Re: Historical Nova?
 

I didn't read the previous discussion again, but IIRC the Yenko engine being built by Jenkins and shipped to Yenko for the install was pretty cool since it was fully doc'd....

Re: Historical Nova?
 

Reading this gave me goosebumps!!

"Of course, Don Yenko was the man who took the performance cred of just about any Chevrolet-branded product to maniacal levels in his Canonsburg, Pennsylvania dealership by dropping thunderous big-block power into his customers’ purchases, not to mention building his own designer lineup of turnkey battlewagons wearing the sYc callouts. But the owner who flagged Mr. Yenko about performing a major transplant on this particular Nova wanted lots of extra mustard on it. And he got it."

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I WANT A TURN KEY BATTLEWAGON THAT IS OF A MANIACAL LEVEL.....

Rich

Re: Historical Nova?
 

Marlin's right &amp; car very cool also if paperwork genuine, should stand proudly on its own merits.
An original Yenko sold L78 w/ Jenkins built Yenko ZL1 engine installed in 1982 is certainly nothing to sneeze at and the car could be worth more marketed w/ these simple facts alone?
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~ Pete

Re: Historical Nova?
 

You mean a YENKO BOAT ENGINE......Not a ZL1,,,
don't you ?

Re: Historical Nova?
 

Sold through Yenko's Marine division but I'd hardly call it a boat engine - since most of them ended up in dirt track cars....

Re: Historical Nova?
 

I expect most here would jump @ the chance to have any cast by Yenko ZL1 'boat engine' blocks sitting on their engine stand also being good enough for da Grump says something too!
The subject style and Yenko crest casting are two but wasn't there one other or even more different main styles of Yenko cast ZL1 blocks also is there a known chronological order?
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~ Pete

Re: Historical Nova?
 

Funny I got something in the mail from Mecum a few weeks back, saw this Nova and the Yenko Chevelle both going up for auction and listed on there site as a &quot;featured&quot; / &quot;main&quot; lots. I just went back to there site and saw the Nova no longer a featured lot, actually going through the lots I can't seem to find it at all. Maybe I'm searching wrong since the link above still seems to be active or... Has it been pulled? Or sold? Perhaps Mecum found it suspect or questionable how it was being advertised? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

Nevertheless, when I originally saw the ad, it made me check out the Mecum site and I thought super cool ride!:)

Re: Historical Nova?
 

It's still there..

S126 Star Saturday evening/ night.

A main and or star attraction vs. Featured is entry fee cost , car quality and auction perception.
It's Hype you're buying and the time the car is &quot;Talked about&quot; as it approaches the block and its' time there as the bidding is generated by the Auctioneer

I still think this Lot is overly Exuberant in its consigner's audacious verbage of intention,,,,
Some stories are loosely fact based .....this one is firmly based on contrived attachment to 2 Good deceased members of Automotive Hierarchy and is a Pipe Dream of B.S. twisted and entwined after the fact.

We shall soon see &quot;How many read between the lines of fantasy and facts&quot; as the bids are generated from knowledgeable prospective buyers of an insignificant Nova.

JMHO.

Re: Historical Nova?
 

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...011_zl_1_7.jpg
https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics...010_zl_1_4.jpg


Now, if it Had a &quot;Real ZL1 by Jenkins&quot; I'd be more on the Historical side of GREAT, FANTISTIC YENKO Sold NOVA

Re: Historical Nova?
 

I have records showing several Yenko blocks shipped to Jenkins. If I could see the front of the block clearly , I may be able to identify it more closely,i:e when cast , machined, etc.