Looking for information on YS8008 "Raffle Car"
 

Just curious if anyone has any information regarding the "Raffle car" I would appreciate it if you shared. I know there is some mystery as well as controversy surrounding this specific vehicle and I am trying to get some of the facts sorted out about it. Ant information would be appreciated

Thank you
Craig

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"The One and Only on the Planet" car?

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HAHA ... Yes sir the one and only. I am hearing tales such as that going around and I am just trying sort fact from nonsense. I have access to the car but didnt know about that

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IIRC, the magazine said it was a factory 427 car. It wasn't.
Can you possibly get me a pic of the POP? Car also has a broadcast sheet - a rarity.

Thanks!
Kurt

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Hey Kurt

If the car had any of that stuff i believe it is long gone. There was an employee that was in charge of all of the paperwork and when he left all of the documentation went with him. This is way before I got here. I am just trying to gather whatever info I can to try and make sense of it. I can check in the car and see if anything is there but I am certain it is gone.

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... What magazine was the camaro in [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img]

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The US Camaro Club's magazine. Camaro Corral / Enthusiast.

I have a pic of the broadcast sheet. But not the POP.

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Does Classic Industries still own the car?
Are you saying they lost the paperwork on it?

They ran a raffle but said the winner took cash and they kept the car.

I have some info in my notes with copies of the Classic industries ad and a magazine article on it.

They called it the &quot;One and only on the planet Sweepstakes&quot; with grand prize
&quot;1968 Yenko SC 427 #8008 COPO Camaro 9737/1001 top secret factory documents reveal this 1968 Yenko Camaro is a 427 COPO Factory Super/Stock prototype&quot;

They had the POP, a broadcast sheet and a COPO order form.
The POP shows the special MV engine code L78 and they had paper work showing &quot;CONV L78 COPO F BODY COPO 9737 1001 HA&quot;. They concluded that this means it was a factory 427 conversion.

They didn't realize that the &quot;CONV&quot; was for the COPO 9737 Yenko Sportscars conversion and the 1001HA is for special paint.
The car has no paint code (dash dash trim tag) and was said to be stripe delete and Yenko added a 1967 Camaro nose stripe to the car.
The special paint number 1001HA is listed with the COPO number ( this is also done on special paint Yenko Chevelle paperwork)


So with the special engine code (used with all the 1968 COPO 9737s) and the special paint 1001HA and the COPO 9737 on the COPO paperwork, they concluded it is a &quot;427 COPO Factory Super/Stock prototype&quot;

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I know the story behind this car, but am unable to share that info at this time.Don't mean to be mysterious,but circumstances make it necessary.

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I remember that this car had an Idaho license plate? When it was raffled.
Don

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY</div><div class="ubbcode-body">&quot;The One and Only on the Planet&quot; car? </div></div>

I bought a ticket for that car years ago. I'm sure I still have the poster that was part of the ticket purchase. If someone wants it let me know....

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Yes Joe ... From what I gather the paperwork is gone. There supposedly was one of our tech support guys that was in charge of it and when he went allegedly so did all of the cars papers. Yes classic does still own the car

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That's good that you know the story, but that doesn't help me any that &quot;Can't share&quot;

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Craig_Maiorana</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yes Joe ... From what I gather the paperwork is gone. There supposedly was one of our tech support guys that was in charge of it and when he went allegedly so did all of the cars papers. Yes classic does still own the car </div></div>
I would think they would go after the paperwork.

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I agree Charley but I think it is a case of this person &quot;supposedly&quot; had it in his care and now it's gone and so is he. I am on a fact finding mission on my own. Just trying to piece together some of the known history since obviously you guys seem to know a bit more about it than I do. Now that i had a chance to see Dana's gorgeous car I want to try and sort out some of the mess surrounding this one.

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They should try to find those docs

The COPO order form is a rare document to have.
One of the magazine articles had a picture of the form.
It was not very clear but I sent a copy to Jim Mattison who said he remembered it and had not seen one since he left the GM COPO F&amp;SO dept.

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I agree. I think what happened was whoever made off with them did in such a way that nobody really knows who has them. I guess they were a tad naive that whoever did this would keep them safe. I know if I were entrusted with them they would have safe.

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I bet pictures were taken of the documents for the magazine. Wonder if the pictures survive.....

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I used to have the &quot;One and only on the Planet&quot; Tshirt and poster.. long gone. I always wondered if that claim was true. I was just talking to Marlin about this car on facebook. Does anyone have a pics of the raffle ad or the old shirt?. It was pretty cool!

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I looked through my Camaro Corral / Enthusiast issues for YS 8008 and could only find an ad for the raffle on Classic's center spread. Could someone please tell me what issue and month/year the car was featured in, or the issue the available information is in?

Thanks,
Bryan

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Craig, Do you know what dealership that car was sold from? I have a friend that might have info, on that car.........ys8016.......

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YS-8008 was sold new at Jay Kline in Minn, MN

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Craig , do you know what options the car has(8008), and what color it was when new? The window sticker on that car was $4400.00 and change. Does it have the add on tach, and the 3 guages under the dash?...................