Outrageous Claim or Legit Car?

[SeattleCarGuy]

Here is my $.02, and its only that.

Personally, I would probably pay up to 10% more for an L78 Nova sold at Yenko Chevrolet than an L78 sold elsewhere, for instance, mine was sold at Les Stanford Chevrolet in Dearborn. I think the cool aura of having a high performance car sold by Yenko Chev is worth 10%, at least to me it is. A non-high performance car sold at Yenko, I could care less about.

However, since it has a CE block, I would deduct 10% personally, so its back to just market value for a '69 L78 Nova in need of a full restoration.

Cool car and the L78 Nova is the only musclecar that I prefer an Automatic in over a 4 speed.

[DW31S]

With the VIN not on the list, the build time not consistent and other things that were pointed out, it sounds to me like the new owner is wearing some rosy glasses. As for the dealership asking the original owner to upgrade? I’d be more surprised if they DIDN’T try to sell him on the 427 swap. After all, that was a profit builder for the dealership’s sales and service dept. Then the service department tried again...no shock here either. Looks better to the GM rep if you sold the customer a shortblock rather than do one under warranty.
Nobody likes rare finds more than me, and as it is, it’s a very cool car, but until bulletproof docs can be found/viewed/scrutinized, I think the new owner is bold in his claims.

[smallblockhero]

Originally Posted by DW31S

Nobody likes rare finds more than me, and as it is, it’s a very cool car, but until bulletproof docs can be found/viewed/scrutinized, I think the new owner is bold in his claims.

I said exactly what you said to him. I told him I wanted to be convinced this car was special ..even more so then it already is .i don't think bold covers his position on the car. his bravado is amusing. I told him id never heard of him and asked what his credentials are since he claimed he knew how to properly document the car. he got upset when I noted that an original owner car with all the paperwork is not the hardest thing to document. he just wanted to repeatedly claim he set the "yenko car world" on its ear and that everybody is just hating from their couch. no one bashed the car..only the term he was applying to it. the car speaks for itself as a legit L-78 one owner car. I just couldn't wrap my head around his arrogance regarding it.

[69hurstSC]

Originally Posted by smallblockhero

I said exactly what you said to him. I told him I wanted to be convinced this car was special ..even more so then it already is .i don't think bold covers his position on the car. his bravado is amusing. I told him id never heard of him and asked what his credentials are since he claimed he knew how to properly document the car. he got upset when I noted that an original owner car with all the paperwork is not the hardest thing to document. he just wanted to repeatedly claim he set the "yenko car world" on its ear and that everybody is just hating from their couch. no one bashed the car..only the term he was applying to it. the car speaks for itself as a legit L-78 one owner car. I just couldn't wrap my head around his arrogance regarding it.

You took the words out of my mouth. He was demanding that the curators of the documentation change the numbers on their lists to include his car. He said 1 of 37 and 1 of 9 on 12 separate occasions during the video. Sadly, if he brought it to MCACN he'd be laughed out of the building if he still stuck to his sYc claims.

[Tenney]

Saw a pair of unconverted Persol's that once belonged to Steve McQueen sell for 70K at an auction at the Pete a while back.

[302moz]

Sure looks like a cool car .I am confused about the 68 Yenko Camaros also non converted. So to me it’s just an l78 . Correct? Thanks

[Steve Shauger]

Originally Posted by 302moz

Sure looks like a cool car .I am confused about the 68 Yenko Camaros also non converted. So to me it’s just an l78 . Correct? Thanks

I haven't followed anything on facebook, but to answer your question if the 68 Camaro is 9737 copo, but unconverted there's a high premium for that car.

Like previously posted, if a car is a hi-perf, and sold at Yenko there's a premium. The premium is ultimately determined by the buyer and what they are willing to pay...above and beyond.....

[Late BrakeU2]

Originally Posted by Tenney

Saw a pair of unconverted Persol's that once belonged to Steve McQueen sell for 70K at an auction at the Pete a while back.

Phone bidder from Japan,also paid 45k for that Stetson with his DNA too..

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by Late BrakeU2

Phone bidder from Japan,also paid 45k for that Stetson with his DNA too..

Wonder if a 917 used in the movie Le Mans might value higher than a 917 that won Le Mans (not shopping/still saving) ...

[Late BrakeU2]

Originally Posted by Tenney

Wonder if a 917 used in the movie Le Mans might value higher than a 917 that won Le Mans (not shopping/still saving) ...

If this is any indication..note the Mulholland option..and yes the Yenko dealership does add value IMO.
http://autoweek.com/article/auctions...illion-auction