9 Rarest Chevrolet Muscle Cars Ever!

[@bbb462cid]

The magic of the ZL1 engine was weight savings. An aluminum 427 block was quite a thing in 1969. The aluminum engine block introduced several headaches with cooling and tuning, and some drag racers replaced the engine with an iron block 427.

[@JimS870]

What's wrong with aluminum and cooling?

[@bbb462cid]

@@JimS870 I never said that aluminum was wrong for cooling. I said making the block out of it introduced cooling headaches. There's a subtle difference. Just for a second think of heat cycling. If you're not understanding the difference, I'm not going to spend the next twenty minutes typing. You're online, look into it.

[@pb68slab18]

Metallurgy for one. The aluminum alloys of the time were not all that great for the thinwall casting technology of the day. The aluminum blocks would get more distorted than an iron block when they heated up. @@JimS870

[@UberLummox]

Ok Mr Grumpy-pants.@@bbb462cid

[@UberLummox]

@@JimS870 I think the problem is aluminum blocks need steels cylinder sleevs/bores. And the two dissimilar metals handle extreme heat very differently, causing head gasket problems I believe. Maybe other problems. That's the basics, anyway. That didn't take 20 mins, did it @bbb462cid.

[@rennyneumaier5553]

I love these old cars. Can't imagine how fast they would have been back then with good rubber

[@melodigrand]

In 1962 Motor Trend tested a 413 Super Stock Dodge with 3.90 gears and auto trans. With stock 7.50 14 rubber and stock mufflers it ran 14.4. They installed 9.00-14 soft butyl street tires, uncorked the factory exhaust cutouts and ran 13.4!

[@USCG.Brennan]

@@melodigrand Check out the '62 "Melrose Missile" Mopar....it actually ran 11.9......fact. Google this title word for word and you can read about it-----> "Vintage Car Life Road Test: 1962 Dodge Dart 413 - The Max Wedge Legend Started Here"

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

The 1963 Z 11 Impala was not used for NASCAR racing . The Z 11 had a stroker crank in a 409 for 427 cubic inches . The '63 Impalas used in NASCAR had the Mark 1 version of the big block Mark IV displacing 427 cubic inches . Two totally different engines .

[@wmfew4537]

The 427 w type was referred to as the Mystery Motor and was built for drag racing. It was a modified stroked 409 425hp motor bringing it up to 427ci. With dual quads and special high flow exhaust manifolds.

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

@@wmfew4537 Sorry , but the Mystery Motor was the early version of the Rat Motor that was ran at Daytona . They had already been running the W motors for several years , so one equipped with a stroker crank was nothing new . However an all new engine with splayed valve heads was mysterious, hence the name .

[@Brando_Magnifico]

To be fair, He didn't say that it was used in nascar. He said designed

[@bobbrinkerhoff3592]

@@Brando_Magnifico but he got that wrong also , as the sole purpose of the Z11 was drag racing .

[@johneckert1365]

​@bobbrinkerhoff3592 W motors never held up in Nascar anyhow. Drag racing was it's only forte

[@NathanSmith-xf7rk]

I loved these cars back when I was a kid in the late sixties and early seventies, many gear heads back then always working on their cars, hearing guys burning tires, I can still remember in my head, boy I miss them days, if only people would have kept their cars or didn’t wreak them, they would have been worth a lot of money 💰

[@billplaney2585]

If they had kept them and didn't wreck them, they would be more common and not worth so much. The main reason they are so valuable is because most people used the hell out of them.

[@1980bwc]

If everybody who owned them, kept them, they'd be worth about the same as a Chevette. Lol. They were great looking back then, and fast in their day. They still look great, but in all honesty, everything else about them is underwhelming. Especially when compared to modern cars. The only way most of them were fast, was in a straight line. They handled and braked like crap. With modern advancements in performance parts though, with enough money, you can make them powerful, and make them handle like modern cars.

[@robertgreenleaf3647]

He asked those were the days that's why everyone is getting into classic cars because it's the closest thing you can get to as far as a time machine hey can you bring you right back to when you were younger

[@U2haveanicedayty2]

What is really important and a Shame that so many will never get to know and understand the Experience unless you Live it.Thanks for sharing all these amazing details and special memories for me.Thanks so much Deb 💯✌️

[@JT-SE-OHIO]

Awesome time to have been there.

