Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

Rick,
I gave them my files with some old advertisments, which they copied. We will get it correct for the catalogue, I hope.

Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

Stefano and Shor, restore your cars the way they came from the dealer, with the stripes and badges. In 1969 they were sold as Yenkos, today they should be recognized the same way. To me there is no difference in a Douglass Yenko and one from PA as they were authorized to add the emblems and stripes at both locations. Lets not forget they originated from the same source, Chevrolet, not Yenko. We cannot argue whether the business dealings between two men over 30 years ago were right or wrong when one of them is no longer alive. Would they even care about what happened then anyways? Don't think so.

If there is an advantage between the Douglass Yenkos and the Cannonsburg Yenkos it would have to go to the Douglass cars. More options and better color selection. I too would love to see a Garnet Red/Black stripe Yenko Camaro or even a Dusk Blue/white stripe car. When it comes to values of vehicles, let the market decide that. Who here would have given over $100k for a restored Yenko 5 years ago? Not many on this board, but most of us would love to find one under that price now. Same goes for Motion modified cars. I passed on one 10 years ago because of that, it was a modified car. Now I wish I had bought it as it being a "modified" car does not seem to bother anyone now.

The Bill Thomas/Nickey cars were brought up in an earlier reply and those cars will eventually fall into the same category as the Douglass cars. They were built in both locations but were sold as Nickey 427 Camaros, but not all of them. Some were never even delivered to Nickey nor were they invoiced to them. Does this make them any less desirable or valuable than ones sold out of Nickey Chevrolet? I think not and I bet some others will agree.

To paraphrase words of the immortal Gump :"that is all I got to say about that"................... [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] .................everyone have a good night...........RatPack.....................

Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

JoeC,
Glad to see that you are paying attention to the details.

We have a Situation where an original owner purchased a Double COPO from Jack Douglass soon after it was delivered to the dealership and not Yet Striped or readied for sale as a Yenko.

The sales person closed the deal without Jack's prior knowledge/permission buy telling the customer he could have the car for $400.00 less than the price of the other Yenkos, with out the Yenko Package and the customer jumped at the deal. The sales person actually explained the Douglass/Yenko deal and why there was a $400.00 royalty due Don Yenko.

To this day Jack doesn't recall it ever taking place, but he and his general manager agreed that it could have happened.

I would call this the exception which proves the rule.

All the current authenticated/certified Douglass Yenkos have a history of having been striped/badged since new.

Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

Guys, here goes. Yes, I have a large amount of the paperwork from Yenko Chevrolet, including VIN numbers, as well as quite a bit fron Don's own stuff. I feel much of the information contained is accurate, but not all. I can only speculate as to why Don did this. As per Douglass, Rob has quoted the part that mentions the Douglass cars. This was taken from an article being done on Yenko Chevrolet. The draft I have is the one where Don edited it. At this point, that is all I have found on Douglass, except of course for the cars that are listed on the inventory sheets from Canonsburg, sold by Douglass.

I am not doubting that Jack was a Yenko dealer, nor that he bought stripes/emblems from Don for use on his COPOs, nor am I doubting that they were advertised/sold as Yenkos. Nor was I questioning Jack's or Stephano's integrity. That was never my intent. The point I wanted to make was this. In my opinion (sYc), these cars are not Yenkos in the same way as Canonsburg cars. They are Douglass COPOs with unique ties to Yenko, and should be listed as such, maybe with an * after COPO. Any of these cars that were sold new with Yenko stripes and/or emblems are entitled to do so now. I had hoped to see one of these special cars (Dover white one)at the reunion, but will have to wait until Shor brings his car next year. If it is shown with Yenko stripes and/or emblems, it will certaintly add to the event, which has become well known for the displaying of rare and unusual cars and related artifacts. Tom

Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

How about Douglass Copo/Yenkos with an asterisk, or Douglass Yenko/Copos?

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RatPack-Wow!!Tom thats all I wanted to hear, recognize them for what they are ,I'll accept that.I can't wait to see Yenko items on a new color.Shor first one in line gets the goodies. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

Douglass COPO/Yenko is fine with me. If the car had been listed this way on the auction site, I would not have made my original post. Tom

Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

Mike in your case Douglass/Copo Yenko that was driven by Nickey Chevrolet and did a burnout in the parking lot!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

Tom,
What makes you think I still won't have my Dover White Douglass COPO*Yenko to bring to the reunion?

It will take more than Cannonsberg $$$,$$$.00 for me to cut it loose.

Re: 1966 Yenko Stinger for sale
 

If you look at it from the point of view of the original owner, then they were under the impression they were buying a Yenko and it was being sold as a Yenko with Don's blessing, how can it not be a Yenko? It's a Yenko! But, it should still be labled as a Douglass Yenko vs a Canonsburg Yenko(which is a term that has just been made up recently). They're both Yenko's. Now for the potential investor that wants to buy a Yenko, either car will do as long as they know the details. Some people prefer one car or the other. [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img] I'd like either but I can't afford one so it's a moot point.