Mystery Yenko valve covers on ebay...

**bkhpah** · #1 07-25-2003, 12:33 PM

Item 2424307877 are advertised as "found in a speed shop". These covers look nothing like originals I have seen. There is a ridge stamped in those covers that all the real Yenko ones I have seen do not have. Also the tab area at the bottom of the covers are stamped unlike the real deals I have seen. If the covers are real they would of been in a Yenko box. Either with the mailing address or a brown box with a red Yenko crest. The stamped crest appears not to have the three stars either. Buyer beware on this item. If these are real, they are not at all like the literature pictures or the real ones in my collection..BKH

**Charley Lillard** · #2 07-25-2003, 01:42 PM

They must be Canadian ones. Series Two. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

mike32 · #3 07-25-2003, 02:38 PM

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**Bob Jenkins** · #4 07-26-2003, 04:29 AM

Here is a pic from the ebay auction

T Billigen · #5 07-26-2003, 12:36 PM

They sure look nice for laying around for 34 years! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

Supercar_Kid · #6 07-27-2003, 06:23 PM

These are bogus...The seller has been selling taiwan repro BBC chrome covers and those finned ones for a long time... He puts a repro tonawanda decal in the middle of the finned ones and calls them "factory"... I like how he says "he found a case"... to cover his butt as to why there will be 15 more sets on ebay in the weeks to come. Save your money. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

JoeG · #7 07-27-2003, 06:51 PM

Supercar Kid,
I think your wrong about those valve covers being bogus-I found an original set of "MOTION PERFORMANCE" valve covers the same way and it had a "MOITION" plate right on top of the valve covers..---JoeG- [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

T Billigen · #8 07-28-2003, 02:05 AM

Somebody bought the valve covers for 360.99! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bs.gif[/img]

Maxx · #9 07-28-2003, 02:22 AM

I think the correct covers from Yenko Chevrolet look more like the pair in the picture I attached. Good luck,

Supercar_Kid · #10 07-28-2003, 02:36 AM

Yes Maxx, those ones you have are the real deal... yours are plain steel as I'm sure you know.. they were offered this way, and also in chrome, note the differences between these and the ebay fakes...My brother has a set of chrome ones still in the original box, with the Yenko logo and reciept. I'm sure they will be on display at SCR6. JoeG: As for the finned Motion covers, Yes, Motion sold finned BBC covers with Motion emblems on them in both polished and chrome plated versions. The ones on ebay ARE NOT these... they are brand new castings that were just produced. Go to any swap meet and you will see that about every "chrome goodie" place has these in boxes, stacked to the roof, right along side the Taiwan chrome timing covers and oil pans... as many pairs as you want for about 79 bucks... GM never used these covers... they are aftermarket, and they never had Tonawanda #1 team decals on them.. that whole story they use in the ebay ads is laughable.... and its more than one seller that uses a similar far fetched story. have you seen the ones with the bogus Motion emblems, Yenko427, Nickey, and even Yenko ZL1??? People really need to get educated with this stuff, or they will continue to pay the price for ignorance... as seen in the auction in question. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif[/img]

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