Yenko memorabilia and Thorstad Chevrolet - Page 2

**Xplantdad** · #11 08-14-2014, 08:40 PM

Those are cool!

camarojoe · #12 08-14-2014, 09:50 PM

I saw these on ebay and must admit I question the authenticity of them. I've NEVER seen a "reserved" R beside the Yenko logo on any original/vintage items. I've also never seen photos or heard of these signs existing at the dealership. Did the seller explain how he got them?

madden · #13 08-14-2014, 11:03 PM

hi

thx for the messages

my understanding is that they are from the Canonsburg dealership and extremely rare

no sure about other Network dealers having these....highly doubt that there are any more others like them known to exist?

maybe someone else would know

i do know that i am head over heels to get these for my new show room shop

regards

**John** · #14 08-15-2014, 12:48 AM

What size are these signs?

... ( 36" X 36" )
... ( 24" X 36" )

..... just a guess [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

**bkhpah** · #15 08-15-2014, 01:13 AM

I am afraid I agree with Joe B on this one..BKH

camarojoe · #16 08-15-2014, 01:23 AM

I have never seen Yenko use the term "Super Cars" either. sYc was "Yenko Sportscars"...and was actually a separate entity from Yenko Chevrolet. I'm very skeptical of the legitimacy of these. Cool looking "retro-style" signs, but I don't believe they ever hung in the Canonsburg dealership.

68l30 · #17 08-15-2014, 01:57 AM

Heres a cool one hung at Yenko. I'd love to put it in my garage.

BIG

**COPO** · #18 08-15-2014, 05:53 PM

I saw these as well on Ebay and was very interested, but as the bids got pretty high I dropped out as I was unsure if they were legit. One of the signs is dated 1970 and the other is dated 1974. Regardless of the origin they are nice looking signs and will look great hanging in a shop.

Here are the 2 links. Seller never says they came from Canonsburg, but they do look like older signs.

Yenko sign 1

Yenko sign 2

GTO_DON · #19 08-15-2014, 07:55 PM

That's alot of Jing for signs that are questionable at best. They are beautiful thou and as long as the buyer is happy then no big deal I guess.. I too do not believe they are from the dealer to be honest..Why would they have a yenko tuned sign anyway? I can see the decal for a car but I wouldn't think they would need a sign promoting that in the shop. I smell a rat here.

**John** · #20 08-15-2014, 08:19 PM

You may want to look closely at the ballast or other electrical components inside the sign as there may be a

date or possible part number and possibly a U.L. sticker with a number on it ..... maybe even a

manufacturer's name. That may give you more insight as to when they were built.

.... However, they do look really cool. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/cool.gif[/img]

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