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More New/Old Musclecars: Now You Can Buy A Re-Created 1967-1969 Yenko Camaro?!


More New/Old Musclecars: Now You Can Buy A Re-Created 1967-1969 Yenko Camaro?!

Apparently there is a way to subvert the collector car market and get exactly what you want from the era of the supercars: just shell out about $150,000 or so and you can buy your own car, complete with all-new sheetmetal, as you want it. Just a couple of weeks ago we learned about revived 1969-1970 Ford Mustangs that will be available starting this fall, and now there’s this: reproduced first-generation Yenko Camaros. It isn’t difficult to see why that particular variation got the nod to be reproduced. Low production numbers, high-performance options not found on regular Camaros, and market values that don’t come down, Yenkos are probably the most well-known of the dealership built special editions. Don Yenko knew how to work over the corporate ordering system and made monsters out of Camaros. Here’s the wording straight off of the website of BrandNewMusclecar.com about their new variations:

“The “Super” Camaro… The Yenko name is synonymous with performance, collectible, rare and value. When the Camaro debuted in 1967 it was an amazing car but it was limited to a maximum engine size of 396 cubic inches by an internal GM rule. The legendary Yenko Camaro was created by installing Chevrolet’s powerful 450hp L72 427ci big block engine for maximum track performance. The Yenko Super Camaro 450 was born! Only 60 of these extremely rare supercars were built. In 1968 only another 64 Yenko Super Camaros were sold. By 1969 Chevrolet created the now legendary “COPO” or Central Office Production Order special order program where dealers could order Camaros, Chevelles and Novas with 427 engines already installed. In that peak year 38 Nova, 99 Chevelle, and 198 Camaro Yenko Supercars were sold, 335 total. Still a very small number. Over time only 783 Yenko Supercars were ever sold in famous and rare versions of Camaros, Chevelles, Novas, Corvairs, and even Vegas. For example only 198 of the 185,528 total 1969 Camaros sold or 0.001% were Yenkos. Today Yenkos are some of the rarest, most collectible and valuable Chevrolet models in the world. When one of these unique cars occasionally appears at auction for sale prices range from $250,000 to $500,000 and more. Now imagine if you could design and order one of these supercars…”

Building more of the monsters under license from GM is a good thing for enthusiasts and people who wanted a Yenko that they could go have fun with and not sweat the rarity or the value. But one thing keeps tripping us up, the same thing that we saw on the continuation Mustangs: when discussing pricing, the quote, “Investments start at $149,000” keeps popping up. That is a bit of an eye-raiser and while it’s lower than buying the real-deal, that isn’t exactly budget-friendly. Maybe soon you can buy a LGX-powered base model for five digits. Who knows?

Want more information? CLICK HERE to check out BrandNewMusclecar.com


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2 thoughts on “More New/Old Musclecars: Now You Can Buy A Re-Created 1967-1969 Yenko Camaro?!

  1. camaro 69

    very nice, but far from an investment, Chinese recreation would be more accurate

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