Is a "Clone' better?

[RichSchmidt]

If course everybody wants an original one,,but since just about every one of these cars is accounted for in some form or another,the only way to get the Yenko experiance is to either pay top dollar for one of the existing ones,or build one yourself.I know the owners of the last survivours would object to the fact that you can duplacte the original car except for the actual numbers,and somehow that makes their cars less valuable,but the fact is that not everybody wants the real deal.Some cant afford it,and others shouldnt be trusted with it.
Now lets put this into perspective.What would be a nicer car to have for the street if you had about 50 grand to spend?That clone camaro,or a real yenko copo car that has been in a barn for 30 years,but now has a dana 60 under the rear,an LS7 tunnel ramed engine under the glass nose and a doug nash 5 sped in it along with glass doors and a tub job?How about of the real deal car had no title and the owner told you flat out that he was the one who dumped the grenaded original 427 and 4 speed into the metal shredder at the scrap yard 30 years ago.Would the fact that it's VIN number appears on the registry of real COPO cars make it a better deal for the same price as the clone?Since about half of all original 69 COPO cars ended up as the example I described,and about half of all the correct survivous are actually rehabed race cars with restamped engines and questionable date codes on the rest of the parts,can you blame a guy for just wanting to build his own?

[camarojoe]

Rich, i understand 100% what you are saying... for years I had considered selling my fully restored, fully functional, running, driving Yenko Camaro clone to buy a basketcase "real" supercar of some sort that I would probably STILL not have enough money to buy outright, plus throw 1000's and 1000's of dollars worth of parts at, not to mention the YEARS of time and effort it would take me to ever get it to the condition the clone I would have sold was already! Sure, my car is not a real Yenko Camaro, but it wasn't easy or cheap to build it either. After years of hard work, its finished, and I can take it out and enjoy it any time i want to. There's alot to be said about that. I have a "real" Deuce now too, but I still enjoy my camaro, real or not.

[427TJ]

Hey guys, I heard a funny one just this afternoon:

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(No offense to retarded/mentally challenged/differently abled/learning disabled/ADD afflicted people or their family members or anyone else anywhere in any way. It's just a joke.)

[gemleeus]

i would rather have the one thats been in the barn for 30 years

[NCGuy68]

Gents,

A clone is a clone period!

Enough said!

[Unreal]

Wow

[KLONECO]

YES THEY ARE!!!...........and if a person enjoys em!........so be it!!!!!DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? yea I did not think so!!!( fake ss,z28,ls6's are everywhere!)ton's or them have sprouted up for years now .......all of a sudden it is an issue! I BELIEVE IT IS A TRIBUTE TO THE SPORT ..THE LEGEND.... THE MUSCLE CAR GUYS! keeps another one out of the junkyard!

[Dave Rifkin]

I don't post here often but this is a subject I have an opinion on; first of all everyone needs to understand that not everyone can afford to own the real thing. If they choose to build, or buy, a clone so that they might enjoy the thrill of driving a representation of their dream car so be it. They aren't hurting anyone, at least until they try to sell the car as legitimate.
For myself, I would love to own any one of the cars owned by the members on this site but will never have that kind of money. So I just might have to build a clone of a Yenko Camaro or maybe a cloned Hertz Shelby. Either way, it will be for my enjoyment alone and if anyone has a problem with that it's their problem, not mine.

[MosportGreen66]

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i would rather have the one thats been in the barn for 30 years

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Original / Survivors is what I have come to love. Far and few between!

[jus4funn68]

Ive stayed out of this myself but I do have an interesting observation. Most of the people unhappy with the clone situation is Chevy folks. Ive noticed at a lot of cruisein's and car shows you will see bunches of the Shelby Cobra clones, but no one seems to complain about those. I personally love to see the real cars. When I see a nice looking car and then Im told it is a clone, I quickly lose interest. I may never have a Yenko, Motion, Nickey, or Dana but that doesnt stop me from admiring them. If someone wants to have a car to give them that feeling so be it, but trying to pass it off as genuine is the only problem. It does devalue the genuine article. It is fraud even it you did just want to get close to a dream. JMO