An interesting Yenko story

[71SSNova]

Tonight as I was talking with a friend I have recently made, I found out he once owned a Yenko Deuce. Sit back and I'll tell you the story he told me, then there are the pics with more coming he told me.

Back in the 60's and 70's, Jerry worked for Lang Chevrolet in Xenia, Ohio. While he was there, he got into drag racing. Jerry and his friend Jim bought a '70 Yenko from Central Chevrolet in 1971, seems Central kept this one for racing themselves. Jerry and Jim pulled out the 350 and put in an aluminum block 427, L88? with dual fours, which you can see in the pics. They cut out the rear inner fenders but kept them and looks like they cut out the fender wells also, didn't ask but you can tell from the pics.
Jerry said when they got the car, it had no heater, no windshield wipers or radio, did have the 350 ci, four speed, bench seat and rubber mats. They took off the Yenko stripes and put on their own. Left the badges and door panels, look at the pics closely.
They sold the car some where around 1973 or 74 to D. from around that area. D. restored the car to it's original self as a Yenko, I think., then traded it for a truck. BTW, Jerry and Jim paid $1500 for it from Central. They never titled it and when they sold it to D., the title was still in Centrals name. The car had 25 miles on it.
Jerry and Jim also put the original 350 back in the car when they sold it to D.
Jerry thinks one of his friends may have more pics of it so if he gets more, Iíll post them. If this is your car, email me if you want more info, but this is about it.

Think about it, $1500 wonít even be a poor down payment for one today!!!

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...04631069EWWUTP

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...04631022CMPnoy

[Stuart Adams]

Wouldn't it be cool to have a video and intersting facts of the travels that all the SUPERCARS had in the early years of the cars life. Just sit back and watch - that would be awesome. Sometimes the history of the car being pursued is more interesting than the car. Now you know of course I'm 42, being 8 yrs. old in 69 is not fair!! Thanks for the post I like stuff like that.

[Seattle Sam]

That second shot is a great old photo...Are the guys headed out in the long shadows of early morning on the way to race? You can just make out the Yenko badge on the driver's door..

Cool USA-1 plate on the back! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
-Sam

[68l30]

Dan, Welcome.....nice to hear from you.Is this the car???

Steve

[68l30]

Front side......

[68l30]

Rear qtr....

[Supercar_Kid]

Cool story & great vintage pics. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Steve, could that Central Deuce in the B/W photos really be Fathom Blue? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] Sure is hard to tell in black and white, but my guess would be silver. Marlin, where ya at?

[71SSNova]

Good morning,
I can not tell for sure if these are the same cars but looking at the pictures I have of Jerry's Yenko under a magnifying glass here's a couple of things I discovered.
1. The writing on the door says Central.
2. There is some writing on the front passenger fender but can not make it out. Also on the fender is the Yenko badge and the 350 badge.
3. There is no badge on the trunk lid for Central.
4. There is the Yenko badge on the trunk lid and you can see the Yenko door panels.
Talking with Jerry last night, he said back then it was no big deal to have a Yenko. The reason they got rid of it was to drop the 427 into a 69 Z28, which they never got to the race track because they got split window vette for the engine.

[JoeC]

it is a good story - thanks for posting