Barrett Jackson COPO Camaro

[iluv69s]

I think the cars that came after the Zl-1 may have been affected by the bidding and comments during the ZL-1 auction. I think that the folks from Barrett Jackson may have hurt themselves by allowing these cars in thier auction...My feeling is that a person wanting to buy a Boss 429 Mustang wont want to pay more than the value of a ZL-1!! ( Just an example)Unfortunately, the whole world saw what we all saw but they do not have a clue about the real story on any of these cars.......the ZL-1 is a benchmark car for values...

....also, just to clear up my comments about Reggie and the ownership of this/these cars....I know this was discussed in another thread here some time before the auction...but, please correct me if I am wrong...the three cars..one being the Duece..the other being the green Yenko Camaro, and the third being the ZL-1 were all owned by Gary Holub..and all are supposedly/apparently? rebodied at some point early in thier lifes...and apparently the owner is very open about the history of the cars...unfortunately, Barrett Jackson said some things about the cars that were not even close to reality..and the buyer probably had no clue...also I believe that Reggie had owned this same ZL-1 at some point prior...maybe Im wrong about that...many people have questioned me about who owned the ZL-1..and the other cars...Im just going by what Ive read here and other sites lately..I have no personal knowledge...again, please correct me if I am wrong...hope that clears it up..

[hvychev]

Silver Deuce brought $100K

[Jeff H]

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Did Gary's silver Deuce and Green Yenko Camaro cross the block? If so, what did they bid to?

Mike

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The Green Yenko shows sold for $132 which includes 10%.

[sYc]

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Did the Preston & Lawrence Yenko do $270K? Nice oem paint car but not much in successful race history, national event wins, or world championship titles.

Jerry

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Just because a car was not successful on the track does not mean it does not hold value, and vice versa. I can name several examples of cars that were not very successful that sold for big dollars and other cars that won regional and even national events that sold for less. Racing success is only one of the many factors that determine a car's worth.


IMO, the P/L racecar is one of the most desirable Yenkos out there, regardless of whether it was successful on the track or not. I thought it would do better, heard from one collector who was unable to attend say he would have gone 350. Having to follow the other cars, and being from the Holub collection hurt it. Even the announcers were unsure in how to describe it.


In the long run I do not think the "circus" surronding the selling of these cars will hurt our hobby, but certaintly a black eye for "supercars", and worse yet, Holub, Reggie and B/J.

[John]

Who bought the Yellow Yenko camaro?

[camarojoe]

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Did the Preston & Lawrence Yenko do $270K? Nice oem paint car but not much in successful race history, national event wins, or world championship titles.

Jerry

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Are you implying this car is not/was not recognized as a famous Yenko sponsored race car? If so then you are making a rediculous statement. The Preston & Lawrence Yenko is one of the only photographed and documented Yenko Camaros in Yenko published advertising, and probably the second most famous Yenko race car next to Ed Hedrick's car. It is even pictured in the opening pages of the Yenko Parts Catalog. I would rank it in the top 5 most desireable Yenko Camaros on the planet, I doubt I'm alone in that thought. If it I'd say it was one of the better buys of the auction.

[hvychev]

Joey, if I am not mistaking, the original Ed Hendrick car has not been found yet right?

[camarojoe]

You are correct. It's never been located.

[sYc]

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Joey, if I am not mistaking, the original Ed Hendrick car has not been found yet right?

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Everyone, including Ed, has been looking for his old racecar, with no success. Unless restored, would be pretty easy ID, as Ed made some pretty drastic/obvious changes.

IMO, THE most desireable Yenko, not only because it was a Yenko sponsored racecar, but because class Ed is such a class guy. He is all the time emailing Rob racing tips. Really cool to get tips from someone who ran with the Grump.

[StealthBird]

REALLY sorry about that. Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

Just changed it to "public", here ya go...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiLf56NlDPc

Mike