[@guyski666]

Another neat and rare street drag car was the 1968 Dodge Dart GTS 383 4 spd from the factory - not a lot of people are aware of it :)

[@crgra2844]

The subject is Cheverolet Goober !

[@happycat0411]

I remember seeing a 427 COPO Nova up for sale for $5000 Canadian (up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) in the local AutoTrader back in the late 1970s. However, back then no one even knew what COPO meant.... Most of us small town locals were all into Hot Rod Magazine which meant Hooker Headers, Edelbrock Cams, chrome Cragar S/S 5 spoke rims, and B&M shifters..... Back then, one could also buy a used BOSS 429 Mustang or a 440 Superbird for $5000 as the oil prices had everyone worrying that we were going to run out of crude oil and buying a cheap 4 or 6 cylinder was the only way to go.....

[@michaelbyrne8860]

Wow, I bought a "67" Impala SS, 4 speed, turbo fire 327, hard top, metallic blue, black leather bucket seats with SS badging, and a factory installed Am/FM 8 track stereo in "77"? For $75.00 and I gave it away to move to Texas! I loved that car! The 2nd biggest mistake in my life! The 1st! Marrying my High School Girlfriend! Damn I miss that car! It was sweet! Unlike my 1st wife!

[@robertgreenleaf3647]

I understand I reminisce about the Camaro I had when I was younger when a daydream about it I feel as if I'm sitting in the driver's seat again the feel of the steering wheel just everything about the car back then I guess I took it for granted I wish I could get behind the wheel of that car again

[@dmk7700]

The Z11 '63 Impala was a real "torque" beast. I'm not sure, but I think it ran either a 4:11 or 4:54 rear end. I owned a '62 Bel Air Sport Coupe (Bubble Top) with a small block 327ci/325hp --- my Fave!!!

[@waynehardy6186]

The L-78 396 WAS Offered in 66. It is an iron headed 396 that was rated at 375 hp. They also had a 425 horse version.

[@jameskalka3224]

Yes, you are correct. Iron heads but an aluminum manifold. The L-89 added aluminum heads.

[@shovelrick1]

It was the 396 65 Malibu SS Z16 cars rated at 425hp RPO L36 or L37 ?

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

@@shovelrick1 Chevy rated the 1965 Z16 engine at 375hp with a hydraulic cam and the L78 in the 1965 Corvette at 425hp with solid lifters. Chevy wanted to rate the 1966 L72 427 at 450hp, but the insurance companies said they wouldn't insure it. The 1966 L78 got rated at 375hp and the 1966 L72 rated at 425hp.

[@Dayandcounting]

It was not advertised for most of 67 though. It was semi exclusive to the SS396 Camaro in 67. You could still order them but they were not advertised as option in other models.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

@@Dayandcounting In 67 the Camaro could be had with the 325hp 396 and the 375hp 395, but not the 350hp 396 (until 68). The 67 Firebird could be had with the regular 400 4 barrel and 400 RA, but not with the 400 HO (until 68). So GM left the 67 350hp 396 to the Chevelle and the 400 HO to the GTO. So some rather odd marketing, that they fixed for 68.

[@waynetaylor8082]

What, NO 1969 ZL-1 Corvette? ONLY TWO were built!

[@barnabyjones5161]

This is for muscle cars, not corvettes.

[@waynetaylor8082]

@@barnabyjones5161 A 427 Corvette much like a 427 Shelby Cobra can be/is A MUSCLE CAR to many.

[@barnabyjones5161]

@@waynetaylor8082 negative, ghostrider. Corvettes are just sports cars.

[@waynetaylor8082]

​@@barnabyjones5161Right back at you Ghostrider.

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

YOU'LL HAVE TO PARDON "P D EVOLUTION"... I THINK THEY HAVE A CASE OF "CRS"(CAN'T REMEMBER SHIT)❤️🤭

[@jacobrev6567]

This video is pretty good PD Evolution I absolute like it already 😃👍

[@pd07]

Thanks so much, my friend!

