Historical Nova?

[Tracker1]

Or balderdash?

https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/PA0...va-SS/4-Speed/

[EZ Nova]

Wonder how fast that one was/is??? Be nice to get an actual weight of this combo as it sits now too!!

[mockingbird812]

hmmmmm [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] a bit fishy if you ask me! No docs but lots of sensational declarations! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/crazy.gif[/img]

[BLACKLS5]

I'm not a fan of the big rear wheel look...

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I think we hashed this one out before.....

[markinnaples]

Agreed on the rear wheels as they look like 16 or 17 inchers that look way out of place.

[Day2_69Z]

This was on EBay a year or so ago. From Western or Central Pa I believe.
High bid was ? $46-48 ish ....didn't sell.
Very incorrect 1980's type everything shiny restored ....cheaply done too.
Yeah, nothing to back it up nor any detailed engine/drivetrain pics, numbers or codes ever published.

Ad by a Dealer/ Speculator / &quot;Restorer&quot; Then and Now.......
My Question : Buy it new at Yenko, then buy a &quot;used up&quot; Can Am 430 from Don or ? Whomever.
Then Sent to Jenkins for a &quot;Race Build&quot; , shipped back to Yenko for installation &amp; Driven on the Street ? .........Is there a Bridge in Brooklyn that swears by it as well ?

I doubt very much Joe, off the street Customer could buy a 'new C A 430' let alone afford it and then do the Jenkins/Yenko 3 Ring Circus jitter bug.
Too many serious racers / friends stood inline for usable Can Am stuff back then that ,,,,so much junk was rebuilt, saved and traded in tight circles.

As a 14 year old, myself and 'friends'. Snagged a damaged Can Am Gulf Research /Pitt University block &amp; remnants from the side of the Hangar at Allegheny County Airport to go fast.....until NO SHOP We knew of Could or would fix it.
We spread word back to Gulf Research that we &quot;mistakenly picked it up for Junk&quot;
They offered a 'reward' , we ended up swapping it back for a well worn, well abused, repaired but runnable cast iron short block &amp; &quot;scrappable aluminum heads &amp; miscellaneous&quot;

[PxTx]

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/ubbt...a-yenko-grumpy

[PeteLeathersac]

VIN - 114279W475515

Pics including TT &amp; Paperwork...
http://www.stevearrendale.com/inv-mg...0&amp;srt=make

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~ Pete

[Day2_69Z]

Oh, its just a Yenko Block added over a Decade later......Big Deal.

The Mecum write up makes it sound like :
A short time later after purchase new, a CAN-AM ENGINE was Built by Jenkins , Installed by YENKO .....
A bit misleading , no. A lot of [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/bs.gif[/img] intentionally stated.

That's like any other car with a Yenko Marine Block added....nothing significant, special, unique or so super special.
That's maybe why its been For Sale for at least 2 Years , More novelty and conversation than $ value , collectable , investment status.

Some yo yo may bid star struck for a read between the lines smoke screen ego based 'insignificant' 69 Nova..... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]