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Old 07-06-2012, 03:53 PM   #1
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Default How to contact Yenko???

Just as the title says I am hoping I can get some help in contacting Yenko to see if they can/will submit information for the 1970 LT-1 Nova.

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Old 07-06-2012, 04:07 PM   #2
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Default Re: How to contact Yenko???

I doubt that is possible now. Don died in a plane crash landing at age 59 in 1987. General Marketing Capital Incorporated (GMCI), owns the trademark rights now but I don't think you'll have much success in getting anything submitted as all the records of cars and their information is probably long since gone. The staff at http://www.yenko.net/ might be able to help point you in the right direction. Good luck.
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Old 07-06-2012, 04:12 PM   #3
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Those cars were built by GM. You might be able to get them to submit it.
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Old 07-06-2012, 04:31 PM   #4
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Ok, so how do I go about getting GM to do this and who do I need to get into contact with?

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http://www.yenko.net/ Try here---Trevor
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Old 07-06-2012, 05:22 PM   #6
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Tyler I ve been begging Bruce in tech for years,,He says no way .
**** I even got the strips& emblem..Gotta write letters I guess
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Old 07-06-2012, 05:38 PM   #7
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Default Re: How to contact Yenko???

When I was still at GM I tried to do this for a division 3 racer. The Motorsports Group at the time was not really interested in putting any effort into the "old" cars. Good Luck!
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Old 07-06-2012, 05:46 PM   #8
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A good friend bought one new. It was green. He drove it to the track and raced it a number of times. It ran in the mid 12's with slapper bars and some steep rear gears and some slicks. At about 5000 or less miles the engine spun a bearing and blew up. The car went to a dealer in Linden NJ and they pulled the engine and said no warrantee.....We picked it up with the engine piled up in the trunk, an oily mess.

I installed a Z/28 302 that was run in his other car....A '69 Z that ran as quick as 12.1's in F/S and it was a race motor.....A little worn but still very fast...


I drove that Yenko for 2-3 weeks.......and it was the best street ride I ever drove......Awesome performance for that era even with the smaller 302.

I tried to coax a few guys into a little street race with it but no takers....

A 66 Street Hemi Belvedere was my main target.....He worked across the street.....The Yenko would easily beat that Hemi in street trim....


It was sold for around $3000......Who Knew!!!

That would be one heck of a racecar with a favorable HP factor...
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Old 07-07-2012, 11:37 AM   #9
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I've helped a couple guys in the past few years with this, and best as I can tell they've gotten nowhere. We still have some of the original correspondence between NHRA & Don Yenko trying to get the car approved...I'm not sure what the hold up was, as they were factory built (Yenko simply did stripes/emblems). Yenko got 175 of them, and there were for sure 2 others that went to Canada (and have GM of Canada paperwork) and rumors have circulated for years that a couple other dealers got a car or two as well. I'm not sure what the NHRA needs to get a classification on these cars, but I'm guessing it must be something from Chevrolet, and I'd say they haven't been interested in several decades now (if they ever were).

Can someone elaborate on *exactly* what is needed by the NHRA?

If there's anything I could do to help please let me know...--> chevy454 at yenko.net
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Old 07-07-2012, 12:07 PM   #10
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If it was a Ford it would have been approved years ago with a letter from Carrol Shelby.
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