[@jacobrev6567]

@@pd07 you welcome

[@Carspotter682]

​@@pd07Can you please make a video of the 9 rarest modern Chevrolet muscle cars of all time? This means muscle cars from 1985 to 2023.

[@pd07]

I will try it. Thanks for your idea.

[@USCG.Brennan]

The FIRST Chevelle SS with a 396 engine was the 1965 Chevelle Malibu Z16, which you show later in this video. You could also order a 67 Chevelle with a 427 back then. You forgot the very rare '61 Impala SS with the 409. I've only seen 4 in my 65 years and I owned one of them, but it as the 348 early 1961 model year version....

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

There were some dealers that assembled new 1967 Chevelles with 427's, but the factory assembled ones weren't made until the 1968 model year and 1969 too.

[@USCG.Brennan]

​@@BrandonLeeBrown I remember seeing a few '67 Chevelle's back in the day with the 427 factory tags on the fenders. How could those '67s have factory "Turbojet 427" emblems on the fenders unless they were being produced then? Just curious.....

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

@@USCG.Brennan There were factory 427 Impalas in 1967. None with the solid lifters that the 1966 models could have , until again in 1968. The 1967 Chevelles had some dealer installed 427's, but not factory installed in 1967 Chevelles.

[@JazzbLu]

All beautiful cars! It's funny how the tires are so skinny compared to today's cars.

[@hotrodray6802]

Only 70 series. Just a few had 60.

[@paulne1514]

My father-in-law bought new off the showroom floor, a 1966 Caprice 427 4-spd with 4:56 rear. He told me he would get in the low 13’s. If he out slicks on it, high 12’s. Not bad for a big luxury car. When I asked why he sold it, he told me it only got 4 mpg. I was told they only made 50, 1 for each of the top 50 dealers in the country.

[@Friedbrain11]

Those are very hard to find too.

[@georgecurtis6463]

Remember when in 69 or 70 that a room mate showed up with a new ss 427 malibu. Man, that thing could burn rubber at anytime and for as long as one wanted. I was only 19 so knew little else. Impressive for sure.

[@FabianValentiexcelentevideoGra]

Nova Yenko 427 😍😍😍💪💪💪

[@frankjohnson6342]

Any yenko car is NOT a factory car in any way it’s an aftermarket car like a Hennessy redone car

[@JosephcharlesCamus]

P​@@frankjohnson6342

[@markguerin701]

The yenko is Not a factory car ! Its a dealer modified car ! Like Mr. Norm's MOPARS..

[@katskratchkustumz]

Z28 302 was advertised at 290hp, ACTUAL hp was over 400

[@helpful5539]

Not that old wives tale again

[@nicwilson6391]

There is a guy here in boise idaho that has a yenko nova with the 427 in it....I only saw it 1 time but it was very nice

[@tcrutch65]

What about the 1970 LS6 powered El Camino SS with a 4 speed manual trans?

[@NovaResource]

Great video but some clarification is needed here. #2 The COPO was not for the 396 in a 1968 Nova. COPO 9738 was for the TH400 automatic to be made available with the big block engine. Up until that point, the big block was only available with a manual trans. Fred Gibb wanted to drag race the big block Nova with an automatic but NHRA required at least 50 be built by Chevrolet to allow it to be legal in the Stock Eliminator category. #1 Yenko did not build 38 Novas with the 427. Yenko ordered 37 Novas and 28 of them had the 427 swap. 9 were left as 396’s.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

My uncle bought a new 427 Nova. It was blue, with no stripes on it. It was a 4-speed car. He never jacked it up, but he put Cragar S/S wheels on it, with G60-14's in the rear and E70-14's in the front. He later ordered a second design L-88 427 from Chevy and it arrived as a completely assembled engine, with an assembly date of Jan 1970. When my cousin got old enough to drive, my uncle sold the car, because he didn't want his son to drive it. The car would have been about 10 years old then.

[@NovaResource]

@@BrandonLeeBrown What year Nova and from what dealership? Because Chevy never installed a 427 in any Nova from the factory.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

@@NovaResource It was dealer installed. It was a 68 or a 69. It was slightly darker than the medium blue paint color. Both the front and the back looked like it sat a bit lower than most Novas. Not lowered, but maybe different springs. Maybe the wheels and tires made it look that way. Were the Camaro springs any different from the Nova springs?

