Gobi Yenko Deuce finds its way to EBaY

[enio45]

The following list of items is what we found

- DEC 70 casting date on rear - BM code
- 69 Trans 9Bxxxb - m21 - no vin
- no protecto plate or other paperwork other than what is on ebay
- Painted GB underneath
- Car has been all apart at one time
- No sway bars front or back, back has the brackets weld to the floor as it should
- rear shackles wrong
- frnt rear spring mounting area on pass side - sheet metal all torn up
- no emerg brake stuff
- one YA wheel - the rest are ?? (never seen the codes before)
- no spare
- interior material on front seat not 70 style - did not check rear
- some interior parts seemed to be redyed from white to black
- floor on pass side (or was that driver?) was replaced
- trans hole cut for super shifter
- quarters and doors look solid
- trunk looked to be real nice
- some stripe kit in trunk but damaged
- no power steering
- booster - could not tell code - too much black paint
- master cyl - could only see a UT code on the tab
- Trim tag looked UNTOUCHED - heavy paint as well
- Trim info 05D car - WRN37259 (yes i know there is another number missing) i ran this by Marlin yesterday and with the other number, it aligns with his inventory sheet - We could not make out the missing numb clearly
- Color 50-50 GB
- Trim 731
- NO mat under the carpet
- Dash stuff - have pics but am not aware of the differences
- Door panels look real and are pretty good shape
- Motor - yes a CE block, Mallory dist, coil, after market alt
- Front fenders have some patch work on the lips
- did not check the hidden vins
- turn signal lever missing
- did not check the glass
- tach looks correct with the yenko crest

Thats all for now - hope this helps. Going to talk to the bank today about the findings.

Forgot to add the car had frame connectors at one time, rear of the subframe was welded and then cut off.
Also relooking at pics of the interoir - rear seat is not correct as well.
Subframe in the front of the car looked pretty rough as well.

[Mr70]

Great information.
I think it's worth noting the VIN # should follow that for archival purposes on this website.

VIN # 114270W351509

Did it have green or white face paint on the gauges sitting inside the 1972 seatbelt dashboard?

[enio45]

Looks like white in my pics....

heater control looks like white lettering as well - i think 69 camaro is green and nova is white??

Trim - hard to see in pic - i think its 721 instead of 731...which ine is correct for the Deuce?

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

S/B 731, likely correct given the correct body number.

Bummer on the condition, but at least we know. I'd say $40k'ish is all the money on that one - anything more and its bec/ somebody just has to have it.... hmmmm.......

[enio45]

Im sure whoever is the high bid and did not look at the car would be very very dissapointed. In fact withdrawing from the bid would be a likely scenario.....

Depends on what you want to do with the car - i reconfirmed with the bank - there is no warranty book or protecto - unless the previous owner has it stuffed away somewhere.

And considering the fact its been apart completely - the matching VIN's is a large risk as well.

I would put the car in the mid 30's max...with alot of work and $$ if you want to restore the car back to the original...if not a race car would be a better option.

[Supercar_Kid]

Call me crazy but I'd bet it tops $50,000. When no driveline 69 Z/28s are bringing 25-30 grand and they built over 20,000 of them...a 1 of 176 Yenko/COPO Nova with the original Yenko window sticker is a 50K car in my eyes. Sure it's got some crude performace mods and missing original parts but I don't know of too many legit original COPO cars that don't. Also, being the fact that the bank selling it has made it clear that the auction will run until close and sell to the high bidder...I bet there are more than a few folks losing sleep and pondering finances during the next 4+ days.

Can't say I can remember when the last time one this nice was up for grabs to anyone willing to pony up the biggest stack.

Speculative value aside...did anyone notice the Yenko crest appears to have been on the driver's side of the decklid originally...looks like maybe the original Nova script was left in it's original location on the right?

Wish I had the cocconuts...

[x Baldwin Motion]

The $40,000.00 bid has been pulled. It's back down to $30,300.00 as of this posting. Maybe the link to "No Spin" site saved someone from making a co$tly error.

[hvychev]

Erik I totally agree with you. If anything, I think the tone of this thread has made people nervous and might even attach a negative "stigma" to this car. Providing that the car is not a rebody, and the hidden vins are there, 50K+ is absolutely not a stretch for this car. When was the last time a real project Deuce that is on the inventory sheets, has the original window sticker, vintage pics, and is legitimately open to the highest bidder been available? Who cares if it needs a lot to make it right. A LOT of supercars have ben found in worse condition than this and are now concors cars.

Erik, the drivers side deck lid thing looked like a Mancuso dealer decal perhaps? At least that's what I thought at first.

[camarojoe]

Doesn't look too bad to me either...in fact, it looks like a super resto candidate I'd love to own. So it doesn't have a protecto plate, who cares? How many other Deuces do? Less than a handful I bet. It's got the original window sticker, old pics, is on the sheets, has a good body, and even though the motor/trans/rear aren't original it's still a complete and pretty dang solid car.

Sure it would be great to have the "born-with" driveline and paint nice enough to go out and wax on tomorrow afternoon, but if you want one, you take what you get, and this certainly doesn't look like a bad car in the grand scheme of things. I also totally dig the fact that it's a Gobi Beige 4 speed that's essentially been an "unknown" car for years too. How often do you ever see a beige Deuce? Marlin's is about the only one I know of that's fully restored and out in the public eye. Say what you will, but I think it's a good looking color, and a rare one at that. As the old saying goes... show me the next one. I don't know what it'll do in the long run, but I think there are alot of cars a lot less cool and a lot less rare than this one that sell for way more than where this one's at right now.

[hvychev]

You know, the more I think about this the happier I am that someone is going to get a fair shot at a Deuce. For over a decade now there has been WAY to many back room deals on ALL sides on who is "allowed' to get what car. You want this car, pony up. It's anyone's game.