1975 Yenko Trans Am

[Lynn]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 1969z280</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Lynn:

According to the original Yenko Chevrolet Work Order signed by Frank Yenko, they did the following:

Install L88 Engine
R&amp;R gas tank cutout neck for high test gas
Build distributor for engine
Fabricate motor mounts
Fabricate alternat and p.s. brackets
Fabricate accelerator linkage
Rewire alternator, starter and gauges
Install new oil pan and starter nose
Fabricate new gas line
Install 4.10 Gearset
Install Lakewood bell housint
Operational Checkup

This is how the receipt reads. There are also 3 receipts for parts and 1 signed by Don Yenko for the L88 Enagine

Ed
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Ed:

Guess I missed this post back in April. Again: I hope everyone understands, I am in no way trying to show disrespect for the car. It is a really cool car, and a part of Yenko history. I do know from experience that virtually everything for this swap was available over the counter or salvage yards. Also, changing out a starter nose is a bit different from fabricating starter brackets. Maybe to them, drilling holes in the subframe for Chevy mounts was equivalent to fabricating motor mounts. I am not second guessing the car or the work done at Yenko. Perhaps some of the work was &quot;puffed&quot; just a bit to help justify the cost. Doesn't take ANYTHING away from the car.

Lynn

[Z28DL]

I could not find the results. How high was the car bid to?
Thanks,
Dave L.
SoCal

[1969z280]

Dave,

It bid up to $73K. That wasn't going to get it. The TA can hang around my place as long as it wamts. Ed

[sYc]

A very cool car...no doubt a blast to drive.

Would love to see it make a pass at the SCR.

[Stefano]

Come see this Yenko in person at MCACN!

[bashton]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Stefano</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Come see this Yenko in person at MCACN! </div></div>

And even better, meet the owner, who really is a great guy!

Bashton
MCACN Managing Member

[John Harding]

I think the reason this car did not bring more at auction are several reasons. Although I would never dispute or disrespect the fact that this is a beautiful car, a few things do make it differ from a true Yenko dealer car, first it is a cross breed, not a problem for a custom built car, but the true Yenkos were not in that classification. Although real Yenko's have been referred to as &quot;conversions&quot;, which they really were not. Shelbys were not built at the actual factory, they were shipped to another factory to be made into Shelbys. While the drive line components were put in on the assembly line, all the external Shelby equipment was done at the final factory, or what is known as final assembly or final manufacturing location, still under Fords watchful eye on new vehicles. This is even referred to in the Ford Marti Report. The Firebird differs in this respect: It had already been final built at the Pontiac plant and sold through a pontiac dealer under warranty. The title then transfered to the new private owner. He then took a privately owned &quot;used car&quot; to yenko for the conversion, and when compleated it was returned to the owner, and no doubt voiding the Pontiac warranty, Yenko's cars were actually the final assembly or manufacturing point which was sanctioned and warrantied by Chevrolet. What makes it noteable is the fame of the Yenko dealer. If the same &quot;used&quot; firebird were taken to John Doe Chevrolet in anytown USA for the same work, thats want it would have amounted to, a service order for drivetrain changes of the owners request. What truly seperates the Yenko Dealer cars is that they began with a factory copo, (with exception of early cars), and the rest of the mechanical and cosmetic design changes were actually done by Yenko designers and engineers,and backed by Chevrolet. Dont get me wrong, it is a beautiful, exceptional example of a trans am, the only difference being the service work done at a gm dealership, Yenko, rather then the Pontiac dealer that sold it new. That being said, I believe the last bid too low and would pay that in a heartbeat.
John

[JoeC]

Yenko was approved by SCCA and FIA as a manufacturer same as Shelby American

A tagged Stinger is not a Corvair in the eyes of the SCCA and FIA. It is a sports car manufactured by Yenko SportsCars Inc.

Yenko used these same credentials to get approval by AHRA for the 1967 Yenko 427 Super Camaro to be sold as a legal 427 Camaro Super Stock drag car.