Bogus Yenko sighting at Carlise

[sYc]

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

[JoeC]

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.

[Yenkofan]

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

[bkhpah]

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.

[Chevy454]

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)

[Charley Lillard]

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.

[COPO]

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).]