[@NovaResource]

@@BrandonLeeBrown Gotcha. Yes, 1st Gen Camaros has the same front and rear suspension as 3rd Gen Novas. So rear springs from a Camaro would fit a Nova.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

@@NovaResource I know the Camaro spring will fit the Nova, I was wondering if they were different in that they might make it sit lower to the road. My uncle's 427 Nova looked lower than most Novas, both front and rear. Were the 396 Novas like that? Was it just from the low profile tires? If Camaro spring were put on a Nova, would they change its height? Maybe because it was the 1970's and so many hotrod cars had air shocks, with tires protruding from the quarter panels, it looked low to me.

[@analogkid4557]

The 69 TA had some rare versions and also the 73-74 SD 455 TAs. The 69 Hurst Olds was rare too. You also had the 421 Tempests and Swiss Cheese Catalinas in the early 60s. Ha, nevermind, just noticed it was Chevy only!

[@electrichellion5946]

I met this guy who has an unrestored original 1969 Yenko Chevelle. A blue unrestored Yenko Camaro is another of his Yenko cars.

[@Chuck59ish]

How about a video on the Pontiac Muscle cars of the late 60s early 70s.

[@pd07]

Thanks for your idea 💡

[@johngeroly7470]

Had a 67 belair when I was 15 my first car. Had a 427 with a 2 speed power glide. Whet like hell. Wish I still had it.

[@barryf5479]

Powerglide and a 427. What a combination 🙂

[@Friedbrain11]

@@barryf5479 Heheheheh....don't think so LOL(maybe a 327 but not a 427)

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

@@barryf5479 427 Corvettes had special Powerglides in 1966 and 1967. Those heavy duty Powerglides were used in Canadian assembled cars cars too.

[@barryf5479]

I loved the Chevy Novas with the big blocks. I was too young to buy one but they sure look like fun cars. Recently at a local "Rods and Relics" show, I saw a stock 1968 Chevy Biscayne with a 409 and 4 speed manual. "Dog dish" hubcaps. The car was a "sleeper" and would have been a real interesting ride.

[@johneckert1365]

The W motors were done in cars after 1963, trucks 1965.

[@Friedbrain11]

No such thing as a 409 '68 Chevy. It would either be a conversion or it was a 396. The 409 was a W series motor that wasn't produced after 1964.

[@johneckert1365]

@Friedbrain11 Sometimes you can find a W big block in a medium duty Chevy truck post 1964. They were probably using up thier old inventory lol

[@AutoCrete]

A buddy had one 70 or 71 if I recall. He rebuilt the 396 with the hands on 'help' of his dad (an old hot roder) . Buddy was trying to keep the Nova pretty streetable, his dad had other plans. The old boy was a terrorist at the parts counter when buying components.. Once warmed up the car idled not too bad at 900 RPM. Buddy followed the break in period religiously. Right around 1,000 miles in his dad asked to take it for a spin which he did. About 3 hours later he got back home and told his son while handing him $250 'That ought to cover a pair of tires." (in the mid 70's it would) On his next drive the rear tires were almost slicks and the gas tank was full. I'd call that a pretty cool dad. Shifting into 3rd that 396 would set you back into the seat real hard and keep you there until it was time for 4th.

[@josephnewcomb5670]

I miss my 69 Chevy Nova Big Block :(

[@pierrelenormand1762]

Very nice presentation, interresting to see all of them by the numbers. Do Pontiac next please !

[@sum12see]

I know a gentleman in Maryland who has one of 6 made 69 Baldwin Motion Camaros,427 BigBlock with a Magneto and four core radiator with a Rocker Crusher 4 speed and 12 bolt rear..Original Torque Thrust magnesium rims.15x7 up front and 15x8's in the rear..It was bought originally as a 1967 RS..So it had all the Rs options,hide away headlights,blacked out rear body panel,black vinyl top factory lift bars..and the best of all!!??.67 corvette side pipes with the stainless covers...I saw the car last spring..it only had 38,875 miles on the odometer...Very low milage car..Its a rootbeer color with black hounds tooth interior...The guy just died,a few months back on his Harley...So i jave no idea what is gonna happen to that rare beast??

