Bogus Yenko sighting at Carlise

[bkhpah]

Somebody was trying to unload a very bogus 69 Yenko Camaro at Carlise this week. The car was priced at 29,000.00 and was being compared to the bogus orange Yenko from Texas as being a better deal. As you might expect the car had a large number of people around the car all weekend. I listened to the shady story about the car, and the way he was avoiding any real history with a bunch of I'm not sures etc. When I asked him head on what was the history of the car he confessed that it was not a real car. A short time later the car had the word clone added to the windshield. This car was Fathom Green with a very bad white stripe job. Be on the lookout for this car! Also on hand was a very bad Yenko Chevelle clone that was sold the first day. I has not able to get any real info on this one, but it was a red car with a white stripe and white bucket seat interior.

[Yenkofan]

The orange replica from Texas is now being sold by Hastys Car Country in Middletown, Ohio asking $37500. He acknowledges that it is a replica.
Gary

[tufrat]

I too was at Carlisle and also spotted this car (fathom green) as a clone, car did sound nice thou but what really caught my eye was on a engine stand on the hill was a aluminum moter the owner called a ZL-1 what was very interesting about this block was the YENKO logo cast and raised right in the block, but this block did not have srcew in freeze plugs ? I told him I had the truck to take it home but not the $10.000 asking price

[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.