ebay 1969 nova yenko/ grumpy car????

[WILMASBOYL78]

Trim tag calls out the #731 interior...plain jane vinyl seats and rubber floor mat. The door panels are correct, but it looks like they installed a carpet and deluxe seat covers. Not unusual since the std. covers are not readily available from places like PUI. Interesting car overall...I'll bet it really goes. The core support issue is a little confusing...perhaps this car was taken apart at some point due to an accident or the BB support was rusted out??

Cool connection Yenko to Jenkins.

I wonder how much it will bring??

wilma

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Tom is correct, the interior is not a 731 - the front seat belt retractors don't look like Nova versions either, not sure what is going on there. Has some ZJ5 items but not others - minor tweaks though.

I forget - which year did the trunk pan extensions get the extra 'ear' on the sides?

[Schonyenko2]

If it was restored before dii started making the almost (still need tweeking) big block rad supports, this was the only type available. Tends to lead me to think this was done a while ago.

I think this will need some owner investigation with signed affidavits to make sure the stories are true. Could be interesting.

[x77-69z28]

Cool car. But rhe trim tag has at least been off the car.

[PeteLeathersac]

At least Yenko being the original delivering dealer or not can be established through the new NCRS service.
As for the invoices, other known originals need to be compared with them to see if correct era style/# ranges/handwriting etc.
What seems strange is how SY1V and the Con-Vin also more vehicle info was noted on both invoices when only Yenko had the car...wasn't Jenkin's only finishing/assembling an engine?
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~ Pete

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Is the NCRS service up and running yet?

[WILMASBOYL78]

Regarding Yenko paperwork...note the name on the bottom &quot;Norick-Oklahoma City&quot;...Norick Brothers was the other major supplier of automotive forms..the big player was Reynolds and Reynolds. It would be interesting to see other Yenko docs from the time period to see what brand they are??

M...not sure I see what you mean about the seat belt retractors.??

wilma

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

They are mounted pretty far back and don't appear to have the long retractor sleeve. They are not later versions because in 06B of '70 the Nova's switched to a non-retractor style where the strap simply laid on the floor. Not sure if it's my eyes or if they are Chevelle style.

The trunk floor side extensions have me puzzled as well....

Edit: as I thought, the '68-69 Novas have an 'ear' on the trunk extensions to help prevent stuff from falling down between the trunk floor and the quarter panel. They were no longer used in '70+ Novas, but are not on this car either. Perhaps they were engineered out of the '69 Novas by 04C?

[WILMASBOYL78]

Our 70 Autumn Gold L78 was built 1st week of July 1970...it has the long retractors with bench seat [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] but that is with deluxe interior...I know our 69 Olympic Gold car had plain jane interior and the seat belts had retractors.

I will snap a few pics[belts/trunk] tomorrow at the shop of the 70......

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Could very well be with the custom interior cars, but the 731 cars lost their retractors in 06B - as the entire second order of Yenko Deuces are just belts.

Just to make sure I wasn't going crazy, here is the trunk 'ear' that I thought was on all '68-69 Novas. It might have been phased out by the time this black Nova was built though.





I like the paperwork on this car, and of course the engine with ties to both Yenko and Jenkins! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]