Fencl Tufo and Brigance Chevrolet

**Stefano** · #1 10-30-2001, 04:54 AM

These Chicago/area dealers sold many HI-PO chevys. I have seen Super Sports and L-78 cars. Anyone know of any COPO cars?

**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #2 10-30-2001, 12:49 PM

Stefano;
Fencl Tufo sold at least 6 Yenko Deuce Novas, of which 4 are accounted for. Fencl sold at least one each of the three special colors; Huggar Orange, Sunflower Yellow, and Citrus Green cars. In addition to those three they sold a Gobi Beige, Forest Green and Cranberry Red Yenko Deuce's. The Citrus Green car can be seen on this board under the 'vintage photos' section, it has not been found.

I am not aware of any Supercars being sold at Berganse.
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**sixtiesmuscle** · #3 10-30-2001, 12:55 PM

There was a Brigance Chevrolet. Is that the one refered to?

**Mr70** · #4 10-30-2001, 01:02 PM

Fencl-Tufo in Glendale Heights,Your Monster Dealer!
I remember those corny commercials in the late 70's.Using Monster puppets on TV.
I was constantly over their in High School where I bought my 1972 SS Chevelle.Those guys were nuts over there.They would do anything Hi-po that a customer wanted.Cash was king.
I have never heard of Berganse Chevrolet.Where were they?

Belair62 · #5 10-30-2001, 08:49 PM

That was Brigance Chevrolet.....were the heck were they ? Fencl also did an Elvis thing in their ads...Mancuso Chevrolet was also a pretty big dealer in the area and sold some hi-po stuff.A friend in High School had what I remember as a 1970 LT-1 Nova SS in Astro blue or whatever name they used for that color on Novas. I haven't seen him in years so I cant verify if it was a 70 or 71.

[Edited by Belair62 (10-30-2001 at 03:49 PM).]

**sixtiesmuscle** · #6 10-30-2001, 08:53 PM

Brigance was in Oak Park. IL., I think.

**Kurt S** · #7 02-28-2003, 09:35 PM

Just found this quote:
"The very first thing we do is get the people into the car and have them drive it. We have a demonstrator ready to go......what people are looking for is performance. We put them out in the automobile and we tell them to floor it, pass somebody and the engine sells itself. The 305 has the performance that people are looking for. It's all the power they need," says Ed Conforti, FENCL-TUFO CHEVROLET.

From PRO (Chev. Dealer Productivity publication) on 'Selling Tips on 305 V8', January 1977.

Things had changed since 1969! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

**Mr70** · #8 02-28-2003, 11:03 PM

One of my Fondest memories as a young boy/Teen,back then,was Fencl-Tufo's commercials.
They were known as"The Monster Dealer",and used very intrique Monster hand puppets in their Advertising..
Those damn Puppets were Scary and Hillarious at the same time.I can still see them in my Sleep! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Belair62 · #9 03-01-2003, 01:15 AM

Didn't they also have an Elvis type song and called themselves Chevy City ??? Or was that a different dealer all together...

**hvychev** · #10 03-01-2003, 04:40 AM

I could swear that I have heard that name Ed Conforti as still being active in the car biz. (Their are a lot of these old war horse car guys still around in the Chi-Town car market!) I went to high school with a guy that has the same name. (could be his son?) Fencil-Tufo must have been open for a while because when I was looking for a Monte Carlo SS I looked at an all original 1988 that had the window sticker and Fencil Tofo was the selling dealer. I think that they went out of business because of some sort of illegal activities or bad business practices?

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