1969 Yenko 427 Novas

[chads454Ls6]

Vince E. had also said that none of the converted 69 Nova's were sold a Yenko Chevrolet. only participating dealers.

[Kurt S]

Originally Posted by chads454Ls6

Vince E. had also said that none of the converted 69 Nova's were sold at Yenko Chevrolet. only participating dealers.

That I find hard to believe.....

[PeteLeathersac]

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Yep, hard to believe also seems unlikely w/ 427 Novas advertised in multi Yenko Newspaper Ads including 06/69 as below.
Still not impossible if all DX'd but what Original Owner stories are known, any w/ Yenko delivery?
Great thread and if we all add what we can, it may help isolate specific cars whether Vins known/unknown also provide other info that indicates total cars built etc?

~ Pete

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[Hawkeye]

There is a Rallye Green Yenko Nova in the registry that shows Yenko as being the selling dealer. It is pictured with a 427 under the hood. Anyone know the details on it? Also, why does the Fathom Green with black top list it’s engine as an L78 but is pictured with a 427?

Thanks,
Marty

[JoeC]

Warren told me he has paperwork on a bunch of Novas sold by Yenko and thinks 3 of them were converted to 427.

He also had paperwork on at least three SS396 Novas sold by Yenko that are known cars.

I spoke with him recently to see if his paperwork shows anything on the 4:10 rear.

On the power team charts for a 1969 SS 396 Nova the highest RPO gear is 3:55.

In the ads and other information it shows the 427 Nova's with 4:10 gear.

Two of the Yenko Nova's are said to have a BV code rear (4:10) but I don't know if they are original to the car.

I would think Yenko would have done a COPO or special order to have the car factory built with 4:10 gears so he didn't have to change out the gear sets.

I don't know if Chevy allowed him to get the 4:10 on the 1969 Nova SS396 but he did get the COPOs for the 1970 LT-1 Nova (Deuce)

[x33rs]

Here's one I used to see once in a while around Phoenix at the local cruise. No idea if it's real and I haven't seen it around in several years. The owner was a car dealer in the area but I don't think he's in business anymore.

One thing I like about Lou is he gets a good shot of the data plate. This is originally yellow with a black vinyl top. Don't know if it's the same yellow Nova with black top that Pete or Stefano previously mentioned.

https://youtu.be/HYQ3wvyx9tg

[JoeC]

thanks for posting, That is an interesting yellow Nova

He didn't mention anything about documentation.
I don't know if that is a documented car .

It has 733 interior bucket seat and console and gauges. Most of the Yenko Novas so far have been 731 bench seat rubber mat.

Yenko advertised colors were Garnet Red, Fathom Green, LeMans Blue and Rallye Green.

Yenko didn't always do low option cars and didn't always follow his advertised colors, so that doesn't rule it out.

[JoeC]

here is a 69 Nova power team chart

[x33rs]

Originally Posted by JoeC

thanks for posting, That is an interesting yellow Nova

He didn't mention anything about documentation.
I don't know if that is a documented car .

It has 733 interior bucket seat and console and gauges. Most of the Yenko Novas so far have been 731 bench seat rubber mat.

Yenko advertised colors were Garnet Red, Fathom Green, LeMans Blue and Rallye Green.

Yenko didn't always do low option cars and didn't always follow his advertised colors, so that doesn't rule it out.

Yeah since the data plate doesn't tell us much, these particular cars really need solid paperwork to prove anything. So I never really knew if the car was real. I always thought yellow versions weren't made as you pointed out Joe. But since a yellow one was mentioned earlier, possibly being a vinyl top car, that reminded me of this one.
If they were made in yellow, and since only a couple dozen were made, I'd bet you could probably count the yellow ones on one hand. What are the chances of it being the car mentioned in the add above?

Anyway, I just figured that with a good shot of the data plate, and as savvy as you guys are, you might be able to use the body sequence number and get a rough idea of the vin, give or take, and see if it falls within a known group or batch of Yenko Novas. Since cars like this are many times ordered in batches. That is if anyone has a data base of known Yenko Novas with vins.
It's a stretch but thought I'd toss it out there.

[GMC_Typhoon]

I don't know jack shit. But IMO there is a green one and a red one that are unquestionably real.