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Was talking to a fellow car nut last night who mentioned a guy in Smiths Falls, Ontario (about an hour north of me) has a 69 Yenko Nova that my friend saw recently. It is apparently dark Blue (Dusk?) with White stripes. He also has a number of Camaros and other cars in his collection. He doesn't know the owner's name, but he owns Town & Country Chrysler. My friend was told it is real and not a clone.
Just wondering if anyone on here knows him and/or the car. I've been back in the hobby for 20 years now and this is the first I've heard of the car. For me the 69 Yenko Nova is the ultimate Chevy machine [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]
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News to me! Check into it.
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I've heard of this car also pretty sure I've seen pics somewhere too?.
Is this the one rumored to be a factory C48 car?. As w/ any '69 Yenko Nova including those w/ Vins on original lists, being delivered w/ a 427 is the question needing a bulletproof answer!. I'm down your way tonight Don, just North of Odessa?. Leaving in about 90 minutes from Peterboro' to pick up an Nos '68 GM 1/4 in Odessa for a chum in Western Canada.. I'm going from there and delivering it to Pickering where it's catching a ride West then I'm heading on home.. I'd originally thought about trying to track you down but time already too tight...hope to hook up another time!? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete
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Should've looked 1'st but click below and scroll down to the hood open DB car, is this perhaps the car in question?.
I think this is the thread I remember seeing a few years ago, not sure where the C48 idea came from?. http://www.stevesnovasite.com/forums...ad.php?t=84656 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] ~ Pete
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Well I did a litle surfing and here's what I came up with. Go down about half way on the page.
http://tccperformance.com/featured-exotics/ Clicking on the "details" will give you more pictures and information. Certainly a few things a little fishy with this. Advertised as an L78, no unique badging, SS emblems (didn't think the 69 SYC Novas got them?). Certainly pricey if it's not real????? Hey Pete, I'm actually in Sydenham which is about 10 miles north of Kingston and about 30 minutes from Odessa. If you're down this way again sometime let me know and I'll give you my phone number.
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That one looks Lemans Blue Don?.
I think we've looked at it or one much like it on this site before?. It's NH's place near you that I'm heading to tonight.. Lost track of him when he moved from Hiway 12 in the late 80's, never knew what'd become of him 'til I called to arrange the 1/4 pickup.. Look forward to being able to hook up on some other run...and drooling over your B-Pillar L78 car!. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] ~ Pete
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Don_Lightfoot</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Certainly a few things a little fishy with this. Advertised as an L78, no unique badging, SS emblems (didn't think the 69 SYC Novas got them?). Certainly pricey if it's not real?????
</div></div> Don, Check out some of the responses in the thread that Pete linked to Steve's Nova site above....Marlin and Schonye say that some of the '69 Yenko Novas were <span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-weight: bold">NOT</span></span> converted to 427's. All apparently started life as L78 SS396 cars, so that ***<span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-style: italic">could</span></span>*** be one of the non-converted ones at the Chrysler dealer. That ***<span style="text-decoration: underline"><span style="font-style: italic">could</span></span>*** also explain the uber-high asking price, but he better have plenty of ironclad docs to go along with it.
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Thanks Bill, I did read the pertinent posts in that thread. Your above comments seem to hit the nail on the head.
For my own knowledge, did the unconverted 69 Yenko Novas have any "specific quirks" to them? Were they similar to the unconverted 68 Yenko Camaros which I believe had some unique features to them that a regular L78 did not have? Guess I'm just trying to justify the price based on the fact it may essentially be a 69 L78 Nova sold through Yenko [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]
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My limited knowledge of this stuff, but I picked up a thing or to from Eddie M., is that the 68 Camaros that were destined to be converted into <span style="font-style: italic">Yenko</span> Camaros, came from the factory as "COPOs" which included unique (read COPO) increased diameter of the sway bar and othere unique items that I am forgetting about. I believe '69 Novas destined to be <span style="font-style: italic">Yenko</span> Novas were never COPOs, but rather L78 SSs.
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Does Brad own it or is he a manager there?
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