??? 1969 Yenko Camaro Prototype ???

[John]

....
.... I wonder Who finally ended up with this Camaro ?
...

[JoeC]

sometimes fake cars have fake sales so I don't know if it really sold but
it was on the Mecum site as sold in 2023 $440K

I was surprised Mecum listed it

[Carleen]

https://www.mecum.com/lots/539647/19...aro-prototype/

[Xplantdad]

Anything to do with these two posts?


https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...enko+prototype

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...highlight=SEMA

[JoeC]

The listed highlights of the car included "signed by Lynn Yenko"

no documentation listed

[JoeC]

Originally Posted by Xplantdad

Anything to do with these two posts?


https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...enko+prototype

https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...highlight=SEMA

Its been almost 20 years but if I remember the story Jim Barber (who is named in the Mecum Highlights) was involved with the fake prototype and the "new" Yenkos and ended up with some legal problems

here is my old post
"The Dynacorn body Yenko (no VT top) is not the same car as the so called "Yenko Prototype" (black top) but the same people were involved with both cars. The new Dynacorn body Yenko was on the cover MCR March 2008 . Article says it is the first of the continuation series of Yenko Camaros. Here is a quote "Jim Barber says it best: This car is not a rebody. It's not a clone built from a wreck. It's not a custom or someone's tribute. It's the real thing. GM says it is. These cars are built to standards far beyond those with which the originals were built. It's a trip back to 1969-a chance to experience the sights and sounds of the Yenko in a new car. It's an all-steel, fully licensed and approved Yenko Camaro. You can't do much better than that."... I imaged Don "rolling in his grave" on this car."