[@Ecoblu1972]

My father has a COPO Camaro ought it in 71 after his 68 SS Chevelle was stolen. Back then was looking at a 66 L-72 corvette but he was 25 and insurance was as much as the car payment so he narrowed it down to a 69 SS 396 Nova but the clutch was worn and the guy wouldn’t come down on price so he settled for the Camaro at the same price. His cousin owned a 69 COPO Chevelle at the time. There’s more powerful cars today BUT the experience at least to me is TOTALLY Different the Sounds, Smells, and the Feel. You want a workout try driving that 4spd with that non assisted clutch or the lack of power steering at a dead stop with that BB under the hood

[@mattmccauley1110]

I’m pretty sure that the 396 was available first and the 1965 Chevelle Malibu super sport it did not debut in 1966.

[@49bluesmanhuh]

Yes it was, 1965 Z16 with the 375 HP 396. 200 manufactured in red, black or yellow only.

[@richardritter3092]

In 68 / 69 they made 12 Chevelle SS 2 door sedans with vent windows .... They were left over 68's that were still on the line .....

[@macklandtube]

You need to include the early corvette 1969? Corvette that was a 1of2 aluminum 427. Only one survives today.

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Nice presentation. You made a few mistakes, but that's OK, it's just youtube. The COPO cars were not "rare", they were special order vehicles not available to consumers. Sort of like fire trucks and such. The L78 engines were not replaced by "L72" 427s, they're top ends were swapped to 427 short blocks.

[@melodigrand]

Yes! Swapping the short block was the cost effective way to go 427. If you could find a cooperative dealer you might order a Nova SS three speed with the 350 hp 396 and have the dealer swap in the L36 427 short block. You might drive away a 427 Nova for a bit over $3,000.

[@imbatman3620]

I wonder if the 2015-2017 Chevy SS will be a future collectable: a true performance sleeper with a LS 6.2 V8? 🤔

[@timeless6964]

I was Not Aware that Nova`s were a Copo Feature!!!.....Cool!!!

[@coleheister7390]

Baldwin Motion cars never get any love

[@lonniewheeler2587]

I had a 1967 SS Chevelle with a factory mistake they put a 427 tri power in it with 396 badges I bought it from a Chevrolet dealer

[@TheTruthseeker59]

i should have wore a bib watching this, the whole front of my shirt is soaked with drool!

[@Fred_NaughT]

😂 is your tongue still stuck to your chin as mine is?

[@TheTruthseeker59]

yes sir !@@Fred_NaughT

[@msh6865]

Fun fact...in 1970 there were fewer LS5 SS454 Chevelles made than LS6's. Obviously the LS6 is more desirable and collectible but, in terms of numbers made, the LS5 cars are rarer.

[@Kgio-2112]

How is that fun

[@Friedbrain11]

I knew a woman back then that had a '70 Chevelle with the LS6 and 4 speed. She owned a couple of gas stations for real. She knew exactly how to make that car fly!

[@shovelrick1]

LS6 option you couldn't get a/c, LS5 you could

[@MrShark4488]

I can't believe that the 2 ultra rare 1969 ZL-1 Corvette's are not in here.

[@jeff-ds2pr]

You missed the rarest of all which was a 1968 Camaro Z28 convertible. Unlike the Yenkos which were aftermarket cars, this was an actual factory build (1 of 1) for Chevrolet's GM Pete Este at the time.

[@robertfuller5081]

Another car not mentioned was the 1969 ZL1 corvette of which 2 were made, but only 1 exists.

[@edwardtelles1956]

Great Cars... Looking for the name of the background music...

[@paulsheehan5010]

In Canada, it was also called Pontiac Beaumont 2+2.

[@robertmay-rp3eo]

I know a man with two ls6 convertibles completely restored,one red and one black.and my buddy has a 69 copo camaro.beautiful cars

[@SoMDHarleyRider]

Some sources? L88s regularly dino'd over 520HP.

[@MadMike1978racing]

I saw in a magazine there was a 2002 Camaro ZL-1. Only 37 built

[@georgepaust8416]

1967 L88 Corvette... Only 20 units built. 1968+69 L88 Corvette... Only around 200 total for both years. Although I'm not a huge fan of the Corvette, these were rarer than many others and much more valuable.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid!!!

