$200K 1969 Z-28

[SMGCO]

The bottom line is that a very low mileage original and documented 69 z is not worth 200,000. They are not worth 100,000 either. For that matter 50,000 is stretching it.

[Schonyenko2]

I talked with a friend from Moline Ill today who has been involved with racing, and muscle cars on that side of the river for a long time. I asked about that Z that went through the auction as it showed the Mills/Moline on the tail panel. He said Bud Mills the dealership owner, let his son drive that car. Never titled it. Just kept it as a dealership car. Later sold it to another dealer who for some reason didn't title it either. Said the kid was not afraid to drive it.

[Salvatore]

I know one thing for sure....I hang out with Jerry at the drags on occasion and he is one HECK of a driver and that Old Reliable is one HECK of a car! Can't wait till the spring. Maybe even a national record this year!!

[hvychev]

Their is also a very original LS6 Chevelle which was sold new out of Mills Chevrolet that was for sale recently. The car is pretty cool and resembles Dennis Cumby's black no stripe LS6. It also seemed to have a lot of paperwork. The car is owned by Terry Carney who was a co owner with our own oldredalert on the Red Alert LS6 Chevelle.

Mills Chevrolet sold at least one 1967 Yenko Camaro. It seems with the cars from their that survive that they sold their fair share of muscle cars.

I have seen this on e-bay for some time now. Somebody pick this up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOLINE-IL-MILLS-CHEV...1QQcmdZViewItem

[Schonyenko2]

Frank, Mills was the most performance oriented dealership in what they used to call the quint cities back then. They were big into corvettes. Lots of BB chevelles. They did have a 67 Yenko camaro go through. It was raced heavily, and crashed at the strip. I'm still chasing pics of it.
It was Bob Erickson though in Milan Ill. that sold the Yenko deuce that Cronkleton owns. Only deuce they had.

[camarojoe]

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Mills Chevrolet sold at least one 1967 Yenko Camaro. It seems with the cars from their that survive that they sold their fair share of muscle cars.

I have seen this on e-bay for some time now. Somebody pick this up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/MOLINE-IL-MILLS-CHEV...1QQcmdZViewItem

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happy?

[hvychev]

Why does that not surpise me!

[af1fe]

I know that Jerry has never been one to beat around the bush on a car. He is the first one to say "The king is naked". I was lucky enough to be able to work for this man and to see first hand how meticulous he is in going over each and every Camaro. It was almost painful to see him document and keep records. No pun intended, but if ever there was a person "reliable" enough to be called a Camaro Expert, it would be Jerry MacNeish. Again, he has never been afraid to call the baby ugly (he may come across a little ruff, but face it, the truth hurts!). I have traveled with him to appraise and certify cars many times, and yes a majority of them are exactly as advertised. Have you ever seen the face of someone who has blown $60,000 for a car, then hire Jerry to certify it and then to find out it was a clone? Jerry has been to court many times, called upon as an expert witness, to testify. The reason people call on Jerry to certify their cars, to check out cars they want to purchase, is because he knows his business and his reputation is second to none. If there are any other "experts" out there please chime in, you know what I am talking about. I would like to nominate Jerry to replace Bill O'Reilly.

[Jerry@CHP]

To SMGCO,

Regarding your comments on the values of 1969 Z28's. We have done a lot of home work and research on this subject and in today's market pre BJ, a nice original survivor 69 Z would have a value in the $60-100K range. Restored cars are in the $60-70K range. As I stated before, BJ does raise the values on these cars but not through the roof as the $205K Z28. And now after reading the post here from SchonYenko2 who knows the dealership and owner, there might be more skeletons in the closet of this green survivor car than originally thought. Throw a dealer tag on the car and drive. Another reason why many of these parts were changed........and who knows what the actual mileage is?

Thanks again guys for your support here. I do appreciate it and it appears that all my hard work and dedication to this hobby has paid off.

Jerry

[Mr70]

Who's Bill O'Rielly?