The muscle car wouldn't be what it is today without the "Build a Bear " concept when buying them new

I thoroughly enjoy all your historical and proper identification videos you produce. Thanks!

I got a 66 Chevelle Malibu , it came out with either a 283 or 327 and Auto Trans , I have in it now a 1971 small block 4 bolt main LT1 350 making 360hp from the factory , I added a Holley carb and headers with dual exhaust and it's 375hp now with 11 inch clutch and 4 speed trans , I'm no Don Yenko but I like doing the same thing as him , and this is where I get my inspiration from . Build it the way you want and enjoy it all you want !

This was very educational. Gonna have to watch this a few more times so the info can stick. You’re awesome Parker. 👍 🍻 🇨🇦

@Backyard Barn Finds - I owned a 1969 Yenko Camaro for 20 years and did a lot of research on these cars. I know of the gentleman who now is in possession of all the record books for Yenko Chevrolet and he told me that there are only 199 1969 Yenko Camaro's listed in the record books. Of particular interest for the 1969 Yenko Camaro's is they all came right from Chevrolet with the L-72 427/450 horsepower engines installed right on the Chevrolet factory assembly lines. These were not dealer hotrod cars. They came right from Chevrolet with the heavy duty cooling, Z-28 suspension and heat treated axle shafts to avoid breakage from the brutal amount of power the L-72 427 could generate. Don Yenko offered to install Doug Thorley headers and aluminum mag wheels on these cars, but few were equipped that way. On early 1969 Yenko Camaro's, they did not have a tachometer from Chevrolet, so Don Yenko installed Stewart Warner tachometers in those cars. The, "sYc", stripe kit was optional and some 1969 Yenko Camaro's didn't have the stripe kit or headrest, "sYc", emblems. My Yenko Camaro had the stripe kit, but not the headrest emblems. The 1967-1968 Yenko Camaro's were just dealer hotrod cars, but the 1969 Yenko Camaro's came right from Chevrolet factory assembly lines with all the high performance goodies already installed. So in essence, these were bone stock cars from Chevrolet. Back in 1969, Super Stock magazine drag tested a 1969 Yenko Camaro and with a set of headers installed, along with racing slicks and a transmission shifter that was not shifting smoothly, the car posted an 11.96 sec.@114.50 mph 1/4 mile time. The driver said he could have gone faster, but the shifter linkage was holding the car back.

Those were the good ole’ days of drag racing.

Great stuff Parker!! I was lucky enough to have a friend with a 1969 Yenko Chevelle, it was a light green, 427 4spd, , he drove it to the track and raced it and drove home, It was around 1980 at national trail raceway, Ohio

Great information! Thank you so much!

Great video , I love Yenko's

Great info Parker. I knew quite a bit of that info but not all of it. Thank you

Love your videos bro !

great stats n production numbers,nice research

Awesome video thank you for the hard work and dedication to automotive journalism

another great show,keep up the good work

Thanks Parker. I always look forward to your videos

Great video keep em coming

Awesome stuff. Idk why I forget just how into sports car racing he was.

Thanks for the information, sorry to hear his life came to an end to soon. I'd never heard of the 81s . Thank you again

Can’t imagine those that took delivery back in the day and their post- break -in experiences on their communities and or track events …

The early horsepower wars were very exciting!! The current horsepower wars are awesome!!!

that was an awesome video--I wanna spin back in time now ( with money)

🏆Great man 🏆RIP Don🍀 got R done 😎✌️

Great video I want a stinger clone

I’m very lucky to own a 69 RS/SS 350 4-speed car.

cool video history brother do a video on Berger Chevrolet and span inc that put these copo cars buyable anywhere👍👍

Thank you for sharing this information

The yenko chevelle and yenko nova, are what i truly want.

Yenko Super Coupe

I would like to know how rare are the 69 Camaros with no gills in the quarter panel because I don’t think I have ever seen one before watching this video!

Great video don yenko did an interview for muscle car review back in the 1980,s he said he did not own any off the yenko cars that he built because he didn’t think that they would be worth anything in the future boy was he wrong also said that he had a hard time getting rid off the 396 short blocks out off the cars he was converting into 427 .it’s a great interview I still have that magazine.👍

excellent video! if you are not already considered an expert in muscle cars, or video production,,, Well you should be! if I'm not already subscribed, I will be doing so; right now. Great job!

