[Rich Biebel]

A good friend of mine bought a Yenko Deuce new. It was dark green with all the Yenko ID stuff on it. He installed some steep rear gears( maybe 5.38's) and slapper bars and headers. It ran 12.7's at E-Town driving it there !.....He blew it up with less than 5000miles on it and took it to Wallace Chevrolet in Linden NJ I think it was....they removed the engine and said it was NOT under warrantee. We picked the car up and the shortblock was in the trunk and was a mess. I installed a 302 Z/28 race engine from his '69 Z racecar (F/S) at the time. That Yenko was one of the most fun cars I ever drove around on the street for a few weeks....Pro Track 60 series tires and a 4 speed........I could get that car sideways anytime I wanted. I tried to race a few street squirrels with it but had no takers on that once they saw how the thing ran. The 302 ran 12.15 in the F/S Camaro!.....That friend owned some cars that would be worth a fortune today and that was one of my favorites that was sold for peanuts.......It would not make a good Stocker as the HP rating was 360 or 370 if I remember right....I also think they only made 4 speed cars...they were fast and great to drive on the street as all small block 4 speed cars were back then.....