Whereabouts of a 69 Yenko?

[Mr70]

MikeNoun
The Camaro I am talking about is not Eds.I grew up Villa Park/Lombard,so I know what you are referring to.
My parents still live their,so I drive through to see them weekly.
I moved to Clarendon Hills,so can you give me an exact store place this Duece used to be.I drive down Ogden daily.
Rick

[Stefano]

Ed's Yenko has a black vinyl top doesn't it?
Did the Daytona Yellow COPO you are refering to have a vinyl top?

[StealthBird]

Mr70, I do not believe the shop is there any longer, but it was on the south side of Ogden, east of Fairview Ave. It was a general auto repair shop. There was a place across the street that always seemed to have a few Buick Opel GT's for sale (go figure), and a few old Porsches. I clearly recall this shop wanted $2200 for the Deuce. At that time, low mileage, original paint 442's, GS's, and big block Chevelles were around $4000, so a Nova with a little rust and no engine for $2200 seemed high to us. Days gone by...

One of the guys at D&M Corvette, back around 1985, took me to a storage facility a couple miles from D&M, off Main St. Inside were about 30 Musclecars, all under car covers. Being this was before the 1987 market crash, I was amazed at how many low mileage original Musclecars were tucked away here. The oddest thing I saw was a car cover on a Superbird. Inside the building was a very low mileage 67 L-88 Vette, a pristine, all NOS parts, full resto 65 GTO ragtop, a very low mileage, black LS6 Chevelle convertible (with no stripes), and a number of other rare cars.

If you were around this area back in the early/mid 80's, you may have seen my dark blue 65 GTO coupe. Looked all stock, used it for street racing.

[Stefano]

Mike,
I did speak to a Neighbor/Friend and fellow Super Car enthusiast regarding your question.

He does remember a Daytona Yellow Yenko for sale in Lisle, IL (????).

BTW,his Hugger Orange Yenko's plates read: 427 HP ,at that time.

[Mr70]

Mike
I knew it had to be around there!
Is ths the Radiator shop (Alen) now as well as the Autobody shop next to it.When you mentioned Ogden,that is the first area I figured on.
I know of this Garage you speak of from D&M.I was told of that black LS-6 Convertible as well.I was tempted to buy,but the price was out of reach.
I was cruising the Lombard/Downers Grove areas back then in my Chevelle SS.But I don't recall your car.
Days gone by my friend.

[William]

Is the Camaro in question an automatic with black vinyl roof?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Thanks for the info on the red deuce, I think I remember Ed telling me about it as well. The owner lived down the street from his parents at one time, but that could have been another red one. Keep searching!!

Here's some more for you Chi-Town natives. Huggar Orange Deuce, black stripes, 4 speed, from Fencl-Tufo, orig. owner lived in Carpentersville, but used to street race regulary down by Fencl. Ever seen this one back in the day? The car survived, (not Belk's), and is now in Dayton, OH.

How about a Gobi Beige Deuce, stripes removed the day he brought it home in order to give it the sleeper look. It's also a 4speed, and used to street race regularly back in the day. Only the hood tach and YENKO emblems signify that it's a deuce. It's also still around, original paint!

M

[StealthBird]

Mr70, the I have photos of the black LS6 ragtop from around 1983. If we're talking about the same car, this one had "450 h/p" engraved on the rear bumper pad, opposite the "SS", and in the same font. Car was incredibly straight, absolutely beautiful paint, no stripes, and had 9,000 original miles. Still had the original tires and exhaust.

Isn't it funny how Musclecar folks can give directions based on cars we used to see? We always seem to remember where a certain Musclecar was, and we still glance over at the house or business 20 years later, like that rare car is going to magically appear again.

I call it the "Musclecar Gene". My wife calls it psychotic. Actually, I think it's what defines a true "car guy".

[Mr70]

Mike
I never saw that Chevelle,but I was trying to.
This is interesting now.
There is only one 1970 Chevelle that fits that description.
Bob Fuller from Iowa had an Original paint 1970 Chevelle SS LS-6 Black Convertible,stripe delete car.He said HE was the original owner and it had 9K miles on it.He had a guy paint that 450/HP on the drivers side rear bumper pad.
He has been written up in many Muscle car mags over the years.
He took it to many shows in the lat 80's as well.
He recently sold it to Gary Esse in Madison Wisconsin (Madison Classics shows) for 100K.
Gary is claiming to be owner #2.
This was the same Chevelle that was here in my back yard in 1983?
Someone has some explaining to do Bob Fuller.

[Stefano]

MikeNoun,
I was just talking Super Cars this past weekend with a life time Elgin ,Illinois Resident. He distinctly remembers a Daytona Yellow 1969 Yenko Camaro belonging to an Elgin resident.

He lost track of the car in the late 1970s or early 1980s. He seems to remember the owner having a link to Biggers Chevrolet, in Elgin.

Does anyone remember the Yenko or the owner? Could this be the Yenko you were refering to?