I would love to know all this if I had 200 grand to buy one so not concerned about things that do not affect me or most car lovers. handful of collectors can afford a yenko and they already know anything this video talks about bet money on it. Not like I ever saw a yenko much less need this info LOL but thans anyway for reminding what to look for in a car I will never own or even see unless I see it from 25 ft at museum

hoping you guys can do the Pontiac version of this article Myrtle Motors 428 Firebirds that ran 11s.

I was a fan of Motion Performance in Baldwin Long Island NY. When I was 14, I started hanging around the shop. I met Joel Rosen who was the owner of Motion. For some reason. he did not chase me out of the shop. The shop had only 3 bays until he had another one built. Originally it was a gas station. The building still exists at 598 Sunrise highway on the Baldwin line near the Baldwin rail station. The tenants painted the front of it blue if I remember correctly. When I was there it was yellow and blue lettering. It is still used by another auto service. They are into stereos, alarms, etc. As of my last visit they were not building cars. Joel was nice to me. He saw a wide eyed kid who loves fast cars. I would ask questions to the 2 techs who were building these cars and they would answer me. This one day that I remember, I was sweeping the floor in the shop and Joel asked me if I wanted a ride in a V8 Vega. He was going down to a deli he liked about 1 12 miles away. Of course I said yes. It was a red Vega GT, with a 450 hp 427 big block stuffed in it. He and I backed out of the small parking lot that he had and we were off! That car was evil! It scared the hell out of me! At a couple lights that we had to stop at, he broke the tires loose with no problem. What a fond memory . Bless you Joel I drive a Hennessy Corvette TPE 850 these days. I am still a wide eyed kid who likes fast cars. The vette I have is a Z06, which comes with 650 hp stock. With the magic of these guys, exhaust, cam, valve hardware, headers, programming, throttle body, and super charger now it is 846 hp. Some kids never grow up.

Mine is the 69 Z28 with the 302 sbc.

How do I find the build code for mid to late 1960s Cadillac

I worked at Chevy dealers for years. In '81 I worked on a '67 Camaro straight 6 manual on the column convertible. Weird.

Zee El Won.

Why when you show the race footage of the canam you always show the AMC javelin passing and ultimately winning that race? Let’s see the biography on the Javelin AMX that ran during that decade (I am old enough to remember watching that race on Wild world of sports . It eepic

i have a 67 ss rs 427 yenko they claim that only 256 was built i got it free on a clean up they had to get rid of all the not running cars and they had a lot to haul off so they could sell the place also got a 68 ss 396 and 1 79 z28 rs t top full option car and a 79 z28 hard top with a 79 4x4 short box with under 35,000 miles on it just needed a new fuel pump and carb cleaned with 15 pu's fords and chevys all 79 and older and rust free the 67 yenko was half restored with chrome in boxes

Great video but you're pronouncing the name wrong. It's not yank co, it's yen co.

The back window on Camaros' always leak when it rains

I have #4 of 1968 Z28 but my son asked me for it so he could sell it if he chooses😢

The photos of the cars don't match what you are talking about :( e.j. talking about a Z/28, but are showing a SS photos, etc.

Ive only seen 1 legit Yenko, 1 Nickey and 1 Motion Camaro (1970) in my life This was in the early 80s, original and unrestored. Shame the rich have driven prices out of working mans realm anymore. If I could afford one no way Id pay 40, 50, 200k for any car on the planet. This started happening back in the late 80s. Wonder if todays muscle cars will have a market in 30 yrs when young owners get of age. Or if we are going to be riding nuclear powered shoes. lol

Yenko cars are cool. I would rather have a Baldwin Motion 68 RS/SS 396 Camaro.

69 hands down

He built some beasts. But I wouldn't call him Shelby of Chevrolet kind of holding the bar pretty high.

I love the Stingers too.

I’ll take a Nikey Camaro,there’s even less of them.

Only an idiots pays that kind of money for a car he won't drive or drag race. You can build your own at a fraction of the price and enjoy it.

They're junk...The never stood behind their builds....He had a good idea,but I would have bought a Baldwin Motion Chevy instead...They guaranteed their builds....Always.....COPO cars were ok but Yenko never impressed me...never...I've been in the car,airplane ,boat,yacht business for almost 40 years...Yenkos to me are junk!!

I don’t know why they make a big deal over Yenko cars but the truth is. Cars from Baldwin motion were much faster, better looking and ate Yenko cars for lunch. Motion cars were the fastest, best looking , best equips of any day 2 new Chevy based cars. They started in 66, before Yenko.