The Last 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Converted to 427 Power by Don Yenko is Uncovered

Hot Rod ^ | 25JUL18 | Jerry Heasley

[DaxtonBrown]

I am workinbg on restoring my 67 Camaro convertible right now. I pulled it out of a junkyard in 177 for $250. Has a bad torque converter now, but vrrrrrooooom!

[DaxtonBrown]

I am workinbg on restoring my 67 Camaro convertible right now. I pulled it out of a junkyard in 1977 for $250. Has a bad torque converter now, but vrrrrrooooom!

My other car is a 1957 Bel Air. Built like a tank.

[Blurb2350]

Is that Bel Air the one with the fab-U-luss fins? If so, that's what my parents had when I was growing up. It was soaped one night and I couldn't for the life of me figure out why someone would begin washing their car and then, realizing it was the wrong car, fail to rinse off the soap. I was "unclear on the concept."

Oops! As I was typing this I realized you wrote "Bel Air" and I was thinking "Belvedere." Ours was a Plymouth Belvedere. But I clearly remember seeing Bel Airs regularly as a kid.

[Olog-hai]

$1,000 in 1968 dollars is about $7,389.71 in 2018 dollars, per the BLS online inflation calculator.

[LS]

I had a tricked- out 69 350 SS that I put 427 insignias on the front!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My son and I just toured Canepa in Scott's Valley, CA. It's a full restoration and customization shop like none you've ever seen before. They have a showroom (which is like a museum) with about $40 million of inventory and probably another $20 million of cars on their shop floor in various stages of restoration. If you are ever in the SF Bay Area and you love cars, you want to take a trip to Scott's Valley to this little known location.

[moovova]

It’s American history.

[MarkL]

If they can do a numbers matching restoration, of the class that Graveyard Cars does for MOPARs, that car will be worth crazy money at auction, well into the 6 figure range.

Mark

[gigster]

I’ve only had two cars that would be considered rare in my over forty years of car-guy ownership and collecting. The first was a 1970 Plymouth 440 Cuda Convertible originally equipped with air conditioning that I bought from my brother for one hundred and fifty dollars. This was in about 1982. I used the twin snorkle hood off of it on a ‘71 barracuda that I had and eventually sold. I had the ‘70 convertible up north in Walloon Lake Mi. where it sat outside of our barn for a few years. At the time, I was ony about twenty five years old and had my 1971 Dodge Charger SE that I was restoring. I needed the money and eventually sold the Cuda to a guy who specialized in Cuda and Challenger convertibles for five hundred dollars. Oh well, win some, lose some. My other rare car, to be brief, was a 1970 Plymouth 440 Six-Barrel 4 speed GTX that was a genuine barn-find that I tracked down in Charlevoix after many inquirees. I didn’t have room in my shop toproperly restore it, so I sold it to a guy from Detroit who sold it to a guy in South Dakota. Sorry if I’m being too verbose. best regards to you all. By the way, after some investigation, I found that there were only about 29 1970 440 Cuda Convertibles built.

[Hot Tabasco]

For us car guys this is major news.A 427 Yenko.,<>

Don't be too hard on the Mod, he likely rides a Vespa.....LOL!

[gigster]

I grew up in Detroit and have spent and driven hundreds of miles on Gratiot Avenue in over forty years.

[DaxtonBrown]

“Is that Bel Air the one with the fab-U-luss fins?”

Yup. The filler gas cap is in one fin.

[VeniVidiVici]

yep..... in 1967 I bought a new baby blue VW wagon and drove from San Francisco back to DC

427?

[VeniVidiVici]

My mom had a 1968 Red Camaro 327 with two-speed slush box that was a rusted out hulk by the time I turned 16 and got to drive it in 1972.

Ya, eight years back then was an eternity.

I had a '73 Catalina 400. Loved it. Slow as molasses but had a HUUUUUUGE back seat.

[bert]

as i recall, 1500 but maybe 1800

[KC Burke]

My cousin had a 1963 Stingray, the split window rarity. He got it new and drove it until about ‘94 when he traded it title-for-title for a close to new Lincoln. I think the thing had about 500k on it. He used the Lincoln as a family car and bought a new Viper for fun.