The 69 COPO 427 is my favorite Chevelle ever and definitely one of my favorite Chevy's of all time. I love this Yenko Chevelle but I prefer the regular COPO 427 Chevelle just because I'm not a big fan of stripes, spoilers, and other cosmetic add ons. But I love the wheels that Don Yenko chose to put on these cars even though I'm more of a steelies and dog dish caps kinda guy. I've heard that the 69 COPO 427 Chevelle was slightly quicker than a 70 LS6 Chevelle in the 1/4 mile if both cars were equipped with the same rear axle ratio. Plus I've always thought that the 1968-69 models were the best looking GM A-Bodies. I'm a Mopar guy but the 68-69 Chevelle SS, GTO, and Olds 442 were all great looking cars and so was the Buick GS400 when they didn't have the fender skirts. Thats my opinion at least

That 427 L72 (iron block/porcupine heads) will really rock and roll. My older brother had one of the first in a new '66 Corvette - ordered new in Dec '65 - fully loaded with everything on it including those off-road side-mounted exhaust pipes with the chrome heat guards. If kept all-original, that car would be very rare and valuable today.

It’s amazing how technology has changed in the decades of automotive engineering. Smaller engines producing serious power. Nothing wrong with that but times have changed !

this was my favorite car of my life

My dad bought a 64 Malibu 2dr hdtp with a 283 4 SPD. He worked at Midway Chev in St Paul,MN. He saved enough money to purchase a 425hp/427 and over a weekend he swapped it. It was dark blue metallic and tore up the pavement. He said the reason he did that was to try to keep up with the Cuda's and Chargers in 1968. It was a beautiful car and I miss it.

Wish i could hit the like button more than once!!! '69 Chevelle's are my fav of all the Chevelle's, '70 would be my 2nd fav the the '71/72 my 3rd fav. And Chevelle's are pretty much my fav muscle car... Great car. Thanks for sharing

Rare , Fast and Beautiful, and worth every Penny..

I..... want.... that....., car!!!!! No doubt, not for sale, and if it were, I could not afford it. But! I want that car!

My dad's buddy has a yenko chevelle but it's in the original white paint, He restored it to the point to where it looks brand new. I bet it cost him half a million dollars but man that chevelle is beautiful.

Kevin, Good job, you’re the man

Nicest Chevelle ever !

WOW AWESOME!!!!

I'd love to have one. Even though I know it wasn't the fastest, but it had plenty of power and the one thing everyone forgets is the this Malibu had a very nice comfortable ride.

Awesome

A thing of beauty...

My 1st Car 69 a 4 door Chevy Chevelle it was Sea Foam Green Black vinyl top Muscle Car!

Why do all the muscle car channels ignore the Baldwin Motion Phase III cars? Ads for them were in all the magazines when I was a kid. If you had the cash, you could order a motor with any compression, cam, intake, carb or carbs you wanted. Some of the Phase III cars made the Yenkos with stock L-72s look tame in comparison. I don't know if it was just a rumor, but the word back then was that the Shah of Iran bought a bunch of them.

I'm pretty sure that's the one I use to own. Had bucket seats - wonder how many had bucket seats!

The perfect car for fun!!!

Awesome car love it didn't know there was a Yenko Chevelle

Love to have that or a 69' Yenko Nove

The L72 and LS6 actually made about the same power, the L88 and ZL1 427's were the most powerful engines GM actually put into a car. LS7 crate motor as well. Superchevy put examples of both on a dyno and the both put down similar numbers, I believe in there test the L72 actual made a few more HP and the same torque. The 427 flattens out around 5300-5900, where the 454 start drop after 5600 so in top gear the 427 would pull away. If you google LS6 454 dyno you can find the article online, the numbers to wheels will shock you so you've been warned. I've seen a LS6 clone on a dyno day and it was in that territory running stock manifolds, still posted low 13's on street radials.

These were faster than the LS6 1970's Chevelle. Actually saw a test comparison...

my first car was a 67 Malibu 327 4 barrel powerglide I bought when I was 15 for $600.it was 8 yrs old and would still hit 120 mph.not that you wanted to.the front end got kinda light.later had a 67 ss396 that had all 427 internals and l88 cam and 4 speed.was a slug til 3500 rpm and then it just spun the tires.losa fun but couldn't get it to hook up.i think I need another

I love those cars but my favorite is 1970 yenko Nova with a 427 I have a 69 Chevelle El Camino 350 4 bolt main

Mmmm- lovely!

my buddy had a 71 Malibu chevelle with 350/270 hp m21 4speed but something weird the car was poop brown with lighter gold ss stripes,i remember it had metal studded snow tires when he burned out you could see sparks,cop said he had to remove the metal studs in tires,my buddy payed me $5 a tire to remove the metal studs, lol

The left brake light is out. One of those 1156/1157 bulbs. 😄 Awesome car, I'm a bit more fond of the 70' SS Chevelle body.

