Thank You Tom and family - SCR5 was a great time

[JoeC]

Thanks go to Tom C and his family and all who helped and to those who brought cars and memorabilia. Thanks also go to Tom S and his brother for providing an excellent presentation on the Nickey dealership history. It was great to see all the cars and meet the people who visit the site. Where else can you see a traffic jam of SuperCars? Attached is a pic of the 'guests of honor' 3 Nickeys in a row.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Let's see some more pic's!!

[JoeC]

Attached is a pic of a 68 Motion L88 Camaro and it's proud new owner. If you squint your eyes a little, he looks like a 16 year old kid who just purchased his first car! /ubbthreads/images/icons/blush.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Damn Cool! /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[JoeC]

here's a Deuce for you Marlin. Where were you?

[JoeC]

Anyone know the guy with these two ZL1s? The cops want to speak with him about an excessive wheel spin violation. /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif

[JoeC]

oops forgot pic attach

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I was working late, we are in the middle of our annual financial audit here at work. Plus, I don't have a box trailer, or a truck to pull it with yet. Hopefully, next year!!
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[JoeC]

here's a wide angle pic. Didn't come out that well but I tried to show what the place looks like inside. There was a lot of HP in that room.

[COPO PETE]

Thanks for sharing the pix Joe. They look great!!!! Wish I was there. Next year hopefully!!!
Peter

[JoeC]

here's one you may like Pete /ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Trucks and Trailers were parked at the convention center this year instead of the hotel parking lot? Were some of the cars parked out in front of the conv. ctr., like Mark's Motion car?

[Jeff H]

You guys are making me drool in my keyboard! Maybe my JL8 will be done by next year, but I doubt it. How about some statistics of all the cars that showed up.

[68l30]

What a GREAT show!YDR,they were parked at both places on Saturday morning.The photo of Marks car was at the Saturday night cruise.It was at a Chevrolet dealer about 12 miles away.The dealer was nice enough to feed us and host some extra treats when it was time to leave.Lot's of tire smoke from quite a few Supercars!Joe B. had one hell of a collection of memerobilia as well( both in the dealer and reunion).Great show and a hats off to all who cruised to the dealer,open headers and all......

Steve

Great show Tom!! We had a great time! Nice to see and meet the board members there. Moving the show to Collinsville was a good move. Plenty to do there. I didn't see my wife or kids most of the weekend! Class act with class people. Put me down for next year! Don't know what I will be bringing, a year is a long ways away! Maybe Kevins motion car if Lopata can get it for 35k!

[SuperCars]

Ha-Ha! Soon as you sell that Orange Duece to someone for $10K. Good to see you there, along with everyone else too! Remember you owe me dinner.

I had met a good bunch of Yenko site members at Chevy Vettefest shows, so it was great to finally meet guys that hadn't typically gone to Chevy Vettefest. Thanks to the Clary's for all the hard work as well.

[Chevy454]

Dad will chime in later, but I want to send a big THANK YOU out to all those that attended, whether you brought a car, brought memorabilia, or just attended. Remember, without any of you guys, it's just us sitting alone in a BIG empty building/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif!

[copolocater]

Dave a check for $10,000 is on the way reliable will be there tomorrow!!!!Kevin $35,000 and reliable shippers will be there wednesday gotem both sold.I'm retiring!!! thanks guys. /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

Thanks Tim! Kevin I just called Leanne at home and she thanks you. She is in charge of all car deals from here on out! Somebody post a pic of my new car!

[SuperCars]

I was waiting for that! LOL. I knew I set myself up as soon as I posted. Tim you're just quicker than Dave.

[copolocater]

Has anybody thanked Carl S. and Gary V. for the added show and all the (war stories) at Carl's trailer? Holiday in called and asked me to let you know they're not invited back ,the bar lost too much money!!!! /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif Had a great time thanks to all. The Copoloco's.

[JoeC]

I'll go 11.5 on this one in the pic /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[JoeC]

and 35.5 for this one /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[hvychev]

I love that orange Duece!!! Is that Dave Belks? /ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif

[JoeC]

Very interesting Yenko Stinger purchased by Goodyear as a 140mph tire test car. Has reinforced wheel wells for tire blow out protection. /ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif

[JoeC]

A school of Yenko Camaros. There was at least one of every year. /ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif

[JoeC]

Harrell Camaro with 1969 aftermarket wing.

[JoeC]

Special Paint COPO 427 Chevelle Monaco Orange Nice! /ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif
(If it looks dull its not the paint its
Morning Due on the roof and trunk lid)

[mhassett]

GREAT JOB Clary's, I just have one question--How are you going to top this show next year???? The show gets the BEST of the BEST and this year was the most cars I've seen and I've been to every reunion. In Tennessee at the reunion I was Only a spectator and now I'm a Super Car ADDICT!! Now I'll have to buy something new for next year. Tim are you reading this??
Take care, Mark /ubbthreads/images/icons/tongue.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

[JChlupsa]

ONLY way I know how to top it is one word HAWAII /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[copolocater]

I'm reading Mark. /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[mc25t190]

thanks to tom and rob clary, and thanks to all that atended. without seeing all you guys i wouldn't know where to get my next car! it was a blast i couldn't keep up with stuber inthe beverage department. i'll be back!

