Gold Yenko at Mecum sets record

[Andy]

Congratulations Ryan! I have fond memories of the Olympic gold car. I was able to visit Cliff several years ago and tour his collection. From what he told me, he drove the rally green car the most and enjoyed taking his grandchildren for rides in it.

[bashton]

Congrats go out to Ryan, who truly exemplifies what our hobby is (and should be) all about.

So with that being said...who would like to see a different kind of "Six Pack" at MCACN this year?

Bashton

[Xplantdad]

Me!

[carnut4life]

Originally Posted by JoeC

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

I've got pictures of Cliff's gold Yenko Camaro from the 1988 Super Chevy Sunday event in Indianapolis, IN. If i remember correctly, that was the cars debut after the restoration. It was a show stopper even back and I had a tough time getting pictures of it due to the huge crowd around it.

Congratulations Ryan!

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by R68GTO

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

Was this Melbourne Florida? Or Naples area?

To the buyer of the gold car and this may be a NO NO question if so don’t answer it
What made you go in so big on the gold car vs the others ? Was it the race history?

My personal preference has always been race history just my thing. I let a convertible go for race history. In the road race world race history is gold.

Reason I ask is they are all such beautiful and special cars but there was clearly a huge difference in price between them

[markinnaples]

Originally Posted by turbo69bird

Was this Melbourne Florida? Or Naples area?

To the buyer of the gold car and this may be a NO NO question if so don’t answer it
What made you go in so big on the gold car vs the others ? Was it the race history?

My personal preference has always been race history just my thing. I let a convertible go for race history. In the road race world race history is gold.

I think this was the Muscle Car Museum in Punta Gorda. I don't think the museum in Naples is the type for a first gen Camaro.

[turbo69bird]

Originally Posted by markinnaples

I think this was the Muscle Car Museum in Punta Gorda. I don't think the museum in Naples is the type for a first gen Camaro.

Sad there’s a disconnect like that but get what your saying
👍

[Steve Shauger]

The Mecum Yenko display @Kissimmee. I took pics of the Orange Camaro and Fathom Green Nova but missing.

[TimG]

I was there on the first and second day of the auction and it was very quiet in the display room for all these cars. They were very impressive. I don't know the specifics of each car, but they clearly stated the prototype retained its original engine. This and its unique color probably contributed to the high number.

[bergy]

Please help me keep the notes correct in the registry. What makes this car a prototype?