Gold Yenko at Mecum sets record

[Xplantdad]

Congrats to you, Ryan!

[mrays]

Congratulations Ryan on buying the OG and RG Yenkos. Do we know who bought the other four Camaros and the Nova. John Hoer's old car sold for good money too.

[turbo69bird]

All beautiful cars - my high school teacher had a 69 gt500 convertible I’m surprised it didn’t do Better. Did I read that right that the gold camaro was a Connecticut car? Any info on its ownership In CT .

[JoeC]

Warren Dernoshek has original paperwork on the gold drag special Yenko, the Fathom Green 69 Yenko Camaro and the Fathom Green 69 Yenko Nova

He would like to talk to the new owners of these 3 cars

message me if you need his number

[JoeC]

Originally Posted by turbo69bird

All beautiful cars - my high school teacher had a 69 gt500 convertible I’m surprised it didn’t do Better. Did I read that right that the gold camaro was a Connecticut car? Any info on its ownership In CT .

The gold drag special Yenko Camaro was not from CT.
There is a gold white stripe 69 Yenko Camaro that is in CT. and was sold by Austin Chev in Norwalk CT.

[R68GTO]

Originally Posted by Krateness

I’m curious to see if these prices will hold for cars sold after this lot. Traditionally a Yenko Camaro was pretty common to the $250-$350k price tag, now it doubles. Just wonder if the days of seeing them in that range is now gone given what they brought today. Not saying that they will all be $450-$500k+ but maybe now will float in the $350-$450k. Who knows, but interesting to see if this is just a blip or the start of a trend.

A few years ago there was a muscle car museum in Florida that liquidated a bunch of cars including two 69 COPO Camaros. I saw both those cars in person and while both nice, they were older restorations with a few incorrect items. One brought $280K? and the other brought over $300K. This was at a time where COPOs were bringing $150-$200K. In that case it was a blip, as the market essentially stayed right there, and is still there today.
As long as there are people willing to pay $400K+ for Yenko's, the market will stay up there. That just hasn't been the case for COPO's. 69 Z28's, now that's a whole different story

[Steve Shauger]

That just hasn't been the case for COPO's. 69 Z28's, now that's a whole different story[/QUOTE]

There have private sales of COPO's that have brought $400k+ Provenance, options and drivetrain are critical...

[TarheelRyan]

On another note, I will be reuniting the Rallye Green Yenko with its original engine. Huge thanks to Jeff Boone for selling me the engine back in 2024. Condition wise, the RG car was the roughest of the bunch, but it will look better than ever shortly.

[JoeC]

this is a great photo

original owner Ron Welsh and his son

Ron sold it to Cliff in 1987

photo posted by Bob Ehrheart Jr.

[JoeC]

photo of Cliff at a drag race after he restored it
maybe late 1980s early 1990