68' Copo Sold!

[BAD LS1]

Well the car just rolled through the auction at russo and steele in scottsdale @ 930 here... But did not sell on the block!

The car made it all the way to 440,000 before it closed, we had the reserve set @500,000. A guy who owns a large company in phoenix made an offer of 600,000 before it through the auction and its going to be sold to him. Just need to finalize it all within the next hour.



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[Bobby "Big Daddy" Flay]

Awesome deal Tom.

[Holeshot]

Very Sweet Tom !!!

[Nix]

Congrats I think you made the right choice. What are you planning on doing with the cash?

[JC70SS]

:crying:crying

[BAD LS1]

Fix my house up with a new roof and siding anda lift for the garage then, save save save.

[Lash]

Are you crazy???

[Yooformula]

wow. glad you got what you wanted for it but I would not have been able to part from that.

[BAD LS1]

Its not easy to let go... but it will now actually be able to have a proper home.

[Flicktitty]

Congrats on the sale Tom. Must be really hard to let it go. Nice to see you get what you wanted to get for it.

[GTSLOW]

Wholy crap nice!

[Boost21]

Congrats on selling, im sure it was hard. When/how did you originally get the car?

[88Nightmare]

Congrats on selling, im sure it was hard. When/how did you originally get the car?

inherited after his father passed away, I believe.

[WilliamZ]

That car is amazing but I suppose I would even let it go for that money. I hope everything works out on Tuesday for ya!

[BAD LS1]

That car is amazing but I suppose I would even let it go for that money. I hope everything works out on Tuesday for ya!

Whats on tuesday?

[WilliamZ]

Good question, I don't know where I got Tuesday out of "the next hour." :)

[Breecher_7]

mabey its time for that new truck you were thinking about!

[pw_cc_runner]

Which COPO options did it have? JW

[Karps TA]

I would so have like the best night at Silk.

That or I leave for Vegas in a while. I can put it all down on 11 black for you :D

[PureSound15]

Holy hell Tom! I didn't think you'd sell it, but like everyone else said.. it would be hard to keep it when you could sell it for that.

I didn't see it on the show yet, and I've been watching it quite a bit this weekend.

[BAD LS1]

Holy hell Tom! I didn't think you'd sell it, but like everyone else said.. it would be hard to keep it when you could sell it for that.

I didn't see it on the show yet, and I've been watching it quite a bit this weekend.

Its not at BJ's so you wont see it on TV.

[PureSound15]

Its not at BJ's so you wont see it on TV.

Ahhh that makes sense!

[Ricky Bobby]

congrats tom so when u throwin the party with beer and strippers cause u know me and brad are in :thumbsup

seriously though good deal, its got to be hard to part with it

[97z2801ss]

WHat happend to the red yenko?

[formul8]

Holy crappin' Christ.... $600K!!!!

[PB86MCSS]

An awesome ride, but any car that could get that much money I'd probably have to sell as well. Maybe I missed some earlier threads but did you do alot of the restoration yourself? Hopefully the buyer is at least in the states :usa: .

[Z Speed]

Which COPO options did it have? JW

bump for a good question...

just imagine if that car is left in the same condition 15 years from now what it would be worth :wooo

[lasttimearound]

any where i can read more about the copo's? all i could find was info on the nova's.

[BAD LS1]

Its a Copo 9737, which is a yenko specific order, the car was ordered and sold through yenko, it was meant to be converted to 427 power etc but 6 were not. There is one left known in exsitance just like this.

http://www.maxchevy.com/features/carfeature/ii_4-yenko-1.html

http://www.brewcitymuscle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9986&highlight=copo

[jbiscuit]

awesome tommy! What people forget is that technically this is a car but at the same time its no different than any other investment. This one had some family heritage however though but its a lot of coin sitting on 4 wheels! Sh1t if anything, build an exact clone and drive the sh1t out of it!! These super rare cars can't be driven anyways.

[pw_cc_runner]

Thanks! That was a great read. I had no idea these "leftover" Yenko's could be so valuable and it is quite amazing that your father was able to track the car back down.

[lasttimearound]

damn bro, that is amazing. congrats. are you going to be able follow the car through the new owner?

[Cryptic]

awesome tommy! What people forget is that technically this is a car but at the same time its no different than any other investment. This one had some family heritage however though but its a lot of coin sitting on 4 wheels! Sh1t if anything, build an exact clone and drive the sh1t out of it!! These super rare cars can't be driven anyways.

I hate using this term but, "Quoted for Truth".

I have to imagine the guy who bought this car could buy 10 more and still have cash left over.

[BAD LS1]

Yeah the guy is kind of the private collector type and picks up really odd ball stuff.

As i mentioned in the BJ post, seems as though the intrest and money is shifting to the cars that fell second fiddle to the big boys like ZL1's, converted yenko's, Hemi mopars etc... They didnt bring anywhere near this that i seen this year. However there were a couple cobrajet mustangs that brought better than 600K though on BJ.

The car is rare, but its not THAT rare... but this goes to show how volatile the muscle car market is, it can be insane one year, and the bottom will fall out the next.

It would be super easy to make a clone driver @ 1/4 of the resto cost for this car anyway.

At least my mom can retire and stop commuting from oshkosh to west allis everyday now.

[Cryptic]

At least my mom can retire and stop commuting from oshkosh to west allis everyday now.

Congrats to Mom!

[Poncho]

It all depends on the buyer. I mean hell the car went all these years without even knowing that it was what it was. But Tom's right, it's rare, but not that rare. To many it might mean much that it was a car that never was, but to another, it makes it more rare than one that was converted.

[madmike]

All I need to know is with all that money you buying tonight? he he he!!

[juicedimpss]

that was a tough decision to make,i know i wouldnt want to make that chioce...i wish i had any of my father's cars
congrats on the sale.

[Prince Valiant]

Congrats on the sale....knowing that more people can enjoy the car and you guys have a bit more security is a win-win in my book.

[Brian98GTP]

I, too, think you made the right decision, Tommy, no matter how hard it was to let go.

You should tell the guy you want the money in cash, in 1's and 5's... and to meet you under the 16th street via-duct at midnight...... and to come alone. :rolf

[Voodoo Chick]

there's NO way i'd have EVER sold that, for any sum of money........sooner sell my kidneys.......no offense, anyone.