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02-24-2024, 7:20am | #1 | ||||||
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Don Yenko, a 36 year old Chevrolet dealer from Canonsburg, PA,
This Day in Auto History
2.21.1969 Don Yenko, a 36 year old Chevrolet dealer from Canonsburg, PA, drove his Chevrolet Camaro to victory in the NASCAR Grand Touring 'Citrus 250' on the combined oval/road course at Daytona International Speedway. Yenko, also won the pole ahead of pre-race favorites Parnelli Jones and Lloyd Ruby. In 1957, Yenko set up a performance shop for Chevrolet vehicles. The customers could either order high performance parts or have their car modified by Yenko's mechanics. The first popular aftermarket car made by Yenko came in 1965, in the form of a modified version of the Chevrolet Corvair. Named "The Stinger", these Corvairs were modified with a variety of different body accessories, engine upgrades that produced outputs of up to 240 hp, as well as upgrades in steering, transmissions, suspension, and positraction differentials. A total of 185 Stingers are believed to have been built between 1965 and 1967. In 1967, when Chevrolet began selling the Camaro, Yenko began to modify SS Camaros by replacing the original L-78 396 in³ (6.5 L) engine with a Chevrolet Corvette's L-72 427 in³ (7.0 L) and upgrade the rear axle and suspensions. He also modified other Chevrolet vehicles like Chevelle and Nova by fitting them with L-72 engines. This limited series of cars sometimes began to take the name "sYc" (standing for Yenko Super Car), after the graphics found on the hoods and seat rests. This Yenko Tuned Corvair is often parked at the flagpole at America On Wheels Museum. |
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I saw a "fake" Yenko Camaro some fool had bought at a big auction a couple of years back. The car was in a local shop I frequent and the shop owner had verified it was fake and wrestling with how to tell the owner.....I couldn't help him. Yenko made a lot of accessories too. Like this second row seat for the Corvette (a pal made this reproduction for me):
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I have to admit, I never had really heard of Yenko until the Fast and Furious movie that featured one of his modified Camaros. (Camero, for @Giraffe (He/Him)
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