What got me interested in the Yenko 427 SC Nova was a magazine article my friend sent me while I was in the U.S. Air Force in '92. It was a picture of a Garnet Red '69 Yenko Nova owned by Greg Joseph.

For every Yenko Nova there were probably at least 250 homebuilt, ... Long live the '70 Yenko 350 Deuce and the '69 Yenko 427 Super Nova. Color BreakdownCodeColorTotal. Total. See All 12 Photos. Share.

Yenko built his reputation by building Camaros and Chevelles with the help of the said 427 ci (7.0-liter) V8, a motor that GM deemed as too powerful for the compact muscle car that was the Nova.

1969 Chevy Nova Yenko SC 427. ... My Dad had a ’69 Nova SS Auto in high school, sold it later on, then bought a ’70 Nova SS 4-speed around 1980. He still talks about them to this day.

John knew he wanted a big-block Nova, but it took him a while to come up with the final plan. "Over the years I had read about a car dealer named Don Yenko, who made (in my eyes) the ultimate ...

The 1969 Yenko Nova, on the other hand, wasn’t afforded the luxury of being factory-built with the 427, but it likely is the fastest Yenko of all. One of these rare Chevys will be headed to ...

1969 Yenko Chevrolet Nova . 5 of 9. Sold for: $400,000 ; Yenko Novas are particularly rare cars. These were the smallest and lightest Yenko cars. ... At most only 11 '69 Yenko Novas, ...

The L72 427 V8 had 11.0:1 compression and allowed the Yenko SC427 Nova to run sub-11-second quarter miles. Zero to sixy was a shade over 5 seconds. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below. 7.

Here's one that will be missed at the Woodward Dream Cruise on August 16. While Don Yenko produced 201 Camaros and 99 Chevelles in 1969, a mere 37 lucky Novas received his 450-hp 427-cubic-inch V ...