68 Z/28, Smokey Yunick, for sale

[notstock71]

Came across this while wasting some time. Don't know anything about it but somebody here has to know the car.
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp...eadExists=false (http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp;?tracktype=usedcc&searchType=25&pageNum ber=0&numResultsPerPage=50&largeNumResultsPerPage= 0&sortorder=descending&sortfield=PRICE+descending& certifiedOnly=false&criteria=K-%7cE-ALL%7cM-_9_%7cB-14000%7cH-%7cD-_78_%7cN-N%7cR-10000%7cI-1%7cP-PRICE+descending%7cQ-descending%7cY-_1977-1974-1973-1972-1971-1970-1969-1968-1967_%7cX-antique%7cZ-68136&aff=national&paId=256828350&recnum=19&leadEx ists=false)

[Ngtflyr]

Believe it sold at Russo Steele last year?

[Ngtflyr]

Bid up to $247,500 at the 2007 RS Phoenix auction

Here is the link

Z-28 (http://www.russoandsteele.com/search_vehicles.html?venue=14)

Here is the writup.

1968 Chevrolet Camaro Smokey Yunick
The car, the engine, and Smokey Yunick were destined to be together. This car has the distinction of being one of the most uniquely appointed marks of its kind in existence. It is a rarity with unparalleled uniqueness si...
Final Bid: $ 247,500.00

I didn't see it last year since I was in Iraq, I'm sure others who were there can chime in.

[wundercluck]

My Wife and I saw the car and talked with Carl T. for quite a while at the 2007 R/S auction. Amazing piece of Chevrolet history with some very interesting stories! Apparently Smokey had a lot of research time into the development of these heads, and other projects, but Chevrolet wanted to shift direction more to fuel economy and smog control. To compensate him, Chevrolet gave him a few of these engines-far less than he thought he was owed. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
Don

[Charley Lillard]

As I recall there is nothing that ties that engine to that car.

[William]

For $247,000 you would think they could have repaired the mangled crossmember.

The Hemi 302 was a failed engineering experiment. It made no more power than the production 302, was never raced or sold to the public. Chevy gave up on it; so did Yunick.

Is it just a coincidence that this car and the '70 have surfaced after Yunicks' passing? No mention of either of them in his 652 page book.

[novarichie]

i,am with you on the mangled crossmember,how the hell did beat up so bad?..........richie

[427king]

Considering the motors ive seen on ebay were 100K,the price doesnt sound too bad for the car.

[SuperNovaSS]

King,

Are you saying that $175K for a 68 Z is not a bad price?


Jason

[Born30YrsLate]

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Considering the motors ive seen on ebay were 100K,the price doesnt sound too bad for the car.

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Was that asking price or sale price...cause those can be two way different things?...

[69z2x4]

I would bet that crossmember has seen a few hundred hits from a floor jack as much as this car was thrashed on by Smokeys crew!
They just left a little piece of histroy.

[Charley Lillard]

Smokey had nothing to do with this car as far as I know. I haven't seen anyone pay 100K for one of the engines either.

[Verne_Frantz]

You're right. Smokey had nothing to do with a '68 Camaro in the '70s. Tate bought 3 engines from SY and sold one for more than the whole purchase. Sour subject.

[musclecarjohn]

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Believe it sold at Russo Steele last year?

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Car was offered last August @ R-S in Monterey...
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