There’s rare, and then there’s Yenko rare. For 1969, just 38 Novas were transformed under Chevrolet dealer Don Yenko’s watchful eye, each one a hand-built weapon designed to do one thing: humiliate ...

Mecum's Kissimmee 2026 saw over 20 Chevrolet Novas hit the auction block. Most of these cars were obviously mundane, but the auction also included a 1969 Yenko Nova. One of very few examples known to ...

In 1969 and 1970, Yenko added the compact Nova to his lineup of beefed-up COPO Chevys, creating arguably the wildest high-performance compacts from the golden age of muscle. Follow us: After the first ...

Don Yenko was a young, struggling jazz pianist trying to break into the NYC jazz scene before coming to the realization that the life of a musician would be a hard one. After the prodigal son returned ...