What would YOU do with this car?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Dave;
Actually, this orange car is probably a better reference car than the 6k mile deuce. That deuce has many day 2 mod's done to it, it's hard to get into, and therefore, we don't use it as a ref. car. The 12k mile beige deuce is usually the one that we use, at least the mod's that are done to that car were items purchased through the Yenko parts catalog. Tommy K's 11k mile deuce is another excellent ref. car.

Has the black master cylinder debate ended? Black or gray? Mine is black.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

The final verdict is black. Wayne, Tommy K, and I were talking about it when I went to Waynes to go over your car with him. Even the low mile cars look 'gray' because the brake fluid 'seeps' over time. We all know what DOT 3 fluid does to paint, so sometimes it's hard to find any remnants of black paint on even a low mile car.

If my memory serves me correctly, this orange car was not cheap. I know when Dave and I were interested in it, the asking price was around $14.5k. It's a true case where you gotta have it, but can't drive it!

Wayne was going to sell me the orange car for 11k. He wanted to put a 502/502hp in it with a turbo 400 and 12 bolt rear in it, then sell it to me. I couldn't commit!

[JoeC]

I am not 100% sure on this but from what I read, the master cyl was painted black prior to machining so the machined surfaces have no paint on them.

[SS427]

Joe, that is correct. A flash coat of black was painted on these and was just enough to keep them from rusting. They were then machined. A combination of the machining oil and brake fluid would leave very little paint intact. When I restore them, I use a cast colored paint and then air brush a very fine 'mist' of black paint. What you end up with is a black part with a lot of bleed through of the cast paint.

[tom406]

This is a tough one. We'd all love to see these cars be preserved as benchmarks, but honestly, who's putting 6-cylinder Novas in their collections? The world's supply of Nice Novas is drying up, so the guy is looking at finding a decent one, painting it a fun color (as the one he finds will probably be dark gold, or white), restoring the interior, and generally spending a lot more time and money than just starting with this car.

If someone preserves it, that's great, but if this fellow does a tasteful upgrade of this car, I won't hold it against him.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Tom;
With 500,000 gen. II Novas built, there is no logical reason to modify this particular car. The money raised by selling it would more than offset the purchase and repainting of another Nova. I'm not against having fun with a hot rod either, but just not with a 5k mile orig. car [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Lowmile;
As an afterthought, why not install a stout big block in the '72 Yenko clone Nova that you have on Ebay?? That car is a flashy color, it's in nice shape, has relatively low miles, and already has the big block yenko stripes on it!

Just a thought, [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]

[Leonard]

Mark, I think it should be up to you to decide what YOU want to do with the car. True its just a 6cyl model, but its a fine automobile in superb condition. I think that you are not satisfied of this auto because it being a 6cyl. model. If this were a 70 yenko duece and you decided to swap the engine to a crate 502, thats ok. Its YOUR CAR and thats what you want, that all that matters. I on the other hand would keep the yenko duece as original as possible. That is what i would want. The important thing is to keep these cars alive and to drive them like they were meant to be... If you think it may hurt its value buy changing the drive train, Have you seen much $$ they are getting for clones and replicas. Amazing. Just my not worth 2 cents worth... OK guys, be gentile. Dont slam me to harsh. (He he he...)