Don Yenko And The Yenko Stinger Book

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4pg Chevy Chevrolet Corvair Corsa Stinger Don Yenko 1966 Track Test Mag Feature Ebay

Don yenko’s diploma from penn state and other items from penn state 27.

Don yenko and the yenko stinger book. I scraped together enough money to buy stinger ys037 and returned to the dealership often to look at the cars and performance parts on display. Donna mae mimms and others at yenko. Comprehensive mechanical and cosmetic restoration.

Assorted name tags and luggage tags, don yenko 23. One of a 100 car copo fleet order by yenko chevrolet. Legendary hot rodder don yenko gave 100 corvairs his special tuning touch, and #54 is one of around 70 that exist today.

Shortly after don was born in 1927 in southwestern. That vehicle name has special meaning to most supercar performance historians. Memorial book from don yenko’s funeral service 24.

Purchased new at yenko chevrolet. Don yenko and the yenko stinger. Don yenko has announced his intention to build, sell, and race the yenko stinger.

Order by internet for fastest response at: The key figure behind the yenko stinger was don yenko, who was very active in car racing at that time. White/black with hd suspension, quick steering, 4 speed, 140hp 4 carb powered.

Other dealers did the same. Don yenko and the yenko stinger book. Don yenko became the copo muscle car program chief architect and champion.

He was getting trounced by mark donohue and his famous mustang, and the only way he could stay loyal to the chevrolet brand and win races was to build his own car. To become the carroll shelby of the chevrolet world, to put his name on a car and to have people instantly recognize it as the leading performance version of that car. The yenko stingers were corvairs that were heavily modified by yenko chevrolet, a car dealer in cannonsburg, pa, to be very good race cars.

From these humble beginnings, the road map for creating the. I had pressed my nose against the showroom window late at night, looking at a stinger on display. In case you are unfamiliar, the first copy printing of this book was released in october 2011.

Yenko built a prototype stinger (112945) prior to receiving the copo order. He ordered the corvair through the copo program and created the corvair stinger to mount a scca road race campaign. I grew up near canonsburg, pennsylvania and knew about don yenko's racing exploits.

The yenko stinger was born from don yenko’s frustration on the race track. In the 1960s, he created the yenko stinger corvair, which still is used in racing. Yenko also sold tuned versions of the camaro, nova, chevelle, and even the vega.

Don yenko and the yenko stinger. Like a certain texan with a penchant for wearing bib overalls and a cowboy hat, yenko was simply trying to build a better mousetrap. 1966 chevrolet corvair yenko stinger.

Documented with original bill of sale. It's this model that features in jay leno's latest video, and it's another car straight from leno's own personal collection. It was the moniker selected by don yenko to create a batch of.

Bob mcclurg has put together an excellent book for bowtie,yenko,camaro,and muscle car guys out there.while the book does have typos(in one instance camaro 540 instead of 450,or corvette grand sport instead of gran sport),and it does repeat itself along with a repeat picture (model kit but a different view of it), these are just tiny details of an overall sterling history of donald don. Don yenko’s aviation log book, pilot license and other aviation items 25. Tie with airplanes on it, and penn state pin with football attached 26.

I think charlie forgot that the van nuys plant stop building corvairs in 1967. The van nuys plant stop building corvairs to concentrate on nova and other model production. Just 100 examples of the yenko stinger were produced, all built with the intention of racing, and each was.

Auction lot f119, glendale, az 2021. 50 of the first 100 yenko stingers built in 1966. Mention yenko in gm circles and most will think of the camaro yenko.

Ys003 is born a 1966 chevrolet corvair corsa. It was this year that yenko’s love of motorsports, accessibility to gm products and a “get it done. And he did indeed get what he wanted.

Like so many times before, some of the best cars designed, were born to take the fight to a rival manufacturer. In 1965, don yenko saw the potential that the newly redesigned corvair had in competitive road racing. I noticed it specifically mentioned that the dana car was a willow run car, and not a los angeles built car.

Just not with the car he initially intended. Don yenko knew exactly what he wanted:

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