[@The_R-n-I_Guy]

We're losing all of our classic cars to the crusher. If you can save one, do it. Cause there aren't many left. Especially after the cash for clunkers crap

[@shovelrick1]

Central Office Production Order wasn't only for Don Yenko dealership, Should've just COPO Not Yenko Chevelles or at least included the others like Gibb, Baldwin etc.

[@matrox]

If these cars had modern 6 and 10 speed transmissions they would be at least 1.5 sec. quicker in a 1/4 mile.

[@keithewilson9699]

Yenkos were not from the factory

[@helpful5539]

Didn't listen to all of the narration but I think this did not delete those. Maybe someone can't put up a long title to cover the whole specifics but the title did not say only factory available models. (I would have left the yenkos out, not factory).This list minus those is pretty fair for the kind of cars the average guy may be able to find and buy.

[@55mblindy]

Yes, they were. If you had the correct option code you had to know someone to get it then your buddy at the dealer would put the code in and then you would buy the car.

[@keithewilson9699]

You're absolutely wrong. I guess you think that applies to Baldwin motion cars too. There's something called a twister. Do u know about that car?

[@darrellsomers5427]

Sorta but the 69 yenko was a factory built COPO minus the headers

[@MikeSmith-qz2fc]

You missed one rare chevelle. There was "one" factory built chevelle 300 COPO 9719 built with the 396 cu in 425 HP with a M22 tranny and 4.88:1 posi rear end.

[@halweilbrenner9926]

As you see on the front fender that Camaro is a rs Rally Sport. Was also available as a Z28 & a Z28/Rally Sport.

[@BrandonLeeBrown]

A neighbor had an 1967 SS/RS Camaro with a 350 in it. Not as rare as a 1967 Z28, but a nice car.

[@jessefarley4609]

Wonder if any dealership still makes proformance packages?

[@NewtonWashinton]

In 1969 Dick Harrel also built 1 of 1 Nova 427 ZL1, I would not know about it except I seen it with my own eyes in a Chevrolet Showroom New in 1969. I was still in school and had no money for a double price Nova, back in 1969 a new Nova SS 396/375HP was $3300.00, this Nova was double that cost. But I was able to sit in the car and dream.

[@FernandoChaves]

And a few cars owned by Chevy engineers are even more rare and more powerful. As the owners die off, these cars get passed down, but still most are not known. Occasionally one will be seen at the Gratiot Cruise or Woodward Cruise. Licensed and on the road or occasionally without license or even VIN. They are real. They exist. And there were dealers that ordered and/or build one or two cars that remain widely unknown. They may or may not still exist. I have seen a couple. Documentation is the problem with such cars. But they were built and some are out there. When found, they are identified as "clones" or otherwise by "experts".

[@bkeith269]

I sure do love me some four point one zero gears.

[@brandonbell5357]

Wat she said

[@brandonbell5357]

Wat she said

[@michaelbilodeau8412]

Nice car original one is big bucks

[@mikenelson9111]

What about the 1968 Camaro z/28 convertible only one was made...top that!

[@propdoctor21564]

Great video 👍👍

[@erickort1987]

69 yenko nova with 427 only 30-40 produced ,only about 9 in existance today

[@TimBarnett-pl9kd]

I owned this car, even same blue paint.

[@polystictus]

I'd like a 62 Z11. I believe they were assembled with factory provided parts after the fact. A ZL1 Corvette (1969) would be the rarest. Its either two or three of them. I would settle for a Z16. No mention of the Mystery engine cars of 1963 (?). They were the predecessors of the 396/427. L88's? I passed on a 1967 L89 Corvette. Only 16 made...a 427 435 with L88 heads. I thought too much money at the time.

[@CrazyBear65]

Don Yenko got killed in a plane crash with Jerry Spear, a Cessna 210-M that crashed on landing at Yeager Airport in Charleston, West Virginia, on Thursday, March fifth, 1987. I remember hearing it on the radio when it happened. I was driving a Nova that I bought from Spear Chevy when I heard the news. How's that for irony?

