[RichSchmidt]

If course everybody wants an original one,,but since just about every one of these cars is accounted for in some form or another,the only way to get the Yenko experiance is to either pay top dollar for one of the existing ones,or build one yourself.I know the owners of the last survivours would object to the fact that you can duplacte the original car except for the actual numbers,and somehow that makes their cars less valuable,but the fact is that not everybody wants the real deal.Some cant afford it,and others shouldnt be trusted with it.
Now lets put this into perspective.What would be a nicer car to have for the street if you had about 50 grand to spend?That clone camaro,or a real yenko copo car that has been in a barn for 30 years,but now has a dana 60 under the rear,an LS7 tunnel ramed engine under the glass nose and a doug nash 5 sped in it along with glass doors and a tub job?How about of the real deal car had no title and the owner told you flat out that he was the one who dumped the grenaded original 427 and 4 speed into the metal shredder at the scrap yard 30 years ago.Would the fact that it's VIN number appears on the registry of real COPO cars make it a better deal for the same price as the clone?Since about half of all original 69 COPO cars ended up as the example I described,and about half of all the correct survivous are actually rehabed race cars with restamped engines and questionable date codes on the rest of the parts,can you blame a guy for just wanting to build his own?