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Originally, this was going to improve the AMT Old Pro kit, but then I decided it would make a better Yenko than a parts car. As a lot of people know, you cannot make an accurate Yenko Nova just from this kit alone, you need the COPO Nova as well. Mainly for the bench seat, none SS grille, and poverty caps and white wall tires. Fortunately I picked up the COPO Nova kit when it was available, so I have the parts on hand.

I did a bit of research on these Novas and here is what they did to build these monsters. First, Don Yenko ordered the SS 396/375 HP Nova from Chevy. Then they used the heads, intake, and exhaust manifolds from that engine and put them on the 427 short block to come up with about 450 HP. All of these cars were ordered with bench seats, rubber floor mats, black interior, and the white wall tires on stock steel rims with poverty caps. Yenko did hang a 8,000 RPM tach from the steering column and put in a 140 mph speedometer. I do not know if the decal sheet shows the speedo going to 140, numbers are too small to read! It was also only available in a select few colors.

37 were built, 28 with the 427, and about 8 survive now.

Thanks for looking.

[RDean58]

This one will be painted Testors' Nassau Blue, a stand in for the Le Mans blue that I don't want to source from MCW. As you can see, I have some white wall tires from an AMT parts pack while the rear "double stripe" tires are the Firestone cheater slicks from another AMT parts pack. The rims are actually from the new release 59 El Camino as I'm using the Nova rims on a 69 Chevelle kit. I'll be using the hubcaps from the COPO Nova.

The engine for my Yenko will be a bit more crazy than what was offered. I've decided it will portray an L-88 version of Chevy's big block. 12:5 to 1 compression, 430 (very conservative) horsepower rating from Chevy. Actual horsepower rating was in the 500 to 540 range. The L-88 has aluminum heads, dual plane aluminum intake, and a Holley 850 cfm carburetor. This version will also have the chambered exhaust and headers from the Revell 69 Camaro convertible kit.

Thanks for looking.

[RDean58]

Sorry for the multiple entries, I had problems with the original subject, kept getting a 404 page not found error.