Supercar Originality

[watk69]

I'm fairly new to the board, had it in my mind to search for the ultimate supercar version of a 69 Camaro. Not unlike the Corvette hobby of which I own a few, my supercar search has been rife with potholes.

It has been my experience that, what gets by in Supercars is shunned in some collector segments. Namely, very few Yenkos, ZL1's & COPO's have their original drivetrains either through racing, abuse or being sold for other applications. Big block Corvettes have a similar fate but...........they are priced accordingly downward if their non original drivetrain can be proven.

In Supercars I see fantastic sums being asked and changing hands for admitted non original engines and drivetrain, or even rebodied cars. Why is that? Is it because its lineage can be traced (VIN) to be a Yenko? Is that where the value is - a firewall with VIN and trim tag intact belonging to what used to be a Yenko?

It must be supply and demand, there are so few original cars left out there with not many being made in the first place, that people interested in them have lowered the bar in their quest for originality.

I for one will continue to be fascinated by the cars, but not by this Scottsdale Auction induced frenzy and acceptance of non original as being good enough. The idea of a 165k non original motor ZL1, along with 100K Yenko rollers with replaced everthing, is crazy.

My question is "Wheres the Value Here?" I'd honestly pay more for a Yenko survivor with stripes falling off knowing it had the stuff on it the day it was made than a ZL1 resurected from "correct" date coded parts.

Clif