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Anyone building retro Camaros like this...
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01-24-2021, 06:39 PM | #2 |
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01-25-2021, 05:48 AM | #4 |
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Ya, that's the problem with building a good old school retro pony car. By the time you upgrade everything (the way I'd want it), I'd have more into it then just buying myself a brand new ZL1. With the brand new ZL1 you have all the latest and greatest tech. I'd always choose new over rebuilt old, but that's just me. Rebuilt retro is cool to look at, but that's about as far as it would ever go for me.
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01-25-2021, 10:01 AM | #5 | |
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Much of the appeal of a restomod lies in having today's performance without today's bells and whistles. Getting away from (over)refinement and technology once in a while is a good thing. Norm
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01-25-2021, 10:23 AM | #6 |
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Trans Am cars from Camaro...
https://transamflorida.com/hurst%20TA.htm This one takes a few seconds to download... https://transamdepot.com
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01-25-2021, 03:19 PM | #11 |
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spent 25 years with a 66 pontiac and a 67 mustang.unless you rip out everything including suspension and interior and open your wallet real wide the new cars are better in every way.if i was to hit the lotto id like one of the restomods though.
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I certainly do appreciate the allure of getting away from all the modern bells and whistles for a while though. I would have never sold my Boss 429 if it hadn't gotten so stupid valuable that it made no sense to keep.
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02-18-2021, 12:36 PM | #13 |
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I would ABSOLUTELY build the following:
- 1970 split bumper Camaro SS 396 clone out of a barebones 305 or V6 base model - Factory original citrus green with tan leather interior - Rebuild/machine a vintage 402 block (which is actually what the 396 was) with all sorts of modern goodies on it (cam, lifters, valves/springs, aluminum intake, fuel injection, aluminum headers) - Those beautiful finned 1968-72 era Chevy valve covers. Seriously. Those are like artwork you can look at them all day. - New Tremec 6 speed gearbox; Hurst shifter with a white cueball shift knob and the "H" logo on it and the deck lid. - Art Morrison chassis, Fully independent front/rear suspension with coil overs; variable assist rack and pinion steering - 1970 authentic replica 20" magnesium mag wheels - Large Vented 6 piston Brembos, front and rear with red calipers - Red SS badge on the grille and decklid, and that 396 badge on the front of the front fenders - Totally load it with modern convenience and technology: cruise, tilt, power windows and locks with one-touch operation, power moonroof, A/C, rear defrost, heated and cooled leather power seats, LED backlit retro modern gauges, navigation/custom stereo integrated to look bone stock from 1970. - Find a period correct Camaro SS steering wheel, and have it padded very thick and wrapped with soft leather. When you look at it, from a distance the only giveaway that it wouldn't be exactly what it looked like in 1970 would be the wheels that are 6" larger than they were then, and the red 4 wheel disc brakes. As you peak inside, only the leather would be different to the untrained eye. And I would drive it all the time. It wouldn't be a garage queen/show car. I'd drive it. Last edited by Petrol Head; 02-18-2021 at 12:50 PM. |
02-18-2021, 03:00 PM | #14 |
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Here's the conundrum. " You be like.."Lemme see...buy a house. Buy a car. Buy a house. Buy a car." Wife be like..."Are you out of your ever lovin' tiny pee-brained man-like mind?!"
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