Bogus Yenko sighting at Carlise
 

Somebody was trying to unload a very bogus 69 Yenko Camaro at Carlise this week. The car was priced at 29,000.00 and was being compared to the bogus orange Yenko from Texas as being a better deal. As you might expect the car had a large number of people around the car all weekend. I listened to the shady story about the car, and the way he was avoiding any real history with a bunch of I'm not sures etc. When I asked him head on what was the history of the car he confessed that it was not a real car. A short time later the car had the word clone added to the windshield. This car was Fathom Green with a very bad white stripe job. Be on the lookout for this car! Also on hand was a very bad Yenko Chevelle clone that was sold the first day. I has not able to get any real info on this one, but it was a red car with a white stripe and white bucket seat interior.

Re: Bogus Yenko sighting at Carlise
 

The orange replica from Texas is now being sold by Hastys Car Country in Middletown, Ohio asking $37500. He acknowledges that it is a replica.
Gary

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I too was at Carlisle and also spotted this car (fathom green) as a clone, car did sound nice thou but what really caught my eye was on a engine stand on the hill was a aluminum moter the owner called a ZL-1 what was very interesting about this block was the YENKO logo cast and raised right in the block, but this block did not have srcew in freeze plugs ? I told him I had the truck to take it home but not the $10.000 asking price

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Tufrat:

The Yenko ZL-1 blocks came in 2 varieties-screw in and press in freeze plugs. If it had the Yenko crest cast into it, then it was probably legit. Any idea of the seller's name?

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Yenko Sportscar Club
www.yenko.net

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There is also a Daytona Yellow 69 Yenko Camaro clone on ebay. The bid is up to 22k. Seems to be a lot of Yenko clones since the stripe kits became inexpensive and available.

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I have seen the Yellow replica on EBAY.
It is mechanically strong but the body and interior are weak.
As always, buyer beware.

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I just received another call yesterday about another bogus Yenko Camaro. This one seems to have been bought at a PA car auction. The car is Fathom green with green interior. The new owner called about the car and nothing is correct NOTHING. The car was sold as authentic. The car was bought with the anticipation of making a big hit, not because they liked the car. If the car is sold very cheap, you can bet that it has problems. What happens next with this car is anybodys guess. Buyer beware once again.

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I hate to hear stories about clones, because more often than not (especially here lately), the story ends with someone buying one thinking it is authentic. There is nothing wrong with "cloning" these great cars, or any cars for that matter, the problem I have is with the misrepresentation that normally surrounds them.

I wish people would research these cars a little more before they purchase them, as there are MANY people in this hobby who would be glad to help, and many of those helpful people post on this bulletin board!

Are there ways to cure this problem?

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LS-6 Chevelle
(450hp, M-22, 4.10 posi,
AM/FM 8-track, red w/black stripes)

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Volo Auto Museum had a LS6 convert. on Ebay about a month ago. Jay from Volo called and represented it to me as a real car. I later found out it was a built fake that Volo knew about all along. I Emailed Jay and asked why he tried selling me a fake but never heard back. The car is red with black int. I was told it sold for around 70,000.00 It was built in Wisconsin. All this Bogus stuff is getting old.

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I too inquired about the "Bogus" LS-6 convertible at VOLO/ebay. I had Volo send me a copy of the P-O-P as well as all of the casting and stamped numbers. The most obvious thing about this car was it had a build date of August 1969 and the LS-6 was not offered until November of 1969. There was also an error on the restamped tranny that they transferred to the repro P-O-P. There is also a blue bogus LS-6 convertible floating around that Volo sold about 3 years ago. It was also "built" in Wisconsin.

"Caveat Emptor"

[Edited by COPO (05-03-2000 at 05:22 PM).]