Hey Motown....

[GaryH]

I have one of those situations in my area too. Not quite the same value on the car but a shame none the less. Sitting right along a four lane highway, in a guys yard, is a 69 Biscayne 427-425 4sp two door. Been rotting away since back in the 70's. I know he's been pestered to sell it. He went so far as to toss a canvas cover on it and stick a NOT for sale sign on it.

[Chris396]

You should hear all the legends about the '68 GT500 KR 4-speed convertible in my area. Still in a tiny rundown garage covered in dust. I looked at it about ten years ago. I'll bet Shelby collectors are hiring witch doctors to put a curse on the old guy who owns it. The guy has got to be in his 80’s now. All the collectors are waiting like spiders for the guy to die.

[MotownMadman]

This crazyness has been going on forever. Back in the eighties I located the Cranberry Red Deuce that is in the vintage photo section of this site with primer stripes. It was in the hands of the original owner and had been sitting for ten years. I tried off and on for several years trying to buy the car, had the door slammed in my face enough that I gave up, but I told a friend of mine about the car who by coincedence lived several miles away from it's location. He showed up on the guys doorstep at least once a week for several months until the owner got so tired of being bugged he sold my friend the car for.....now get this....$1800. I immediately bought the car from my friend for $2500, had intentions of restoring it and contacted Don Yenko and got the last two sets of NOS black stripes he had, only after giving Don the VIN to verify it was a real car, which I now find interesting that in the mid eighties Don was already concerned about clones. I sold the car back to my friend six months later, with one set of stripes, he then sold it to someone in Dexter Michigan for I believe 5K, that is when the vintage photo was taken, that person had it for awhile and placed it in Hemmings for 14K, it went to the current owner in Ohio and is currently undergoing a restoration which is in the better part of five years I believe. That owner will not consider selling at this point but I do have first right of refusal. I have an original set of 3M stripes in a box marked Yenko as a reminder to my stupidity at letting it go. Moral of this story, I did not belive the car to be for sale way back when, I guess my friend was more persistent or more of a pest (Vern B., you know who I am talking about), at any rate, maybe this Wisconsen Yenko just needs someone to camp out next door to this guy and not go away. No matter how hard anyone including me has tried, apparently it wasnt hard enough. May the most persistent or pestistent person aquire this car and do the whole hobby a favor.
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