View From The Porch: Automotif XXXIX...

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Automotif XXXIX...

Spotted this restomod on the way home from the range. It was turning right at 56th & Lafayette, so I wasn't able to get a better shot, unfortunately. It was mighty tasty, though.

Bitchin' Camaro

11 comments:

Noah said...: Vaguely on-topic:

Say what you will about the 'new classic' muscle cars, the Dodge Challenger is the only non-exotic car that has ever caught my wife's eye (she of the utterly utilitarian approach to automotive transport).; 2:15 PM, July 30, 2014
Anonymous said...: It looks like it has been tubbed to allow those wide rear tires. I wonder if it's an original '69 Camaro? Apparently you can build a first generation Camaro with all new parts, the only original part you need is the build plate.

Al_in_Ottawa; 2:43 PM, July 30, 2014
Keads said...: Al, I know for sure you can build a new first generation Mustang. I'm betting the same for the Camaro after looking at the NPD part catalog for them =); 3:33 PM, July 30, 2014
John A said...: 1 OK, "Restomod" looks good, if you want to fix/uphrade a fairly common antique.
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2 I qas told about 1960, Sears still carried all the parts - including body - for the Ford Model T.
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3 I also remember form the 1960s an article about a guy who decided to put more power in his MG, which he did by cutting a Corvette V8 engine in half (even more work than it sounds like) and installing it - would Retromod do that, I wonder?; 3:55 PM, July 30, 2014
Anonymous said...: There's a company called dynacorn that offers replacement bodyshells for 67 & 69 Camaros and 67 thru 70 Mustangs. The owner of my local body shop is building up a new '69 Camaro around one in his spare time.

Al_in_Ottawa; 5:28 PM, July 30, 2014
Unknown said...: A Bitchin' Camaro with no insurance to match?; 6:19 PM, July 30, 2014
Scott J said...: Sigh, wish I could afford a vehicle collection as deep as my gun collection.; 7:26 PM, July 30, 2014
Bob in Houston said...: heh, "Bitchin' Camaro", oh lordy, Tam just might have a Dead Milkmen cassette in the her collection!; 7:52 PM, July 30, 2014
benEzra said...: If you think about it, the very genesis of hot-rodding was restomodding old worn out Model T's and '30s coupes into fun performance cars. A teenager in the '40s and '50s wouldn't have been caught dead in a beautifully restored factory-spec Model T or '32 Coupe, but rebuild/mod/replace the engine and hack the body, and it was a hot ride.; 9:23 AM, July 31, 2014
Paul said...: Lot of work to go really fast in a straight line for 440 yards. There was a movie back in the 70's that had a Bonnie and Clyde theme where the male had tricked out a 69 Camaro. Now that car I liked.; 11:42 AM, July 31, 2014
Will said...: I'm still annoyed that the owner wouldn't sell me his '65/66 Mustang fastback with a straight front axle. Obviously set up as a drag car. He originally had a big block in it, set back a bit. It was for sale, but when I told him I wanted to build it for the street, he refused, even though I told him it would be going across the country. Told him it would first go into my dad's shop in NJ for a thorough going over (10 mile away) and initial engine/trans installation, then get towed to CA.
I originally thought he was just being a safety nazi, but now suspect there might have been something fishy about the title. Would have been neat!; 3:06 PM, July 31, 2014

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