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The Complete Guide to the Yenko Camaro
In the late 1960s, Chevrolet dealer Don Yenko of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, carved his name into muscle car history by creating the Yenko Super Camaro. Frustrated by General Motors’ corporate ban on ...
Yenko then added his signature Yenko 427 badges, custom stripes, and sYc branding on the headrests, for Yenko Super Car. 1981 saw the introduction of the Yenko Turbo Z, based on an '81 Camaro, with ...
Photo: YouTube/Lou Costabile No wonder ‘Tricky’ Ricky Barratt was taken aback by the new 1969 Camaro Yenko Super Car. He immediately removed all the Yenko badges, stripes, insignia ...
Period tests showed the Yenko Camaro needed less than 13 seconds to cover the distance. The ZL1 was even faster. When fitted with drag slicks, it could sprint down the quarter-mile in as low as 11 ...
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