Looks like this Nova came thru Dale Chevrolet, anyone else see the Dale emblem on the trunk lid??

In and around the Milwaukee area, there are so many significant (and non significant) cars stuffed away. West Allis, Hales Corners, South Milwaukee, Butler, and Waukesha were a hot bed of high performance back in the day. The cars didn't necessarily move, they just got stuffed away and forgotten about.

As people are having health difficulties, retiring, and / or passing........some of these cars are seeing the light of day again.

I have made a couple of friends who worked at Dale Chevrolet in period. I could listen to the stories for days.

If the VIN is on the list and it was sold through one of the Yenko network dealerships there's a good chance it was a 427 transplant car. One of my friends told me a story several years ago about a 427 Nova one of his friends bought new at Gates Chevrolet. Apparently his friend had to work late the day the car came in so his friend arranged for him to pick it up at the dealership and bring it to his place of work. My friend said that was the fastest car he had ever driven at the time. I asked him if it was a Yenko Nova and he said it wasn't. He remembered it as being blue and not having any stripes. I always assumed it was a Yenko that was delivered without stripes. Gates did receive a LeMans Blue Yenko Nova with a 427 transplant according to the VIN list.

I have a 70 L34 Nova that came out of Dale Chevrolet. It was in the Wisconsin area the entire time, until I bought it in 08. Car never saw winter, no rust anywhere and original paint too.

Last week, I re-visited a real black L34 4-speed '69 Camaro SS at a local shop for finishing. He was a customer of Camaro Parts Exchange back in the '80s; been sitting probably 30+ years. Another one of our customers claimed to have a Yenko Chevelle. He must have sensed I didn’t believe him so I was invited for a visit. Real deal, yellow 4-speed sitting in a garage on the NW side of Milwaukee. Never saw it again. Probably still there.

Other recent finds include the orange/orange Dale COPO Camaro and the ’68 Nova “Ghetto Rat” race car.

In an 80 mile stretch along I-94 there was Dale Chev [Waukesha], Yunker Chev [Oconomowoc] and Hult’s Chev [Madison]. At least 30 COPO Camaros sold out of those dealerships; Yunker and Hult’s were Yenko franchisees for ’69 and also sold Chevelles and maybe a Nova. Few of them are known to exist. My guess, several of those cars remain hidden in the area.

I have also heard the Yenko 427 Nova stories over the years. Purchased new at Yunker by a woman in nearby Elm Grove, given to her 18-year-old son for making it through HS. That lasted about 3 months; she traded it in for something else. One of my Nova buds has a pic of the car on a showroom floor.

The Nova on FB has a Dale Chev nameplate; they were not a franchisee for ’69 so it was not sold new there. True, a few guys that worked there back in the day are around but none of them remembered the orange/orange COPO at all. The Principal Owners’ son, Bill Dale Jr. was still with us last I knew. The only car he has memories of is ZL-1 Camaro #7, acquired directly from Fred Gibb.

Hope to hear more about the Yenko 427 Nova and its Milwaukee history.

That would obviously be a 68 Harrell Chevelle.

this photo of the Funny car and Yenko Nova was posted on FB

Is this photo at Dale Chevrolet?

someone posted that it is from Braeger Chev ?

I found an old photo of Braeger and a ad from Dale 1969 advertising 1969 427s

it is early in the investigation of this car so some conflicting info is coming out.

I think it will take some time to get all the info correct , and paperwork , photos, etc

I searched for the Viking Funny car on a FC site and didn't find it but found the Dale Super Hugger run by Bernie Adams from Milwaukee, WI.

Yunker advertised 427 Yenko Camaro Chevelle and Chevy II

says they were the exclusive distributor for Yenkos

I’m here in Wauwatosa this weekend visiting my mom. So cool that this car was stashed away for so long, just one town over.

The Ghetto Rat is such a cool piece!

I saw that car about 5-6 years ago at a car show in Butler. What a time capsule!

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/art...evy-ii-nova-ss