In 1969 and 1970, Yenko added the compact Nova to his lineup of beefed-up COPO Chevys, creating arguably the wildest high-performance compacts from the golden age of muscle. After the first generation ...

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 ...

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; ...

Although Don Yenko had hit a home run with his 1969 COPO 9561 Camaro and 1969 COPO 9562 Chevelle build programs, he had trouble selling GM on his 1969 Yenko/SC 427 Nova program, for perceived ...

The Yenko-badged Nova 427 sits at the sharp edge of Chevrolet muscle history, a compact coupe that quietly carried one of the wildest big blocks of its era. Built in tiny numbers and traded today at ...

Every avenue of car culture has its legends, one that everyone knows, and remembers fondly. But buried under the Camaro and Chevelle fame sits a Chevy Nova that quietly broke every rule. It was built ...

Tribute cars, clones, copies-call 'em what you will, but the choice of words in reference to a rare Yenko, COPO, or SS Nova is up for debate, though the term "copies" or "clones" might be a bit harsh ...