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#82
10-26-2008, 04:33 AM
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Re: 68 yenko
This year I promise to show that Colin guy how to really drive a go cart...in the past I was letting him win
   
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#83
10-27-2008, 04:00 AM
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Re: 68 yenko
Mr. Comer,
I hereby except your challenge for SYC 12. BTW do any of you know how many documented, real, no story 68 Yenko Camaro's are known to still exist? Just curious?
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#85
10-28-2008, 08:50 PM
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Re: 68 yenko
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...and while you are checking the list... ..How many 1968 "unconverted" Yenko camaros exist? [/ QUOTE ] Here's one.. http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/...?itemid=498103 What carb # did these cars have?.  ~ Pete
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#87
10-29-2008, 02:45 AM
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Re: 68 yenko
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That's the late Tom Billigen's COPO  [/ QUOTE ] Didn't it bid to $325,000 or so at R&M last Jan?
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#88
10-29-2008, 03:45 AM
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Re: 68 yenko
I wouldn't call what they did "bidding" more like blatant shilling. Had a customer who told me to go to $200k on the Billigen car, I thought far less than that should have got it done and was told the reserve was in the $140k range - car hits the block and Tom from TnT Go Cars apparently convinced Robin Billigen the car was worth $500k and told R&S to run it well past $300k. They opened the car at $200k as I recall and put it right to the moon, not a live bid in sight. Something transpired between Tom, Robin, and R&S to change the reserve or somehow protect the car.
I stood there with Mockingbird and Ed Montini and we all just   went into a state of shock.Great car, glad to see Robin has taken back control of the sale of her car. My customer ended up buying the 5k mile, 100% untouched original L89 Vette I bought at the same sale for less money, same color even Colin
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#90
10-29-2008, 04:45 AM
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Re: 68 yenko
If I may add a nickels worth to the 67 Yenko Camaro discussion... just over 100 bellhousings and sets of headers were billed to Yenko for the 67's, about half sent to Canonsburg and half to Dick Harrell at his shop. I know because I have the invoices and they are reproduced in my book
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