1967 Yenko 427 Camaro: Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode

1967 Yenko 427 Camaro: Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode #199
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Most Yenko Camaros were built to be dragstrip performers, but this one was built to cruise the open highways, and we show your why. From the Brothers collection.
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[@wayneschnaak762]

That 67 Yenko is just awesome. Muscle Car Of The Week has nailed it again. I wonder how much the Brothers collection is worth? I consider it priceless but it has to be insured for some astronomical price. Every time I see another MCOTW, I wonder how awesome it would be to own every one of them.

[@stevethomas760]

Owned a Deep Water Blue '67 SS, with a 350/4sp/4:10 gears (same blue). I think many of us has one car they would love to have back, my Camaro is the one for me.

[@Darryl6636]

Sweet ride Kev and with my favourite 3 numbers 427!!!

[@bgh70]

Very nice. That's the first hydraulic cammed Yenko that I've seen. I love that color.

[@IndyFlick]

Excellent video as always. One tiny tiny nit, 3.07:1 would be considered a high gear ratio not a low gear ratio on a 1967 Camaro.

[@glyngough9743]

Probably do 150 mph

[@veikkolappalainen1382]

Very nice. Especially the blue interior.

[@grimreaper7879]

Awesome Car thx for sharing

[@gregkistner1955]

A great looking ride!

[@jeffrobodine1850]

I had a L88 SS Nova copo with a beautiful 4 speed And a 410 rear gear and boy oh boy

[@jswan9658]

Beautiful Car!

[@ChristopherHayniedd980]

Wow! Absolutely the most beautiful Camaro you all have featured yet. It's just gourgous. I also love the sound of that exhaust. I also like the stinger hood I never seen one before on a Camaro. Yenko really made some nice cars. Now we have "Hennessey Performance" making the "Exorcist".

[@Darryl6636]

Christopher Haynie yah your right come to think of it that is the first time I've seen a stinger hood on a Camaro as well ---very cool👍👍👍

[@ChristopherHayniedd980]

I didn't think it was just me. It probably was a 67 only thing and we are more fimiliar with 69 Yenko's.

[@Senorlatulla]

Yenko was way more affordable than Hennessy..... you are simply paying for the package & their name. Other company will give you the same package if not better for way cheaper

[@jerrycollins966]

Nickey Camaro's had stinger hoods also.

[@erict3032]

I live right by where the yenkos were made . I’m only a couple miles down the road. I wish I was born in this era with these cars , I sure would have tried to have bought one.

[@HighCaliberPC]

I agree, it is absolutely amazing.

[@petemedina8446]

Beautiful very sharp love it.

[@MrWhitelightning73]

I remember my dad’s friend had one of these. What a sexy car.

[@mrmichael555]

I learned something today! Neat car!

[@mlwineman]

Beautiful Camaro! I'm always amazed at how clean and new these cars look, even from underneath. Are those the standard mono leaf rear springs? I didn't notice any wheel hop during the drive byes.

[@JuveX0]

MY LOVE 😍

[@finnblu3002]

seems like a special order by an auto mechanic " and gear head back in the day incredible restoration

[@alexgolovchenko3791]

Cool!

[@allantaylor3288]

Super nice super cool👍

[@carloscavalcante2722]

maneirão em!!!!!

[@MrFrozenCanuck]

I wouldn't mind it as a summer time road car.

[@rrmech11]

Nice

[@southpawtx]

Take me for a drive Kevin ;)

[@phoenixblack1220]

I think this car is for sale on eBay. Or at least it was, the opening price was $519k

[@forterierocks]

My grandpa has a Yenko Nova in his barn, all I know is it's dark green and is a 4 speed car other then that it's been under covers since I was real little (like 1984-1985) I've never seen under the hood, never sat in the car, never seen the car run or drive, my grandpa had a pretty major stroke in 1983 and the car was parked. Grandpa doesn't talk about the car or maybe just doesn't remember much about the car but no one is allowed to touch it and he will not part with it as I asked him if I could personally buy it and get it back on the road... no dice so in the barn it will remain.

[@V8TV]

Derek Joon wow, that’s a story. Sorry to hear about your grandfather. Hopefully something is written about the future ownership of the car so that it can stay in the family!

[@hornetbrown]

Sweet Camaro! Was that a maroon Aston (sporting wires with knockoff centers) I spied just at the front fender of the Camaro the last few seconds. Brothers into foreign jobs too?

[@stevecarswell6329]

See I'm a ford guy all the way but that's is one sick car. Some people might complain that it doesn't have the bigger engine but really if you arnt going to drag it, then you shouldn't even get that upgrade. You wouldn't be getting the full potential out of how you want to use your car.

[@rob99rst]

no hood pins?

[@acts2211]

Great ca r

[@xobertoxo]

All I'm thinking is saving the spray for the way back. That yenko will snap a speed in 10 secs!!!

[@mlp-hot-rod5824]

Next Friday, the 200th episode. It must be something special. What could it be? Hmm... '69 Yenko Nova 427? '67 Coronet Hemi Convertible? '69 Corvette ZL1? '67 GTX R023?

