found my vin on here says its a yenko help

[snydes]

Thanks for the summary, I was just curious what happened here.

[Zedder]

So reading what is posted here and on Team Camaro...has the car been flipped already?

[AutoInsane]

I will now pick up my jaw, shut my mouth and head straight to Craigs List!!! Holy Sh^%!

Is there any more to the story of how the original poster found the car? Did he have any idea what it was when he bought it?? How about a few pictures of this mystery car!!

Wow.....

[enio45]

yes, car has been resold. No he did not know what he originally purchaseduntil he did some research - obviously the orig seller did not either.

[Atuckman]

an earlier post here mentions that 427 conversions were assigned a YS number. do members support this claim? can it be disproven?
some cars have lower transaction prices which is reason for doubt. Supposedly the yenko paperwork for this car listed a low $ price for this car suggesting "unconverted". after some more digging, sounds like there was supporting conversion docs away from yenko.
just trying to understand whether all 67 or 68 yenkos on the list with a YS number are considered conversion or how its disproven. thanks

[Stefano]

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some cars have lower transaction prices which is reason for doubt. Supposedly the yenko paperwork for this car listed a low $ price for this car suggesting "unconverted". after some more digging, sounds like there was supporting conversion docs away from yenko.
thanks

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The paperwork clearly shows the 450hp Conversion and the invoiced price reflects the conversion prices for this particular Yenko.

[Chevy454]

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Originally posted by: 66 L78 ragtop

As a side note, found some infomation that I thought was pretty interesting. As most people know, Don Yenko ordered many of his cars via fleet orders. Some were ordered as COPOs. The cars that received the 427 conversions however, were assigned YS#s while those that were not converted did not recieve YS#s (regardless if they were ordered from yenko chevrolet via a fleet/or COPO order).

The extent of the conversions varied depending on what the buyer wanted, hence the wide range of "conversion prices" Adding to the wide range of "conversion prices" was the fact that Don Yenko frequently conducted "side deals" with other dealerships and or private buyers that somethimes dramatically affected the selling price reflected on paper.

The crux of it all is that a YS# is needed to verify a 427 converted car. A simple fleet code or COPO order on a yenko sold car does not confirm a conversion.

In addition, the dollar amount on the yenko paperwork essentially has little to no correlation as to whether or not a car was converted.

It all boils down obtaining authentic paperwork verifying a legitimately assigned YS#.

Anyhow, wish I would of had this info early on!!

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A YS# isn't concrete evidence of anything, conversion or not...

[66 L78 ragtop]

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Originally posted by: 66 L78 ragtop

As a side note, found some infomation that I thought was pretty interesting. As most people know, Don Yenko ordered many of his cars via fleet orders. Some were ordered as COPOs. The cars that received the 427 conversions however, were assigned YS#s while those that were not converted did not recieve YS#s (regardless if they were ordered from yenko chevrolet via a fleet/or COPO order).

The extent of the conversions varied depending on what the buyer wanted, hence the wide range of "conversion prices" Adding to the wide range of "conversion prices" was the fact that Don Yenko frequently conducted "side deals" with other dealerships and or private buyers that somethimes dramatically affected the selling price reflected on paper.

The crux of it all is that a YS# is needed to verify a 427 converted car. A simple fleet code or COPO order on a yenko sold car does not confirm a conversion.

In addition, the dollar amount on the yenko paperwork essentially has little to no correlation as to whether or not a car was converted.

It all boils down obtaining authentic paperwork verifying a legitimately assigned YS#.

Anyhow, wish I would of had this info early on!!

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A YS# isn't concrete evidence of anything, conversion or not...

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Is this your personal philosophy or do you have objective data and/or sound reasoning that would lead the readers of your post to draw your same conclusion?

[Chevy454]

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Originally posted by: 66 L78 ragtop
Is this your personal philosophy or do you have objective data and/or sound reasoning that would lead the readers of your post to draw your same conclusion?

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I saw it in a dream!

And we know of cars out there with YS#'s that are known to be uncoverted...

[sYc]

Curious to hear everyone’s thoughts about this particular Camaro. We know the current owner is asking $400,000 for the car, and with it basically needing everything, projected restoration costs will exceed $100,000. Factoring in today’s economy, once restored, will the car be worth a half mil or more?