[@jameskalka3224]

Video regarding the 1967 Chevelle SS396 being the first year to have the L-78 version of this engine is not correct. I owned a factory built 1966 Chevelle SS396 with the L-78 engine. It was a 4 speed with bench seat and 456 rear gear. It was rated at 375hp @ 56 hundred rpm with solid lifters that I was always adjusting! If I'm not mistaken, a few 1965 Chevelle SS were built with the original 396 Mark IV engines with the original horsepower rating of 425hp. I had a couple of friends that also had 66SS cars with the L-78 option.

[@vernbarnes8007]

I wonder how many people know that yenko also touch a few vegas they were called the stinger most had the famed cosworth duel overhead cam but a few did show up with the 327 v8 too.

[@georgegbalzano9239]

Yenko ALSO did some Corvairs 1968-69, and called them The Stinger too...

[@electrichellion5946]

Admittedly. It bow tie but Uber rare is The factory special build one of one 428 four speed Ford country squire wagon.

[@darenm5691]

Thanks Dave!

[@brandonbell5357]

Dave and Patti

[@jameskinchen6596]

Why weren't the 1967, 1968 and 1969 L-88 and the 1969 ZL1 Corvettes mentioned? All of these were rarer than the Yenko Nova.

[@pd07]

They are sports cars.

[@BuzzLOLOL]

04:10 1970 450 HP 454" Chevelle wasn't faster than lighter 1970 Corvette with 450 HP or 460 HP 454" engine...

[@jameskinchen6596]

@@BuzzLOLOL The 450 HP 454 was not available in a 1970 Corvette. It was only offered in the 1970 Chevelle. GM never built a 460 HP 454, well, not one that was advertised at 460 hp.

[@JaredJohnson-x5s]

What about the 69 Corvette ZL1 that they only made 1 of. Maybe Corvette isn't considered a muscle car but the 69 Z28 that they built for a GM executive that had a Th400 transmission. The only first gen Z28 that had an automatic. They only made one of those too.

[@NotKamalasBeach]

A good friend of mine had a 350 HP 1967 Chevelle Super Sport 4 speed with buckets. He lost a couple times but not when I was with him although we did have a few close ones. The 375 HP 396's had solid lifters and required adjustment often is why people didn't order too many. These days they sit in the garage most of the time so everyone wants them.

[@jimthomas1989]

I have a 66 Chevelle Super Sport , It has a built small block 327 , 12:1 Forged pistons ,Forged Steel Vette Crank , Ported Heads, Headers, aluminum intake, 750cfm carb, 600hp, Lakewood Blow Proof bell housing, 11 inch clutch, M-21 Muncie 4 speed trans , 12 bolt posi , Runs high 11s at just under 130 in the quarter mile

[@saikumarkhan]

good video 👌👌👏👏

[@HypocriticYT]

No 1967 Beaumont SD or the Cheetah with 427 ?

[@Bruh..669]

No 1970 chevelle 454 ss with the ls6?

[@marksauer7604]

#11 The L79 327/350 HP Chevy II

[@NovaResource]

Agreed. 5,481 in 1966 and an estimated 6 in 1967. The real rare ones are the non-SS Chevy IIs. 200 Chevy II 100-series, 2-door sedans we’re built with the L79. And some say there were couple station wagons with that engine too. Super rare.

[@autodarren]

I believe i own 8:32 the body of that Nova. It has a diffent dash pad than any other Nova from that ers

[@sergeantmasson3669]

'67-'69 Camaro Z./28 cars were sloth-slow turds. All show and no go.

[@marshallmcdowell3369]

1965 Malibu SS z-16 convertible? Only one is known to have been produced

[@swarm6697]

Well the 1969 z28 with the r s package is pretty dame rare I have one Yes take that j letto

[@erickriebel4366]

When you go back to 1962 or 1963 you see a couple of rare rare cars it is actually before the muscle car definition but they were very rare and they were very hot for the time Oldsmobile and Pontiac and Ford and Chevrolet made very rare high performance cars and very few of them

[@Doc1855]

I Loved my 73 Nova. It had 60K original miles on it in 96. It was an older woman who bought it new. She didn’t know what she had and sold it to me for $500.