That Garnet red yenko chevelle is rare! That is a $350,000 car at minimum!

Awesome car. I was just thinking it would probably suck to be the guy who ponied up the money in 69 to get one of these and then see the SS-454s popping up just one year later for way cheaper haha. Remember, people weren't really thinking about collecting these things in the 70s lol. It's pretty cool that they used the Malibu interior, I never knew that (and I'm anal about this stuff lol). Hate me for saying it if you want but that makes me kind of want to get a cheap Malibu to clone. Itd actually be closer than a Chevelle cloned into one (which I bet a lot of people have unwittingly done, naturally thinking the Chevelle interior was correct). I find myself constantly correcting my friends who are way too used to newer cars and think all the SS cars and Yenkos and whatnot came fully loaded like modern cars. They start calling BS on cars like this with bench seats and I'm just like "Nope, it was a much different time back then. It wasn't about looking cool cruising and having a comfortable hot rod to drive to work like today. Back then it was strictly stripped down, light weight, and going fast. In fact if you find a Yenko or Roadrunner or whatever with a center console you should be a lot more suspicious than one with a bench" Still though, as much as I love all these Yenko cars, and as popular as they are, my favorites are still the somewhat undiscovered kings of the hill. Yenkos were great but a Baldwin Motion was the absolute baddest thing to have hands down. GM fresh 427 stuffed in a Camaro, Nova, or Chevelle? Try a well built, blueprinted 454 with a guarantee to run 11 seconds or your money back. Now you're talkin nasty :-P

Looks like the drivers side brake light is out.

probably would sell at auction for $250k. super rare

I have a Blue one

the 69 yenko novas only 2 garnet red in exinstance out of 7-10in exinstance ..total 37-38 made

I think there is 425 HP 396 ?

It's NOT SYC,it's standard monogram format the Y in sYc comes first, so it's Yenko super car

@4:17 standard 1969 ss396 325hp not 350hp

this car came with the exhaust dumped out infront of the rear tires from yenko

I think that Yenko was better at making them fast than making them look good. I never did care for their striping and logo's. Looks cheap, generic and off the shelf type stuff. Just my 2 cents. I drove a 68 Corvette for a few months with the 427/435 hp and it would make a Chevy man out of you. I'm fortunate that I didn't kill someone with that car. I was fresh out of high school. I had a pretty good looking 69 Malibu at the time and a friend of mine with the vette wanted to drive it for a while because it was easier on gas. What am I going to do? You can't tell an old friend no! Big difference between that turd 307 and the 427. A whole different ball game.

With headers, slicks and gears we are looking at high 11 second ETs?

A bit of a tech question guys; if this has the 4.84" bore spacing like the 454, what was the factory bore and stroke on a 427? It couldn't be 4.5" bore and a 4" stroke would it? I don't know, but I would imagine that 4.5" bore is only achievable in a 502 block or something like an aftermarket block? Can someonw fill me in please. Would love to know if thw bore was thw same on a 427 and 454- what is that stock bore though. Thank you in advance for anyone who's kind enough and knowledge enough to answer

The Brothers!???

If it was for racing. Why didn’t they put gages instead of lights?

Surprised he said the dash that came in the yenko wasn’t the fancier SS dash. I wonder how they differed ?

actually it's Yenko Super car...Y SC

Hay tengo un malibu que se está pudriendo en el chasis debe de decir el motor que traía mi malibu ?

Shouldn't the exhaust manifolds be natural steel not painted?

At 1m30s and 1m39s if you notice some vinyl flaws like I first did, there's a good reason for them being there. See the replies.

Most people didn't like the Muncie shifter and swapped it out for a Hurst competition plus. It had a shorter throw and was smoother when power shifting.

i have nothing 2 Add ......

Twilight out ha ha

"yanko"

Doesn't anybody remember how chey use to be SPELLED CHEVEROLET, Now they spell it CHEVROLET. IT CALLED THE MENDEL EFFECT

I rather have a 69 Yenko/COPO 427 chevelle than a 70 Chevy Chevelle 454 SS NOT because they are rare but the 427 were faster than the 454s.

At 1:30 look at the horrible YENKO / SC decal, its so misaligned !!!!!!!!!! like a child applied it.

GM = General Mess

Beautiful car, but I'm a Nova man when it comes to all muscle cars. I love ALL CHEVROLETS but especially Yenkos but Nova has my pick out of the Yenkos over Chevelle and Camaro