Gobi Yenko Deuce finds its way to EBaY

[hvychev]

Bergy, I will add one more thing, it is HIGHLY unusual for a bank to do what this one is doing with this car. I can only guess that the selling bank is a local community bank where these types of decisions can be made locally. Forget ever doing anything like this with one of the large national banks.

[bilede]

Wow, what a thread..

I understand the shark frenzie thing but wow.. beat the car up, drive price down, get it and hope the price returns.. good luck with that..

all you with a factory numbers matching, born with drivetrain in your yenko please stay seated. others exit? How many 67, 68 yenko camaro's and 69 yenko nova's can prove the engine in their car is the one don installed? Of course, even that one isn't the factory born with so they are not supercars either with this logic.

I get the difference and price will reflect it but to question this cars heritage because the engine isn't there? sick!

What a sweet, worthwile car (even GB? haha), I hope someone with some real balls stands up and stops playing games and provides this car the providence it deserves.

good luck to all serious honest bidders.

[enio45]

Frank, your PM box is full

[hvychev]

I just cleared out a few.

[SuperNovaSS]

The fact is, even if it did turn out to be a rebody(there is no real reason to think it is),the seller is a bank. I would think they would definitely unwind the deal if something like this occured.

To me, itlooks like a great car that needs restoration and some details corrected from a prior restoration.

Jason

[enio45]

Guezz....this is the most excitment I have seen since the new SYC web site format!!

Its a decent car with paper...depending on what you want to do with the car - determines its value to you. Couple more days and this will be all over.....no more popcorn!!

For the record - with the exception of pics, I have shared ALL of the finding from my inspection.

[bergy]

I agree with you Ken - lots of posturing here. I smell a great car for a person who wants to drive it. The banker must not be into recovering full value (like Frank says). Powersnipe anyone?

[71SSNova]

Lucky for the individual that ends ups with this car that it is even on ebay.

Since I do work for a bank on foreclosed homes, I speak from experience. This is going to recoup $40k of a loan for them.
No big deal. Outta see what they write off sometimes.

Banks do not claim anything on property disclosure forms when they sell a foreclosed homes for two reasons. One, they don't have to and two, they are not going to be held liable for something they have no knowledge. When you go buy a home, you inspect it or pay an inspector to check it out for you, same goes here.
BTW, they write off houses for more than this if it is going to be a problem for them to get rid of. They just wrote off a $60k loan on a home that had a noted lead base paint problem with the Ohio Dept of Health.

Wish I had the money to buy, but first I'd go inspect it.

Good luck to the one that ends up with it! There is still one that can be had for the drivetrain components.

[x Baldwin Motion]

Four bidders within $500.00 of each other, reserve met, 15 hrs to go. This may get interesting still. Good Luck !!

[markjohnson]

It will be a very exciting final 2 minutes to watch. The drivetrain may be gone but let's face it.......the basic car is still really just a "350 Nova". It does not have the allure or pricing structure of a "1969 427 Camaro". That's the reality of it. A date-coded 1970 4-Bolt 350 CID Block(decked) puts you in business, a 1970 Nova Muncie or a freshly stamped over-the-counter unit wouldn't be too hard to score. The "CBW" 12 Bolt is a problem and a VERY difficult item to acquire but I do know of at least one Deuce that has had a "CBI" 2.73 12-Bolt re-stamped into a "W". Heck, it would be worthwhile to even "re-tube" the passenger side axle tube with the correct date and code. The famous E-Bay '63 SD421 Tempest just had an ENTIRE front clip fabricated from aluminum sheet, so an axle tube should certainly be do-able on this Deuce. Now fortunately, Chevrolet made a fairly decent number of LT-1's in Corvettes and Z-28's so engine components wouldn't be terribly hard to find. They're out there. Now what we do have here is a REAL 1970 Yenko Deuce with vintage photos, a VIN # that is on "the list", and an ORIGINAL Window Sticker from a great dealer in Chi-town that sponsored John Greenwood's wild "Spirit" Corvettes and even sold a '63 Z-11 Impala back in 1963. Eddie M. should be commended and thanked for paying for and going through the hassle of having somebody inspect this car in person and then sharing the info with everyone for free. My hats tipped to 'ya for that selfless deed and if you go after this car tomorrow, I really hope you get it. Anybody else that thinks the bank didn't do enough to represent the car accurately should just pass on this car if it makes you that uncomfortable and just wait for the next project one to pop up for sale on the 'Bay.....but you may have a VERY LONG wait! This car is the LAST of the great High Horsepower REAL Yenko Supercars of the '67-'70 time frame (I won't even acknowledge Stinger Vegas and Turbo Z's) and an opportunity to step into one, possibly reasonable, doesn't come around very often. Good luck to all and have that itchy trigger finger ready for the "ENTER" button tomorrow!