This 1970 Chevrolet Nova Yenko Deuce carries a secret most muscle cars never had to keep — performance built specifically to fly under the insurance industry’s radar. Don Yenko engineered it as a quieter alternative to his more famous Camaros and Chevelles, right as rising premiums started pricing enthusiasts out of the cars they wanted most. Now a centerpiece of The Brothers Collection, this Deuce was chosen to headline a milestone 150th episode of Muscle Car of the Week. Watch to see what Yenko was really hiding under that modest Nova body.
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Don Yenko took the humblest car on the Chevrolet lot and dropped in the same 350-cubic-inch engine found in the Z-28 Camaro and LT1 Corvette. Only 175 of these 1970 Nova Yenko Deuces were built, each finished off with a giveaway hood-mounted tachometer. Here’s how a bench-seat economy car became a genuine muscle car in disguise.
