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29 April 2019 Share When Chevrolet refused to build the big-block 427 Camaro that people wanted, Don Yenko stepped up to answer the call. His speed shop in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, turned from race car support to production line in 1967 as new Camaros received heart transplants by the dozens.
The Last 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Converted to 427 Power by Don Yenko is
Of the 350 +/- COPO 1969 Chevelles produced, Don Yenko ordered 99 of them. The remaining 251 +/- Chevelles were ordered and sold through other Chevrolet dealers nationwide. Today, these.
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Don Yenko built the 427 Camaro that Chevrolet wouldn’t Hagerty Media
May 27, 1927 - March 5, 1987. Long before people talked about the Corvette lifestyle, Don Yenko lived it. The only son of a Chevrolet dealer from small town Pennsylvania, Yenko joined the race for the good life early on - and risked it all skidding through the corners of the country's race tracks, pursuing the checkered flag. In 1957.
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Don Yenko will always be remembered for his amazing achievements in the automotive industry, most notably, bringing about the creation of Yenko Chevrolet and all of the "Super Chevys" that came about because of it. But, much like most of the greats in Chevy history, Yenko wasn't born into the spotlight.
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Posted 08/28/23 by Paul Sakalas Last updated on 12/05/2023 If you're into high performance Chevrolets—in particular, tire-shredding Chevelles, Novas, and Camaros—then you should really know about Don Yenko. Thanks to his efforts, some of the meanest Bowties of the 1960s screamed out of his Yenko Chevrolet dealership.
The Last 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Converted to 427 Power by Don Yenko is
Daniel Strohl 09/23/2018 Muscle Cars In This Article Category: Muscle Cars Don Yenko knew exactly what he wanted: 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. And he did indeed get what he wanted.
Don Yenko with a Chevy Corvette C3 Corvette race car, Vintage
Canonsburg, PA What can you say? Don Yenko, the son of the founder of Yenko Chevrolet, was the man behind the '69 COPOs, and was probably the best known and largest supplier of muscle cars back in the 60's and 70's. Don started using GM in 1965 to get special Corvairs, then moved on to transplanting 427s into Camaros in '67 and '68.
1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro
The myth is Don Yenko's dealership installed a special 425-horsepower 427 big-block into the 1969 Yenko Super Car (sYc) Camaros and Chevelles. While the 1967-1968 Yenkos were "transplant".
Don Yenko’s L88powered 1968 Chevrolet Corvette Race Car
To own a 1967 Yenko Camaro would be a dream come true for Perry, who revels in the history of Yenko Chevrolet, that small dealership in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, that has become legendary.
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Yenko Chevrolet was a Chevrolet dealership located at 575 West Pike Street in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Operating from 1949 to 1982, the dealership is best known for selling customized sports cars during the late 1960s. Referred to presently as "Yenkos," they are among the most collectible 1960s vehicles. History
1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro
At the Canonsburg dealership, Don Yenko started modifying Corvair Corsas into SCCA-certified Yenko Stingers. From there, as the oft-repeated story goes, came the nationwide network to sell his modified cars and the Canonsburg-built Yenko Camaros, Yenko Deuces, and COPO Chevelles.
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Don Yenko was a winning road racer from Pennsylvania. His family had a small Chevy dealership in Canonsburg, not far from Pittsburgh. He proved very skilled at throwing Corvettes into corners in places like Sebring and Nassau at high speed, even after GM pulled the plug on all formal racing involvement in 1963, which got him some high-level.
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The Yenko name also added additional modifications and special touches, such as decals and custom embroidered headrestsd. Barrett-Jackson presents this 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Yenko as one of three Camaros personally sold by Don Yenko to racers for use in NHRA Drag Racing programs. Don Yenko himself signed off on the sale contract.
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01 August 2018 Share Don Yenko, whose Chevrolet dealership in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, famously built road-racing Corvairs and street/strip Camaros, Chevelles, and Novas in the late 1960s, perished in a plane crash in 1987.
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This is one of just 16 examples of the 1981 Chevrolet Yenko Turbo Z that were ever made - the final production model ever offered from Don Yenko - a worthy rival of Carroll Shelby. The Yenko Turbo Z was fitted with a slew of upgrades over the stock Camaro, most significantly a turbocharger was fitted under the hood producing 7 PSI.
Money No Object 1981 Chevrolet Camaro Yenko Turbo Z
The son of a Chevrolet dealer in Pennsylvania, after serving in the Air Force and then receiving his business administration degree from Penn State, Don Yenko returned to his home state and set up a performance shop for Chevrolets while simultaneously racing Corvettes in various SCCA events in the region.