Les,
I never, not once, "blathered on and on" about how 68 Camaros were my favorite. In fact, I distinctly remember not even trying to sell you the car and you blathering on and on about how I should sell it to you. Perhaps you were confused about my enthusiasm for that PARTICULAR 68 Camaro that you have so far purchased a majority share of on the layaway plan? I do indeed think that red/red L78 M22 car with reams of paperwork is just incredible. Really great car and great HISTORY which sometimes (especially in Chevys) outweighs all else. Don't you agree?
My point was that in general (and in the marketplace) 68 Vettes, 68 Camaros, 68 Mustangs, even 68 AMX's are not as highly valued as the 1969 versions for some reason. Must be the magic of 1969, end of an era, something? So while I have never particuarly lusted after a 68 Camaro as I have after a Shelby Daytona Coupe, lets say, I sure can appreciate and will readily BUY a great example.
Just like my 68 Yenko, I feel it is special because the 68's are so unique, middle child and all.
Z/28's, for example, I would much rather have a 67 first year Z with cowl plenum induction, vent windows, etc than a 69 Z, even though many may disagree. I don't think many people would rather have a 68 Z than a 67 or 69, again, I have no idea why.
As far as the production numbers on Yenko Camaros, we know for sure (+/- a few perhaps?) what the numbers were in '68 and '69. '67, who knows, but obviously from this thread it seems like some think less and some think more
than what has been reported in the past. I agree, the number of known surviving cars is certainly quite low so it would make sense that there were not 107 converted cars built in 67. Do we have an accurate count of known cars as of this date? That would be interesting. Thank God for that list of '68 vins that is reasonably reliable, unlike what old Don tossed around for the '67's that seemed to have a fair amount of BS factored in for whatever reason
Colin