[Denis]

Anyone have pics of YS-703, the white 67 I sold to Holub? I'd like to see what it looks like with the new hood.

[JoeC]

The new hood looks good. /ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif

[68TopStock]

Thanks to Tom and all those behind the scenes guys. Had a lot of fun, met some new folks that shared neat stories about the past. More of you fellows need to make it to the strip, that just makes the weekend. A Supercar isn't fully restored until its sorted out, and actually makes a decent pass. (IMHO) /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[Denis]

Joe, thanks for the pic. The new hood looks sharp (good fit & color match) and I noticed he also added a Yenko emblem to the grille. Both additions look nice but aren't original. According to the first couple of owners, it was quite the sleeper with the only indication of supercar-ness being the "427" just below the "camaro" legend on the fenders. By 1970 or so, it had a fiberglass tilt front end, stripped interior with roll bar, a God-awful paint job (according to the owner), and "White Rat" scrawled on the rear quarters!

[JoeC]

Denis, Do you know if it came with headers and scatter shield? It appears that Dick Harrell and part of the Yenko Stinger crew were building some of the 67 Yenko Camaros and advertised them as AHRA legal cars. heres pic of rear view.

[JoeC]

another pic of the white 67 Yenko Camaro /ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif

[Denis]

Here's a snapshot of part of the original window sticker with the options for this particular car:

http://www.corvettes-musclecars.com/yenko.net/67YenkoOptions.gif

I just noticed now for the first time that the car is supposed to have chrome hood latches per the window sticker.

[JoeC]

Thanks Denis, it did have the headers and scatter shield. This is similar to the other 1967 Yenkos that Harrell did. I got a few tips this weekend on this info and will have to follow up on them.
I believe this wht 67 is an original "K" 375hp car. It just needed a short block swap but Yenko was set-up to do additional modification on the Stingers such as headers and safty items and appears to have done this with 1967 Yenko Camaros. Maybe under advice from Dick Harrell as to what is needed for AHRA. This is one theory anyway.

[Rat_Pack]

Joe, weren't they referring to the hood pins and not the factory latches being chromed? ..............RatPack..........................

[JoeC]

I would guess that they are refering to some type of aftermarket chrome hood pins which were a popular add on. On the "traction masters" - there are traction bars with the brand name "Traction Master" but from what I have seen Dick Harrell used a home made traction bar similar to a Bill Thomas design. The car may not have used the brand name Traction Master traction bars. They may mean "traction bars" instead of "Traction Masters". I am not 100% sure on this. Some Dana Camaros and Shelbys used the Traction Master traction bars but they were probably more expensive then the home made bars.

[Stefano]

Joe,
Did you talk to Bill Harrison (I believe that is his name). He was the guy running around on the motorized cart.

Anyway he confirmed that Dick Harrell was an employee of Nickey Chevrolet as they worked and raced together. He also stated that Harrell performed many more conversions for Fred Gibb than Don Yenko.

[hvychev]

I also found the "traction master" reference on the Yenko window sticker interesting. My father grew up in the 60's and he always refers to any type of traction bar device as "traction masters" even if they are not that exact brand. I always tell him that "they are not traction masters!" and he tells me that is what they used to call them back then. /ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif

[resto4u]

A few months ago, there was an ebay auction for traction masters. He claimed they were used on yenko's and motion cars. To bad i do not have that auction link. Maybe someone else on here remembers this. They has stickers on them that said "traction masters" Roger

[hvychev]

I also saw an auction on e-bay with actual NOS Traction Master brand bars that were for like a 55 Buick or something.Looked like they were actually from the 50's. Mabye someone else knows the deal with the Traction Master brand who is more knowledgeable in the "day 2" brands like whitetop?

[68SS396]

Hello Everyone, I am the editor of the Newsletter for the Camaro Club in Arizona and would lik eto ask a question. Would anyone who submitted pics to this site for the Reunion have a reservaztions if I used any of the pictures in putting together our Monthly Newsletter? If it is not ok to use these pictures I will not use them, but they are of such great cars it would be a crime not to share these with our members.
Thanks Bill Z.

[68l30]

I have a set of NOS Traction Masters for a 67-69 Camaro.The were made in the SoCal area.They were/are a weld on piece only, that attaches to your lower spring/shock mount and the front spring mount.They look like a great design,but a little hard for the DIY person to install due to the required welding.They would be a very noticeable mod if not removed properly....


Steve

[copolocater]

Steve your right ,I sold an NOS set because of the alignment-welding deal.They would look nice on a motion- nickey show car.The whole problem is they should be mounted before car is restored.