Yenko Deuce
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Deuce | |
Production period: | 1968-1970 |
Class : | Sports car |
Body versions : | Coupe |
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Petrol engines : 7.0 liters (311–331 kW) |
Length: | 4826 mm |
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Wheelbase : | 2819 mm |
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Previous model | Yenko Stinger |
successor | Yenko Stinger II |
The Yenko Deuce is a super sports car that was built from 1968 to 1973 by Yenko Sportscars , Inc. in Canonsburg (Pennsylvania) based on the Chevrolet Nova .
Don Yenko , who already in 1965 the Yenko Stinger based on the Chevrolet Corvair offering, built in 1968 in the Chevrolet models Nova and Chevelle the largest V8 engine from Chevrolet one. This unit with 6997 cm³ displacement achieved at least 423 bhp (311 kW). These vehicles should stand up to the Ford Mustang and the Plymouth Barracuda on the racetracks .
A total of only 37 Yenko Deuce are said to have been made and sold for $ 4,000. Today there are still seven of them.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 . Krause Publications, Inc. Iola, Wisconsin (2002). ISBN 0-87349-461-X