More Supercars at Auction

[AutoInsane]

These cars are for sale at the Barret Jackson Auction:

1969 COPO Camaro w/ CE Block
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</A> 1967 Yenko
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</A> 1970 Chevelle LS-6 Unrestored Original
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</A> 1968 Corvette L-88 T-Top
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</A> 1967 Corvette L-89 Roadster (form Yenko Chevrolet)
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[COPO PETE]

When exactly is this auction??? Is anybody from this site going?? There is a Canadian COPO Camaro being auctioned with no reserve. I have e-mailed them twice to see if I could get a copy of the GM of Canada paperwork but have got no reply. If someone goes, could you scam me a copy if possible? Why won't they fax me? Why would someone travel thousands of miles to buy a car,when they won't send out paperwork to prove before I would go.
Peter

[TC]

It looks like the Auctions today threw sunday,Pete...prolly the guy incharge of getting interested buyers the info they request,is lacking the motivation of the person needing to sell the car...you should give em a call,and let them know what you think of there service.

Reminds me of the time my buddy and I walked into Holt Auto Sales....when the sales man asked us if he could help us,we said were just looking around.......I thought he was going to throw us out the door,cause we didn't buy the first car we seen when we walked in the door...ehehe

From the pic's
The LS6,looks like a real nice car.
The L88 looks a little rough around the edges though....I wonder what kinda money that will bring.

They really don't say much about the COPO,does that mean theres some things they'd rather not talk about...ehehe http://www.yenko.net/ubb/smilies/images/icons/wink.gif



[Edited by TC (01-16-2002 at 07:42 PM).]

[shor]

Hi pete,
If you look at the rally green Canadian Copo in the pictures there are a few items of interest. Incorect wheels and tires, many incorect items in engine; wires, elec. ignition, lots of chrome....but there is no reserve and if it is a true copo.????...
scan back a few years under auction results...i think that car has traded before.
I have also emailed them for specific info on 2 cars but no response
chris

[Charley Lillard]

Does anybody know if the 67 Yenko YS725 is real ? Rebody ? Anything ? Brian ? I do see the stupid "Caution Fan" sticker.

[Souperhigh]

I visited with the owner of the 67 Yenko Camaro today at Barret-Jackson and he has paper work on the car, and he is the third owner, the first raced it , the second restored it and he said he bought it in the mid 90's. He said he was a member of the Yenko Supercars club!!He has paper work from the origional sale and of the dealers work when the dealer got it from Yenko Chevrolet. It all seems real, and it is a real nice car, but I am not as good at spotting the imperfections as you "veterans" are. I called the serial number to Ed Cunneen and he said the serial number went with Y725 alright. I will try to get it and have some of you come check it our, but at this auction it may be out of my league.

[SuperCars]

Charley, it is real. I believe this is the car restored by Gene Schmidt. Currently owned by Gregg Snap of Texas. Gregg put the sidepipes on it. Vince claims it is not supposed to have sidepipes. I tried to buy this car from Gregg about 4 years ago. He wanted $90K and I felt that was too high back then. It would be a great buy at that price today. One funny thing if I remember correct, was that I think the white stripes on the nose were vinyl/decal instead of painted on it?? Is it still that way?

[bkhpah]

Greg Snapp had talked to me about doing a reto on the car A few years ago. I don't know much about its past history. I do know Gene Schmidt restored the car and a nice fellow that was in a wheelchair was the owner. It appears as a nice car. Greg enjoys the car and races and drives it...BKH

[Denis]

Isn't this the same car at the 2000 Supercar Reunion:

http://www.yenko.net/reunion/sr2-gs.JPG (http://www.yenko.net/reunion/2000reunion.htm)

[bkhpah]

That's the car!..BKH

[bkhpah]

That's the car!..BKH

[MrMotion]

Please be advised that the use of "Mr. Motion" in your statements means that I am involved in your quotes. Iam not Mr. Joel Rosen and any reference with my Username to him using the words "Mr. Motion" in this forum is not correct. Thankyou

[tom406]

If the car was in Minnesota when the nice fellow in the wheelchair (also named Tom I think)owned it, I appraised it back in the summer of '93 when it was a fresh restoration. No sidepipes (yuck!) then, and wearing repro redline tires. It was a very nice car. Vince wouldn't document it for the owner, as he had somehow gotten on his bad side (Vince wanted the car and got left out in the cold, I think?). It did have some paperwork and owner history available at that time. I'm surprised its still wearing Rallys, as the owner then had found out it probably had 5 spoke mags originally. He had found a real Yenko hood for the restoration, but it fit very poorly, with more arc in the middle than most '69/'70 Shelby Mustangs. Neat car, beautiful color. The other thing I remember about the deal was that the owner of the car was still fuming over losing out on the Yellow Phase III Motion Corvette that had surfaced at that time. He claimed that he had found the car, and called Joel R. to verify the car, but wouldn't. He went on to say that Joel R. then contacted the owner of the Vette, made an offer, and told the seller that that was the best offer he was going to get, as it would never be authenticated for anyone else. This is all heresay, of course, but the guy really didn't have any reason to tell me a story. And a month or two later, PHR had a blurb about how Motion Performance's proprietor "found" his long-sold Phase III Vette after much searching.....

[Edited by tom406 (01-18-2002 at 12:17 AM).]

[tom406]

D'oh!! I forgot your username in my coy attempts to avoid libelous statements based on decade old car gossip. I'm very sorry for the confusion and have since edited the post to avoid confusion.

[MrMotion]

tom406

Thankyou again for your time and attention. Your article was also interesting reading.

[tom406]

It sounds like YS725 is on the market again. Besides this old thread (from 2002!) I found pictures of when I first looked at the car-it was the first Yenko Camaro I saw up close. This is right after it was restored for second owner Tom Gindorff (in wheelchair).. It was 1993 in Minneapolis, just before I got married and moved to Seattle. Coincidentally, I found myself in the bar line at Barrett Jackson last month and there was a guy in front of me with a Yenko themed coat on. I asked if he had any Yenkos, and he said he'd owned a number of them, including a Deepwater Blue '67. I told him the first one I'd seen was Deepwater Blue, owned by a guy named Tom who was in a wheelchair. Turns out this guy in front of me was Mr. Gene Schmidt, and he had restored the car for Tom after his was done back then even though he didn't really restore cars for other people (due to Tom's enthusiasm and his disability). What a small world! Its a neat car-somebody buy it! (and no offense, please take those side pipes off, please? I'm still not a fan, but I am a little more tactful than I was 15 years ago lol)

[dykstra]

Man, I love that color.

[David C.]

I worked for Bob Harris of Camaro Specialties when we "re" restored that car in I believe 2008.