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1968 Chevrolet Camaro sYc Yenko 427 Super Camaro

  • Chassis Number: 124378N413680
  • Body Number: Yenko No. YS-8022
Approaching the height of the muscle car era, General Motors was holding back. The rebellious enthusiasts cried for power, but GM wasn't sure its clientele was mature enough. Leave it to Don Yenko to come along like some grandparent and spoil the grandchildren making the parents, and the law, a little perturbed.

Owning a GM dealership in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Don Yenko had the inside track as to what General Motors really had available or not. Most everyone knew Chevrolet had the L72 engine, but it was only made available in the Corvette. The muscle car lovers were left a little cheated with the 350 cubic inch engine. Yenko would remedy the situation by order L72 engines and doing the updates at his own shop in Canonsburg.

Word would quickly spread. Pandora's Box had been open and there was very little Chevrolet could do about it. The popularity would be such that Yenko would order more Camaros for 1968 so that he could perform the L72 conversion. Approximately 64 examples of the Yenko Super Camaro would be produced. The popularity would be such that Chevrolet would collaborate with Yenko to create the COPO Camaros. Now the project would be a corporate effort leaving the 64 produced in 1968 as some of the only pure Yenko Super Camaros.

Chassis 124378N413680 would be one of those 'pure' Yenko Super Camaros. Documents indicate the car had been delivered to Yenko Chevrolet on the 20th of April in 1968. Some time later, the car would be sold to Sight Chevrolet in Kansas City where it would be received by its first owner, Brian Boutwell.

Boutwell would retain the Yenko Camaro until the mid-1990s when William Dyer came to own the brute. A restoration would be conducted that would help turn the car into an award winner, including a Gold Award at the Camaro Nationals. Sporting redline tires, Fathom Blue paint, Pontiac rally wheels and the easily-recognizable Yenko vented hood, the 1968 Yenko Camaro remains all that a muscle car is supposed to be.

The 1968 Chevrolet Yenko Super Camaro would be offered to the public through Gooding & Company's Arizona sale in 2015. Having a little more than 54,000 miles and still sporting its massive 450 horse V-8 engine with single Holley carburetor, the car garnered estimates ranging from between $425,000 and $525,000 prior to the auction.

By Jeremy McMullen

2015 Gooding & Company - Arizona

Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $425,000-USD $525,000 
Lot was not sold

1968 Chevrolet Camaro Auction Sales

Recent Sales of the Chevrolet Camaro

(Data based on Model Year 1968 sales)
1968 Chevrolet Camaro
Chassis#: 124378n399602
Sold for USD$43,450
  2024 Mecum : Glendale
 
1968 Chevrolet Camaro
Chassis#: 124378n329955
Sold for USD$42,900
  2024 Mecum : Glendale
 
1968 Chevrolet Camaro
Chassis#: 124378l312319
Sold for USD$72,600
  2024 Mecum : Glendale
 
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Convertible
Chassis#: 124678n329993
Sold for USD$41,800
  2024 Mecum : Glendale
 
1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS
Chassis#: 124378n325427
Sold for USD$68,200
  2024 Mecum : Glendale
 
1968 Chevrolet Camaro L78
Chassis#: 124378n395940
Sold for USD$77,000
  2024 Mecum : Glendale
 
1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS Sport Coupe Restomod
Chassis#: 124378N316499
Sold for USD$35,840
  2024 Bonhams : Amelia Island Auction
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO Z/28 RS
Chassis#: 124378N362311
Sold for USD$88,000
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE
Chassis#: 124678N331388
Sold for USD$85,800
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO YENKO RE-CREATION
Chassis#: 123378N375507
Sold for USD$50,600
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE
Chassis#: 124678L345448
Sold for USD$44,000
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE
Chassis#: 124678N469637
Sold for USD$66,000
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO RS/SS CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE
Chassis#: 124678N317780
Sold for USD$77,000
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE
Chassis#: 124678L317994
Sold for USD$61,600
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO Z/28 RS CUSTOM COUPE
Chassis#: 124378JN446811
Sold for USD$83,600
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO Z/28 COUPE
Chassis#: 124378N463904
Sold for USD$77,000
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO SS CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE
Chassis#: 124678N463411
Sold for USD$66,000
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO CUSTOM COUPE
Chassis#: 123378N435599
Sold for USD$159,500
  2024 Barrett-Jackson : Scottsdale AZ
 
1968 Chevrolet Camaro
Chassis#: 123378n389350
Sold for USD$36,300
  2024 Mecum : Kissimmee
 
1968 Chevrolet Camaro
Chassis#: 124378n358191
Sold for USD$46,200
  2024 Mecum : Kissimmee
 

Chevrolet Camaros That Failed To Sell At Auction

1968 Chevrolet Camaro's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
VehicleChassisEventHigh BidEst. LowEst. High
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378n3117462024 Mecum : Glendale$38,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378l3450652024 Mecum : Glendale$47,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Custom124378n4366292024 Mecum : Kissimmee$90,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378n3778112024 Mecum : Kissimmee$40,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Custom123378l3477942024 Mecum : Kissimmee$50,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Coupe123378n3132712023 Mecum : Kansas City$37,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS124378n4290322023 Mecum : Kansas City$25,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378n3786592023 Mecum : Kansas City$60,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS124378n3981642023 Mecum : Kansas City$35,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378n4158132023 Mecum : Chattanooga$47,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Drag Car124378n4782892023 Mecum : Chattanooga$38,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro123378n3755072023 Mecum : Dallas$44,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro12437hc1028132023 Mecum : Dallas$41,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible124678l3218352023 Mecum : Dallas$40,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS124378n4752282023 Mecum : Monterey$22,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Custom124378n3746192023 Mecum : Kissimmee Summer Special 2023$80,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS Convertible123678n3002442023 Mecum : Kissimmee Summer Special 2023$47,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378n4259992023 Mecum : Kissimmee Summer Special 2023$60,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS124378n4646822023 Mecum : Kissimmee Summer Special 2023$50,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378n3778112023 Mecum : Kissimmee Summer Special 2023$35,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS124378n3823682023 Mecum : Kissimmee Summer Special 2023$57,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS124378n4138792023 Mecum : Kissimmee Summer Special 2023$36,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378l3417562023 Mecum : Indy$34,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS124378n3985462023 Mecum : Indy$100,000$125,000$150,000
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378l3344372023 Mecum : Indy$130,000$200,000$225,000
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378n4623392023 Mecum : Indy$38,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378n4748452023 Mecum : Indy$60,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro124378l3385392023 Mecum : Indy$27,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Custom124378n4366292023 Mecum : Indy$110,000  
1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS124378n3823682023 Mecum : Indy$55,000  

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