[@DoudD]

3.07 gears? Someone ordered this Camaro as a highway machine! It reminds me, somewhat, of the Olds Cutlass "Turnpike Cruiser" which, if I remember correctly, was a Cutlass Supreme with a 442 engine and TH400...but 2.41 differential. 1967 only, as I recall. Later, for a couple years at least, GTOs and 442s could be ordered with two-barrel carbs and 2.41 or 2.56 gears. I've seen a few in that configuration but don't recall them carrying a unique identification like the "Turnpike Cruiser".

[@MrBluzhound]

...'they should have called it the dork....'

[@eZaFJDUBB]

Yenko put 4.10s in I think the owner must have changed it

[@quentin3330]

i wonder if this could beat a 70 Chevelle SS with the 454 in a quarter mile.

[@mfnbigdaddy73]

Probably

[@rob99rst]

the harrell super 450 would

[@jeremythompson9122]

This one probably wouldn't with the 3.08 gears

[@glyngough9743]

Not with 3.07 rear ratio

[@bailey9r]

If you knew what you were doing you could order that right from the factory as a corporate office production order or "COPO" with either 427

[@steelcantuna]

Why didn't this Camaro suffer from rear whee hop? I have a stock 67 Camaro that can not burn rubber because the the wheel hop is soooo bad. In 68 & 69 they staggered the rear shocks to help solve the problem.

[@SeeOurWrecks]

Does your car have the F41 suspension? What size/type of tires do you have? I don't think the bias plies on the video car put up much of a fight... :p

[@edcain3676]

Kevin Said in the Intro ,It Had the Street Friendly Rear Diff.for Lower Rpms,instead of the Drag Strip.Gears

[@bailey9r]

Put some tires with even a little traction and it will hop like a palsied chipmunk. ;

[@deanwilliams867]

Install some traction bars or add another leaf to the driver side

[@SurplusLlama0]

You see that tac shift line? 6500rpm bb 427? Holy....

[@deanwilliams867]

Short Stroke for Big Block no big deal could easily the Motors of 75 to 7800 RPMs I know my 68 Camaro I put a big block in 427 motor and I shift at 7 800 went to the lights at 7600 488's in the rear with the spool and that was a 2 bolt main motor steel crank steel rods forged pistons solid roller over 200 passes on the motor no failure big deal

[@scottblackwell5789]

Amazing that a current-day Z06 (650HP) or even standard Corvette would blow the doors off of this slug. It has zero cornering capability, so it's a straight-line vehicle only. I'm sure that back in the day, this was the car to have & beat.

[@hmackprotection1]

Why do I like the1969 Camaro Z/28 Body so much more than I like the 67??

[@mfnbigdaddy73]

Because it looks lower, wider, and the fender lines trailing off of the top of the wheel opening is just pure sexy ....

[@Moosaroo]

who doesn't like a 69

[@louiselmer3352]

The 67 was shorter and had less aggressive body styling

[@gregmarkwood57]

most people seemed to like the 1969 Z/28 , in my younger years you could buy a real nice one owner 1967 SS 396 , 1968 Z/28 or 1969 Z/28 for $ 2500.00 My favorite was the 1968 Z/28 with the RS and spoiler package . I owned each one of these cars one at a time during the early to mid 1970s . Wish I could have kept one of them .

[@eZaFJDUBB]

Didn't these cars come with 4.10 rear end gears

[@j_freed]

(Takes foot of brake with car in Drive) Tires: _Chorp!_

[@gregleach8537]

That appears to have monoleaf springs. I thought all SS and Z-28’s got multileafs or am I mistaken?

[@jerrycollins966]

Not till 68

[@eronacalloway9159]

I thought Don Yenko didn’t use any factory badging on any of the cars he converted, just used his own designed emblems

[@applemusclecar1301]

It's not a low rear gear, it's a high rear gear.

[@bailey9r]

He meant low numerically, not low ratio.

[@veikkolappalainen1382]

What's the difference between solid or hydraulic lifters? Someone please educate me.

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

Hydraulic lifters have an oil-filled cavity that allows them to self-adjust to a certain degree. Solid are solid and require periodic adjustment to reduce play in the system. Solid are more consistent for high performance use. Basic differences.

[@rob99rst]

hydraulic lifters begin to float @ around 5000 rpm. That the end of your performance. soldid lifters can be reved to the moon. Solid lifters are for super high performance cars

[@deanwilliams867]

Hydraulic lifter has a plunger it's filled with oil to Pump It Up to self adjust the valves. Solid lifters exactly what it says it's a solid lifter there's no oil passing through it no self adjusting it must be done. Periodically

[@scottwiler8881]

didn't they call the tach a knee knocker

[@kevinmorley6300]

4:05. Very nice car but Get your foot off the brake !

[@rob99rst]

they didnt make 100 67 yenkos. that was a number yenko used to qualify the car for racing.8-10 real 67 yenkos exist.

[@rob99rst]

hydraulic car. NOT the super 450 monster

[@deanwilliams867]

307 Gering is high gear not low gearing now you being a car person you should know the difference

[@MuscleCarOfTheWeek]

+Dean Williams low numerically, high ratio.

[@h2oskiaddict]

Just to be clear, it's pronounced Don Yen Co not don Yank Co. His name has been butchered for ever.