In 1929, a fellow named Frank Yenko opened a Durant dealership. When the Durant company went bankrupt in 1934, Yenko opened a Chevrolet dealership. About three decades later, Frank's son, Don Yenko, ...

There’s rare, and then there’s Yenko rare. For 1969, just 38 Novas were transformed under Chevrolet dealer Don Yenko’s watchful eye, each one a hand-built weapon designed to do one thing: humiliate ...

Mecum's Kissimmee 2026 saw over 20 Chevrolet Novas hit the auction block. Most of these cars were obviously mundane, but the auction also included a 1969 Yenko Nova. One of very few examples known to ...

In 1969, a Chevy dealer from Pennsylvania looked at one of the fastest compact cars in America and decided it still wasn't fast enough. What he built next was so extreme that insurance companies ...

A Pennsylvania Chevy dealer built only 37 of them. Insurance companies refused to insure them. Most were wrecked. Only a handful survive. In 1969, Chevy dealer Don Yenko stuffed a 427 cubic inch L72 ...

The groundbreaking Chevrolet Yenko muscle cars designed by Don Yenko have solidified their place in automotive history as true American legends. Yenko modified Camaros, Chevelles, and Novas during the ...

Muscle car and SCCA legend Don Yenko built incredible performance cars from Chevy stock, out of the Yenko family’s Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Chevy dealership. However, Yenko didn’t start with Camaros; ...

If you're into muscle cars that once ruled the roads a half century ago, but haven't heard of the 1969 Chevy Yenko Nova S/C, you'd be forgiven. This was a bit of a unicorn in the year of the moon ...