[@johnie19644]

Still have it?

[@Doc1855]

@@johnie19644 No I was forced into selling it when I went through a divorce. The young man I sold it to totaled it in 2 months after buying it.

[@brandonbell5357]

That's taking advantage of some old lady you. Proud of that called sad

[@Doc1855]

@@brandonbell5357 She’s the one who was given up her license to drive and needed to get rid of it. I would have gladly given her the going price, but she said that she had gotten her use out of it and if I didn’t buy it for $500 someone else would

[@Nomadcreations]

The Grumps 63 looks More like a 409 Block........................ Trick Photography or ???

[@utuBrV1oI]

The rarest chevy of all, IMO, is believe it or not, a '69 camaro RS with either 6 cyl motor! I have never seen one in the flesh, tho i have read about 2 or 3 existing online. Probably rarer than a '69 ZL1!, tho Chevy could have built tons of 6 cyl RS's, if that's what people wanted.

[@NovaResource]

Ever see a 1st Gen Camaro with a bench seat? Yes, they did make some.

[@helpful5539]

But this list is muscle cars. A 60's 6 popper a muscle car?

[@biglutherie]

I like the info, but not crazy about the AI voice-over.

[@waiting4aliens]

ZL 1 Corvettes. 2 of them.

[@hotrodray6802]

I had a new 70 Camaro RS/SS396, L34 obviously, silver, black interior, silver wheels and dog dishes, TH400, PS, PB, AC, 12 bolt 3.36 posi, etc. Only one I have EVER seen, even on the net. Google cant even find one. Cant even find production numbers. Sigh...... 😢

[@cylux9008]

Maybe this is cheating but i reminder 3 more: -They exist a Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Convertible that is only 1 unit -I dont remember at all but i think that they a special wagons i dont remember that is a Chevrolet Nomad or a Chevrolet Chevelle Wagon -They are a rare "muscle" that are only for Brazilian market i think that is a special version of the Chevrolet Opala or maybe is another vehicle model

[@seanhoward8025]

I believe the Z/28 Convertible was a one-off build for Chevrolet executive Pete Estes.

[@Maxwell555a]

What about the 1977 Camaro the one everyone forgot about

[@CrazyBear65]

Why do you have to go and ruin the video by adding that unnecessary annoying background music? It renders the video unwatchable. Why can't you just _narrate?_

[@pd07]

Thanks for your opinion!

[@ThomasJacobson-d4c]

1964 Chevelle SS 365 HP 208 made. I owned one

[@dalebronniman9060]

My pal had a 302 Camaro

[@oveidasinclair982]

My dad can tell you first hand why the Nova is rare, it was a rust bucket. The rear wheel wells, trunk lid, back window area all started to rust withing 3-4 years

[@NotKamalasBeach]

Most old cars will start rotting around the rear window, rear wheel wells and rockers. It depends on where you're at. Not much problem here on the west coast and not on the beach. Cars are throwaways if they salt your roads, I couldn't do it.

[@NCmtnDweller]

What no Hornet SC ??

[@roncoombs177]

It was the third year for the 396 chevele . chevy made 201 65 Z16 cheveles

[@naughtmeenaym869]

The 1969 Corvette ZL1 is the most rare Chevy muscle car of all time. The 1963 Corvette Z06 should be in the top 5 too (199-202 units). The '67 L88 should be in the top three and the '68-69 L88 included too. NONE of the after-factory altered cars (Yenko, Harrel, etc.) should be included. If Corvettes aren't muscle cars then neither is an early 60's Super Stock Dodge or a '75 442. None of the Impalas or Camaros are either. Using a strict definition of muscle car means a mid size car with the company's bigger/biggest engine. So...a fuel injected '57 Chevy Black widow is a muscle car and any V8 Corvette is too...until about 1973. That's the cut off no matter the carline.

[@brianscott9861]

My friend I worked with at Honda had one

[@scarbourgeoisie]

Today, you can walk into any Chevy Dealer and buy an LT1 Camaro for less than half the price of any of these cars and eat all of their lunches.

[@ronaldarchibald2506]

But lose money forever on it. All of these old cars are worth more than new price.

[@clarkmeldrum7276]

Somebody is running out of content ideas.