lone rider http://www.yenko.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/smile.gif

This Yenko looked just like yours Kevin, and that is why I am currious.

Whomever he is, he must of laughed all the way home, just by the expression on our faces ,Knowing what he was driving.

Never saw it again.

Was this your Yenko?

[COPO]

Last I heard there was also a 69 Yenko Nova in Missouri owned by someone who frequents the site.

[ssl78]

If I remember right Gary Dyer from Illinois also owned a 1969 Yenko Nova before he sold off his collection.

[mc25t190]

the former owner of my car was randy miller and before that david milliner of elizabeth, indiana. randy restored the car , so it couldn't be the same car, i don't know. mitch moore found the car for randy miller.

[Stefano]

It was just this past summer in the Western Suburbs of Illinois at the Roselle Cruise on a Friday night.
The owner /driver had dark hair clean cut(unlike some of you other Super Car Guys).
About 5'8" trim, medium build probably early 40s-ish. Wore jeans and a tan Windbreaker.
The Yenko Nova motor I picked-up was to have come out of a Yenko Nova of this description, but I didn't have it then.
I have been trying to locate this individual.
I may be a bit off on some of the info. as one of the Guys I was with said the Yenko was blue,(and he is color blind) so I could be wrong.

[mc25t190]

could there be more laying around somewhere? marlin update us.

[T Billigen]

Supposidly there was a blue Yenko Nova in Milwaukee in the 70s, the fellow was going through a bitter divorce. His wife advertised his tools in the paper to sell to make up some of the money he owed her. The tools were stored in the trunk of the Nova when the person came to pick up the tools he asked if the Nova was for sale? And since she had the title and was in her name she sold it. Cannot verify this story, but a lot of Yenkos were sold in this area so it could be a valid story?

[Stefano]

Mitch Moore and I have never met, but he was very helpful in getting me info about my former Douglass Yenko COPO.
So thanks again Mitch ,if your out there.

[Joel Guest]

What kind of hood is on this Nova
on ebay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1814349778

[REDZ]

In response to mc25t190's post concerning the rallye green 427 Nova sold by Carl Dwiggins, I was the purchaser. It was indeed about 10 years ago. At the time, Micky Hale was working for me and he did a complete detail of entire car, everything except paint. I started down-sizing my collection about four years ago and since I didn't have any paperwork on this car decided it needed to go. Sold it to Reggie.