Camaro with 427 and the COPO Sports Car Conversion Package served as the Yenko prototype and just sold for $1.8 million at auction.

Introduced for the 1967 model year, the Chevrolet Camaro was a bit late to the pony car market. But that didn't stop it from becoming as iconic as the Ford Mustang. The first-gen model is by far the ...

Don Yenko-led projects were often great, but few had the charm of this particular small block V8.

If you're a fan of early Camaros, or muscle cars in general, then some of your favorites have to be the Yenko-modified examples, built for those who wanted more than what Chevrolet was willing to ...

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 ...

Introduced for the 1967 model year, the first-generation Camaro lasted through 1969. And even though it was short-lived and a bit late to the pony car market, it became one of the most iconic ...

Don Yenko grew up in his family’s Chevrolet dealership. In 1957, he set up a performance shop at the dealership for adding a bit more punch to Chevy cars. The shop sold performance parts to customers, ...

When it comes to cars from the first golden age of muscle cars, the legendary Camaros from Yenko rank at the top of the list. Yenko, like the other forward-thinking high-performance dealerships of the ...

The groundbreaking Chevrolet Yenko muscle cars designed by Don Yenko have solidified their place in automotive history as true American legends. Yenko modified Camaros, Chevelles, and Novas during the ...

Don Yenko lived an interesting, diverse and prolific life – albeit a short one. Packed in his 59 years was an excellence and an exuberance for flying airplanes, driving race cars, playing the piano, ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...