1970 Yenko Deuce

[Roof]

Appreciate all the input, good and bad. To Mockingbird, nice to hear from someone who was local at one time. Do you ever remember seeing the Deuce lightin up the tires around Indiana back in the good ole days? We were backed in next to the Dairy Queen one night and all the local muscle cars were driving by and gawking. Earl started the Deuce and cracked the pipes and the owner came out screaming at us that she was calling the cops. Kept ranting something about us being "public enemy number one." A guy from Penn Run had a Yenko Chevelle at the time but don't know what ever happened to it. There was also a guy that lived up the road from us that went down to the dealership and bought a yellow Deuce after he saw ours.
We heard rumor that his mom and dad sold the car when he went to the service. We originally bought the car to run at New Bee (closed down now) but we couldn't get the car factored and Earl didn't want to run it e.t.s We never did get to actually run it at the strip. Did a little ---- raising around Indiana, Kittanning, and a few other places though. Linda

[Rick H]

Before you jump, yes I am looking for one of these cars (Scott S knows) but I have some questions.

First I think $100k is out of reach for a car like this that needs restoration (they stated it needed restoring).

But what I don't understand is why not original paint? Original owner, 18,000 original miles but has been repainted? Why?

Is it the original color? Maybe I'm blind but I didn't read that anywhere.

I agree with others that I would have taken either of the offers.

Rick H.

[Charley Lillard]

"Its a shame that these cars bring out so much GREED."
Where is the greed ? These people bought their car new. From the looks of how long the car has been stored they have been away from the car scene for awhile. They decide to sell the car and right off the bat get offers of 100K and 110K. They then are not sure of the value and decide to come here and ask. Who better to reap the rewards than the orig. owners ? Who are you to decide when it is greed ?

[Mr Yenko]

Lets say they had a offer of 100k and said they wanted 120k. The counter offer was 110k. And now thought they might want 130k. Where does it END. I have had this game played to me.Just my .02 cents.
THE "MOF"

[Enoch]

Rick, as for original paint I have friends who orderd these cars new and had the dealer repaint them even before they took delivery. It's all a matter of what the owner wanted at the time. NOBODY back then was thinking that thier decisions were going to be questioned like it's part of the Spanish Inquisition.

[mockingbird812]

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Appreciate all the input, good and bad. To Mockingbird, nice to hear from someone who was local at one time. Do you ever remember seeing the Deuce lightin up the tires around Indiana back in the good ole days? We were backed in next to the Dairy Queen one night and all the local muscle cars were driving by and gawking. Earl started the Deuce and cracked the pipes and the owner came out screaming at us that she was calling the cops. Kept ranting something about us being "public enemy number one." A guy from Penn Run had a Yenko Chevelle at the time but don't know what ever happened to it. There was also a guy that lived up the road from us that went down to the dealership and bought a yellow Deuce after he saw ours.
We heard rumor that his mom and dad sold the car when he went to the service. We originally bought the car to run at New Bee (closed down now) but we couldn't get the car factored and Earl didn't want to run it e.t.s We never did get to actually run it at the strip. Did a little ---- raising around Indiana, Kittanning, and a few other places though. Linda

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Hey Linda (aka public enemy...) Boy, you really painted a vivid picture that is blazed upon my little brain. Never had the pleasure of coming across your ride, but it sounds like you established a rep w/ at least some of the Indianans. My Mom and grandparents lived at 917 Church St. and post highschool I was on N. 6th St. (beyond the hi falutin' homes). My Papa, in his younger years, lived up on a hill above downtown Indiana (name escapes me ) around 7th or 8th St. and lived right next door to Jimmy Stewart. Do you remember Jimmy's Dad's store on Philadelphia St.? Worked at Mussers nursery on Christmas break for College money. Did you ever get parts at any of the Auto Parts Inc. stores?

Thanks for sharing your memories and GOOD LUCK with whatever you decide to do.

[Stuart Adams]

Post all the docs, pictures, etc. and hold an auction over a period of time set by the owner. I got a feeling 110K would not be the top offer. If all is true these cars don't come around anyday. Original owner, original condition, wow. They said it ran before they parked it with no major rust. Heck leave it all original, clean it up like Charley did the vettes, never know. 200 K for original Z - remember. Cool car, cool story.

[MikeA]

The supercar world is relatively small and I am sure the potential buyers know each other and have mutual friends. Therefore, they know what each other offered for the car. My point is... set a price and sell it when someone offers that price. If you want to test the waters put the car on ebay.

[Belair62]

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some people have the forsight to step up and pay above market value for a car they want.

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I agree...it may be expensive...but that will leave out the people who would want to get it cheap and flip it for more...the person who buys it will do so because they want one and are willing to enjoy the journey of restoring it...or leave it alone for what it is. I can supply them with a defective calculator that I have used a couple times ! Blue is awsum...original drivetrain is awsum...there is no better place to get a feel for what the market is than this site. I think you have had a lot of good input Linda...and armed with it you should go private now and sell your baby to the right person. We will all look forward to seeing it someday either cleaned up and detailed a bit or a full bore restoration !

[CTinCT]

I love this car, but if it was mine, I would take the money.