Yenko Stinger #YS-100 pics.

Some old...some not quite as old. Newest ones I need to host still. Car was bought to be a racer only. Raced from '66 through '72, in D-Prod. Never raced GT-3, thankfully. Raced at Bridgehampton, LimeRock, Thompson, Mt. Ascutney and Mt. Equinox. Was a Tri-State Champion in '69. Was EMRA Class Champion around then. Raced Mt. Ascutney '69,'70,'71,'72. Also had FTD there. Dash placque from 1967 National Race at LimeRock Others from Bridgehampton etc.

First owner in middle, second on right, me on left, in Nov. '87. These are from the early '90's. This was the second owner on one of the hillclimbs. Notice how it looks just like the guy on the right in the '87 pic. LOL This was Mt. Ascutney '70 These next three were new in '66.

The car currently has an old lacquer respray from '87, and needs some new color. The body is rust free, and has all originally GM installed sheetmetal intact. All window glass is original '66 GM installed. Has most all avaliable Yenko options. Seats, full metallic brakes, Koni shocks, Yenko installed SW guages, 1 of 4 handbuilt C/R gearboxes, Crown F&R swaybars, 13x7 Yenko double center wheels, Yenko rollbar, Yenko carbs. and velocity stacks. Had Yenko oil-cooler, and Yenko race headers. Needs the Stage 3 race engine gone through. Basically I have stored it since '87. Eventually she will be on a track somewhere in the future.

These were taken recently.

Very cool car . Great photos, and a great history. Thanks for sharing.

A fantastic project indeed. I love the current colours and striping, too. Very cool car with a very cool history.

I like the Corvairs, especially the Yenko Stingers. Definitely on my "own this after hitting the lottery" list.

Nice documentation, too. Kudos!

I grew up with Corvairs. Parents had a 61 and 65. I learned to drive on the 65. Just saw a 2nd gen convertible today driving thru town. There will always be a special place in my heart for Corvairs.

Looks like a really cool project, congrats!

Rick,

Thanks for sharing your pictures. That is really a great history of a great car.

Thanks for all the compliments. I'm all excited about being able to start working on it soon. I've convinced myself into not trying to make it, what it is not. I had visions of it being a dual purpose road/track car. I decided to forget about tame streetability, and who cares if it needs race gas? LOL The Stage III race engine is 11:1 compression, with a camshaft rpm range of 4000-7000, and bored carbs with the idle circuits eliminated. The Close Ratio gearbox is hooked to a 389 ratio axle, and will probably have 21" tall tires. It should be a blast to drive. Now to save up mo money and start gathering some engine bits.

Hopefully this works ? Here is the Mt. Ascutney results from 1972 where #27 had the FTD. I had not seen this until the end of last year. It's page 1 D-production race. http://www.hillclimb.org/general/history/ascutney/results/1972_ascutney_fall.pdf

21" wheels?

Are you planning to redo the suspension setup?

A.

AndreGT6 wrote: 21" wheels? Are you planning to redo the suspension setup? A.

No. 13x7" wheels, with 21" tall tires. I like that it is pretty close to the ground with the 13" wheels and low profile tires.

OK I get what your saying.

A.

Here's a 68 Corvair that used to race with us. Bill sold the car two years ago to someone in the Midwest, anyone seen it recently?

mike

Mike, I do not know who owns that car now?

I just scanned this today. Not many original documents like this around today.

Interesting options on the car, is everything still there?

mike

All of that, plus the other optional stuff listed above. The only things I did not get, were the original tach, track racing long headers and the Harrison/Yenko oil cooler.

The second owner said the headers were junk from coming on and off the trailer.

And sadly years ago he put the tach and oil cooler on his sandbuggy.

Ok, I admit I have strayed from here. Life gets in the way, and owning a Corvair racer is not easy either. I have not accomplished a lot, but have gathered some parts. Hey, I still have the car, which is a good thing!

Here is an old pic that was not posted before. Enjoy all the classics in the background!

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