The Supercar Registry - race car pics from the early 70's

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This is a fantastic thread with lots of local history, keep posting those pictures Jeff! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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As everyone has said...this is way cool! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...s/headbang.gif

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these are the last i have from Lake Geneva Raceway.....ill then go to Keystone Raceway in PA for BKH to see if he remembers this weekend...........................

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my parents w/ my grandma and aunt from Pa.

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there is a story about Keystone but im not sure about how it goes.......something to the fact about the boys in Pa didnt like 2 guys from Il beating up on the local cars....ill talk to my dad about it.

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then we went to "some" dealership on the way back.

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i tried to take this same shot with my son...cant find it though.
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Geez, wouldnt that be nice to have all this aluminum in your shop?

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Don wasnt there but Bill Smith was...............
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Very https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif vintage "backintheday" photos...sorry you took so long to post them..............

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Very https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/cool.gif vintage "backintheday" photos...sorry you took so long to post them..............

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yeah me too !!! my son got a new scanner just for doing this......... thanks Santa https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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here are a couple from Byron Dragway in Rockford..........

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you guys have got to be tired of seeing the chevelle by now, so ill post some pics of the other cars i showed you yesterday next...........

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Larry Laas '70 L78 Nova.....this car is sitting in a barn 5 miles from me. Larry has passed on but his wife still owns the car and it sits just the way you see it all lettered up, except with a small block in it.............

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out with old.....................................

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in with the new.....................................

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a vintage Old Style can...sheesh they drank alot then...

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good !!! more to come then.......

darren, this is the best i could find of the Grand Automotive decal on the back window.............

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anybody remember these cars at Malibu Grand Prix in Ca.? they were attached to a center rail and when the light came green you floored it, they would do a wheel stand all the way down the track...........awesome https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Man what history there, Love the pics!! Im a newbie first day and its just this kind of stuff that I know makes this place special!! WOW!!

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Man what history there, Love the pics!! Im a newbie first day and its just this kind of stuff that I know makes this place special!! WOW!!

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You hit the nail right on the head!

Jeff...no sleep for you for the next few days. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

Keep posting! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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Did the Chevelle run harder when your dad had the tunnel ram or did the single holley work better?. Is the chevelle still around?, kinda new at posting around here.

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Did the Chevelle run harder when your dad had the tunnel ram or did the single holley work better?. Is the chevelle still around?, kinda new at posting around here.

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the car ran better with the single 4. he didnt have enough cam for it. he ran Unit Stock back then which required them to use stock type cams. yes the car is still around. now owned by Chris Short.

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apparently i sparked quite an interest in the blue LS6 car.that car was sold without the LS6 motor. it had an E.T. shop built 427 with a super t-10 trans with doug nash gears . it had the E.T. Shop lettered on the doors in gold leaf and pit crew: Nick and Ray somewhere on the rear 1/4. either before the rear wheel or after. my dad doesnt quite remember.the saying on the trunk was Freds wifes favorite saying. they all had crew shirts too.check it out !!! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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dad.....you can chime in at anytime ya know..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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alright....back to Russ's vega....sorry Russ..............

here was a good day....Russ won some dough...probably spent on Old Style... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif thats me in the red jacket.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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and here was a bad day............... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/frown.gif

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Arlingon Park Show.......................

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and a winner.......nice trophy...... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...-I-Have-It.gif

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heres a cool story, i posted this awhile ago but with all the new members i see popping up, i guess i can tell it again.both my dad and Russ got their motors back from the speed shop at the same time. they decided to see who can get theirs fired up first. i believe the Big Block guys prevailed......again.....more Old Style.. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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here is Russ and Steve( owner of that wild painted '56 ) they were the ones that did the chassis work in the vega.steve with his "thinking cap" on...thats what they called the hat....he always had it on...... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif

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and the same two guys using a tree for an engine hoist. i think they pulled a boat to a local park,pulled the motor, moved the boat and dropped it in the bed of a pick up truck. probably Old Style influenced... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gif

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yep....look in steves hand.........

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Small block boys got er done first. Didn't even have a rear end in it and we were not quite osha safe. Cunat was on the roof that day taking the photos and we had a ball. Russ

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thats it for now....i have to get the boys to Basketball practice...........ill post more tonite....maybe. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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hey Russ, i knew i could get you to post something..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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this might be my favorite thread EVER!!!! Keep em coming!

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Jeff,
Was that Dan Mamsen's Yenko in the pictures at the Arlington show? When I saw your dad's pictures at the recent ChevyVette Fest there was a vintage picture of an orange '69 Yenko with your dad's Yenko. He said it was Mamsen's Camaro. I thought it was my car that was owned by Mark Janowiak in Carpentersville in the mid '70's. Your dad remembered Mark's Yenko and said it had been to his garage many times. Great pictures! Thanks for posting.
Mark

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Was that Dan Mamsen's Yenko in the pictures at the Arlington show? When I saw your dad's pictures at the recent ChevyVette Fest there was a vintage picture of an orange '69 Yenko with your dad's Yenko. He said it was Mamsen's Camaro. I thought it was my car that was owned by Mark Janowiak in Carpentersville in the mid '70's. Your dad remembered Mark's Yenko and said it had been to his garage many times. Great pictures! Thanks for posting.
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mark, yes those were the mamsen cars, ill be posting more pics of that show later on...so you own mark J's old yenko...hes in this picture

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hes the one leaning on the chevelle..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...mlins/grin.gif

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dad.....you can chime in at anytime ya know..... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/worship.gif

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Yeah! https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...iggthumpup.gif

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Jeff,
Its great you dad saved everything including the pictures! Both orange Yenkos (Dan's and Mark's) came from the same collector in Janesville, WI. He had 70+ cars back in the '70s. Dan's was the yenko that Bill Hunter bought new and blew the motor the first day he owned it. He traded it in the next day for the yellow Yenko Camaro he still owns today. Any pics of Mark's Yenko Camaro from back then? Thanks again,
Mark

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here is John Cunats 57. this thing was cool !!! small block 4 speed car.....Ron Leek named him the "madman" he wound this car up to about 7500 rpm and sidestepped the clutch...i think we have more super 8 than pictures of this car.......

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my dad told me story once about this car. they were warming it up to go racing and it just didnt sound right. after about 4 7000 plus rips of the throttle, they heard a noise and my dad looked down at his feet and there was the oil filter spiining like a top......yep threw a rod....imagine standing over the front tires and this thing lets go...WOW....

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here are a couple for kwhizz....and not because its named Prosti II tion...i know its not your color but it is yellow AND a Nova.....wait, your a "numbers guy" now so you wont like them...... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/naughty.gifhis name is Ken Kapcoe...must be something with the name Ken... https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif
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this car has very little suspension travel....on the super 8 films, when this car dumped the clutch, it bogged real bad....too much tire....not enough motor!!!!

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this will be it for tonight guys.....i will leave you with this letter my dad received prior to the show at Arlington Park......this is classic........do you think Bob Ashton would word a letter like this ??? i dont think so......

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tomorrow will start the show cars and such......i couldnt leave out something for Bashton........ https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...lins/beers.gif