Fake Yenko Beats Real Yenko in show

[SamLBInj]

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Even though our Y-Camaro is a bit on the *crusty* side compared to the majority of the cars on this site, I still get quite a few compliments from folks telling me they dig the fact I'm racing a real Yenko car...sure, I could build an el-strippo clone which would be lighter and quicker, but would it be as cool?

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[Canucklehead]

It astonishes my how these guys take an ordinary camaro slap a few thousand into it and expect to triple their money by making it a tribute car!!!!

[427TJ]

So going on the 'sometimes better than original' logic, how do you guys feel (no pun intended) about breast implants?

Think about it.

[SamLBInj]

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So going on the 'sometimes better than original' logic, how do you guys feel (no pun intended) about breast implants?

Think about it.



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I think it would create some back problems for me. personally, Id rather see them on a girl

[Jeff H]

The cost of something, the originality of something and the desirability of something don't really go together. If you wanted to build a Yenko clone with a correct dated X44 car, a correct dated 427 engine with all correct dated components, correct dated trans, rear, etc. it would cost you an easy $75-100K to build. Is it worth $100K to someone else? It all depends on the buyer. It's just as expensive(if not more expensive) to restore a car into a correct clone than to restore an original car that has some of the components already there. But most of the clones aren't even close to being correct clones and people still pay $30-80K for them.

[Kim_Howie]

The real problem I have with CORRECT fakes is the fact they are doing it with CORRECT parts. These parts should be saved for the real cars!!

[Donutblue]

My opinion is that your free to do with your money as you wish as long as the outcome does not hurt someone and is legal. Parts are out there for ANYONE to purchase for any reason, even if it's to build a clone, or even put on display as part of a lamp. While we may all agree 150K is a large "buy it now" figure for this car, there's always a chance that someone out there is willing to pay the price. ----Only in America, don't knock it.

[Jeff H]

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The real problem I have with CORRECT fakes is the fact they are doing it with CORRECT parts. These parts should be saved for the real cars!!

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Yes, it definitely takes away from the available parts needed to restore a real car back to it's original state. So somebody will probably buy this car for some decent money because it has all the correct dated parts needed to rebuild a real Yenko or COPO.

[Rat_Pack]

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Who were the judges here, the 3 stooges..


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Just because a real Yenko shows up at a show it should automatically win? There was no comparison between the restorations and the judges saw that. Now if you want to talk about "Three Stooges" then you should have seen what happened at the Niagra Falls Camaro show. A COPO that wasn't even finished beat a full frame off restored Yenko Camaro! Someone would have worn an old fashioned East Tennessee Dawg Whoopin' home that day if it were my car that got beat!


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The real problem I have with CORRECT fakes is the fact they are doing it with CORRECT parts. These parts should be saved for the real cars!!

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Kim, nothing personal but what are you smoking? Those cigars must have been tainted with something for you to make a statement like that! I tried to sell a set of NOS in the box Walbro-Dupree fuel pumps two years ago to a guy with a REAL MOTION Camaro for $500.00 (market value at that time was $600.00) and he told me I should cut him a deal because he had so much in his car. He was complaining about a measely $500 bucks for a car that he was restoring when done was worth more than a 1/4 million dollars! Give me a break. I sold them to another guy in Florida that was building a clone car for $600.00 and he didn't gripe one bit.

Don't get me wrong (isn't that how a Billy Joel song starts off?) now there are guys out there with the "real" supercars that want the parts and will pay fair market price for them to make their car correct. However, it is the ones that think they are "mightier than thou because I own a supercar" that are spoiling it for everyone. I recently sold a set of those exact same fuel pumps and an NOS Motion ignition to a guy here on the board and I did cut him a deal because he has always treated me with respect, but I didn't make him a deal because he owns a supercar. If you have a rare musclecar be it a Motion, Yenko, Royal Bobcat, Mr.Norms, Hurst, or whatever, and you need that part just pay the price as they quit making this stuff a long time ago and I don't see them making it again anytime soon.



As for the prices of the clone cars being what they are, that is because the prices of the musclecars in general have gone to ridiculous heights as far as prices go. Come on, would anyone in their right mind give $2.5 million for a HEMI Cuda convertible they want to drive and enjoy when they can buy a clone for $100,000.00? NOT ME!!!

Also there are some guys on this board that own clone cars that are extremely nice and would be very hard to tell them apart from a real one if they were sitting side-by-side at a show. The one clone that comes to mind is a <font color="orange"> Hugger Orange </font> with white stripes Yenko Camaro (you know who you are)that is totally AWESOME! ...............RatPack....................

Here is a picture I took of a Motion clone Camaro owned by a 17 year old kid. This car had all of the correct Motion emblems, originals not the repros, correct hood, gauges, etc. Are you going to bash a kid for something that he built using correct Motion parts knowing that he could never afford a real one at his age? I think not............

[CamarosRus]

It's not my intent to defend a CLONE vs a REAL car......but the cost of building the above parts and numbers correct CLONE had to be significant......however to see that $150K buy it now price is OUTRAGEOUS......

Chuck Sharin
69 COPO "clone"