1968 Yenko Camaro RS/SS YS-8035 Barrett Jackson

[TarheelRyan]

Buyer Beware. I purchased YS-8035 at Mecum Glendale 2023. I found out after the auction it was a rebody. Mecum took the car back and required the seller to repurchase. Barrett's ad states, "the original restoration required utilizing body and cowl sections from another Camaro, eliminating some original confidential VIN numbers." Needless to say, it is a little more than that. There is little out there on this car as it has purportedly been owned by the same family for 40+ years. The car has some of the best Yenko documentation I've seen, but don't be misled by the paperwork. I hate to discredit anyone's car, but a rebody is a rebody. If anyone has questions, please ask!

https://www.barrett-jackson.com/scot...o-yenko-281252

[TarheelRyan]

Just a few of the pictures we took...

[Charley Lillard]

From the Barrett-Jackson description "The original restoration required utilizing body and cowl sections from another Camaro, eliminating some original confidential VIN numbers and ultimately requiring a state-assigned VIN."


It looks like they used a complete Los Angeles built body from reading the hidden vin.



The description says "eliminating some original confidential VIN numbers". It looks to me like all the confidential vin numbers are gone.

[TarheelRyan]

It is a full rebody. History was tracked back to the original owner. Pictures were taken at Frank's shop.

[PeteLeathersac]

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Great you found out the truth in time to unwind the deal, here’s the thread we had going then including original sale link also sad reality of Rebody as later revealed…
https://www.thesupercarregistry.com/...d.php?t=174355
Wonder what ever happened to the Real YS-8035 as below pics…68’s Yenkos look so badass tough!
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~ Pete

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[Mr70]

Thanks for sharing this with us.

[FTC]

First off, I'm glad you were able to stop this purchase, and I believe the car should be better represented when being sold, and complete disclosure of how it was restored should be given to all prospective buyers.

I'm not trying to start an argument here, I'd just like to know your opinion on this subject. I've seen this discussed every so often. Is it a given that everyone believes as long as the original firewall and cowl panel sheet metal is used, with the hidden VINs stamped on them,..it's accepted as being the original car?

Even if fenders, doors, quarters, roof, tail panel, rockers,..etc,,etc have been replaced due to crash damage or rust and rot, and the only remaining sheet metal is the cowl and firewall?

What if the fire wall and cowl was destroyed beyond repair, by rot or a t bone crash, wouldn't replacing those parts to factory specs and tolerances, for aesthetics and safety reasons, be the proper repair?

If a donor body was used completely, or for those parts in question, and it was a legit, registered, owned and titled car by the same person as the car being restored is, therefor removing any inclination that there was some underhanded, stolen vehicle issues being covered up....wouldn't using the used OEM body parts..be the same or even better than using aftermarket parts or catalog parts to repair the car?

[Keith Seymore]

Originally Posted by FTC

First off, I'm glad you were able to stop this purchase, and I believe the car should be better represented when being sold, and complete disclosure of how it was restored should be given to all prospective buyers.

I'm not trying to start an argument here, I'd just like to know your opinion on this subject. I've seen this discussed every so often. Is it a given that everyone believes as long as the original firewall and cowl panel sheet metal is used, with the hidden VINs stamped on them,..it's accepted as being the original car?

Even if fenders, doors, quarters, roof, tail panel, rockers,..etc,,etc have been replaced due to crash damage or rust and rot, and the only remaining sheet metal is the cowl and firewall?

What if the fire wall and cowl was destroyed beyond repair, by rot or a t bone crash, wouldn't replacing those parts to factory specs and tolerances, for aesthetics and safety reasons, be the proper repair?

If a donor body was used completely, or for those parts in question, and it was a legit, registered, owned and titled car by the same person as the car being restored is, therefor removing any inclination that there was some underhanded, stolen vehicle issues being covered up....wouldn't using the used OEM body parts..be the same or even better than using aftermarket parts or catalog parts to repair the car?

"Ship of Theseus Paradox"

https://www.google.com/search?q=ship...active&ssui=on

People have been attempting to answer these questions since the first century. Ask ten different enthusiasts and you'll get twenty different answers.

The only difference is that first century wooden ships did not have hidden VINs (as far as I know).

K

[TarheelRyan]

Pete - Nasblu, another member on this site, was able to track this car's history back to the original owner. Through his research, the 3rd owner is the one who rebodied the car. The body tub of YS-8035 sat behind his garage for a period of time before it was purchased and used in some form of dirt track racing. Thereafter, it was scrapped and crushed.

[GMC_Typhoon]

Sometimes I wish I could rebody my wife.