Yenko clone on e-bay

[JTH74]

Change the grill to the correct color and some 15x7 wheels and wide tread GTs and this car would look great!

[Kim_Howie]

Why would you go to the trouble and put a blue interior in the car. duh I thought somebody would have noticed it???

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[AutoInsane]

The only problem you have is everyone is gonna ask....is it real??

I dont think this type of car is worth around 40 thousand dollars. I mean all you really have is a regular Camaro made up to look like another car that is expensive. Mind you the cars do look very nice and I bet they are fun but when you get down to it.... what is their real value? Buying is one thing..turn around and try to sell the car and you then find out it's worth.

Bill O'Brien

[Belair62]

Everyone asks if the real ones are real too !

[Unreal]

AutoInsane.
As a builder of a clone, I am shocked at the prices I have seen lately. I'm also shocked at the escallation of the real ones. I suspect those who buy high (either real or clone) may end up selling low-- just like the early 1990's.

However, value is set "at one point in time" For every seller who "sells for way to much" there's a buyer willing to pay it. Remember the Law of Supply and Demand? Tomorrow, or next year may be a whole different ball game.

[Stefano]

Belair62,
A 1967 Iso Gifo with the 427/435 Tri-Power would be a cool ride. One of my all time favorites [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif[/img]

[Belair62]

There happens to be one for sale in Hemmings right now...doesn't say if it's a 435 horse car but they are very cool if not a little different.

[Rat_Pack]

Autoinsane,
I built a clone back in 1990 as a daily driver. That car got more attention and not once did anyone ask if it was real. This was done before the stripes and 427 emblems were available through the normal aftermarket which makes it easier to accomplish. That car was correct appearing from the inside-out including a correct set of the custom face SW tach and gauges. It had a 70 454 with a 69 M21 and 4.10 posi 12-bolt. As a matter of fact it was similar to the orange one that is on Ebay now, except mine was a lot nicer car and more correct. People laughed at me for building that car but they shut up when it sold for $20k a few months after I finished it! Back then frame off restored SS396's were barely bringing that kind of money

The same car sold about 4 years ago to a guy in AL for $39k and the only thing that had been done to it was that the 454 was replaced by a correctly dated 427 from a COPO Camaro. As far as the value goes, clones are a deal because you can have a car similar to the real one for about 1/3 the price. Look at how many Cobra kit cars are out there compared to real ones and they still bring very good money when done right.................RatPack.................

[AutoInsane]

Rat Pack..

I appreciate the insite into that genre of cars. It is true if you want a Yenko (or something that looks damn similar) and don't feel like spending 100k + it is a way to do it. In all respects other than originality it is the same. So in terms of the enjoyment of driving that type of car it's all there.

No one ever asked you if it was real? I am amazed. I guess they all thought it was and didn't bother asking you. But the only problem with the value of clones is if their value goes up more will be made thusly saturating that market. This would also make it more confusing to figure out what is real and what isnt in 10 years from now.

Bill O'Brien

[Rat_Pack]

Bill, back in 1990 there were not that many Yenkos around and those that were, belonged to collectors. I drove the car to Atlanta for a cruise-in, and when I pulled up a crowd gathered and was all over the car. My wife and I were there for a couple of hours and I just could not believe that nobody was questioning it. Now if it had been my RS/SS car that I had at the time, everyone would say is it a "real" SS? That is the main reason I built that car as I was tired of people asking me if my SS was real. Also another reason was a "Yenko guru/owner" told me that I could not build a clone or he would take me to court. Shortly after it was done he received some pictures of the car in the mail telling him I was ready to go to court. I haven't heard from him since, and now I find out years later he was not the "honest" Yenko person I thought he was! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

There was only one time that I was asked if it was real and that was when I went to sell it. Then and only then, did I tell anyone it was a clone. Plus they could have figured it out just by the price alone, and the fact that the trim tag showed the car to be Butternut Yellow and not Hugger Orange. I remember this one Yenko owner coming over to me at Bristol and telling me that my gauges belonged in HIS car and that I was going to sell them to him since my car was a fake. He was a real jerk. So I told him that if he wanted them I would sell them to him for $20k and I would throw in the car for free! [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img] He and his buddy walked off when the other people standing around at the time just snickered at him.................RatPack...............