We have to thank BangShifter Travis Arneson for the tip on what amounts to one of the most interesting and emotionally conflicted projects we have seen in some time. At a cursory glance you think you are looking at a 1994 Camaro with a big block in it, but you really aren’t. The big block is there for sure, but the chassis is totally custom tubular steel, the suspension is from a C3 Corvette (even the transverse rear read spring), and the body is a fiberglass replica of a 1994 Camaro.
Then there’s the issue of what it is actually designed to do. A big block isn’t really the ideal power plant for road racing and autocross but the Corvette suspension isn’t really the hot ticket to lay down big block horsepower on the drag strip. We bet the thing is stupid fun to drive and the seller claims that he has put 1,900 miles on it since the build was done.
The quality of the car looks to be very high. The polished center section of the rear end, the red paint everywhere, the way that the interior is finished, etc. All of that looks like it was done with the proper care and attention. The engine is a .030 over LS6 454 with some speed parts bolted to it backed by a Turbo 400 transmission.
The whole car is basically scratch built and that leads us back to the original question. Is this a Camaro? A Corvette? A pro touring car? You tell us!
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I’m not sure I’d put all that work into a replica of a fourth generation Camaro when it could plausibly look like anything, but maybe he had some sentimental attachment to that body style. Or maybe it was originally built when these cars were just coming out as some sort of silhouette racer. C3 Corvette running gear seems like it would have been a more likely choice for a car built in 1994 than something built in the past decade.
With that much engine setback, I doubt the choice of a big block is going to hurt the handling, at least.
This is the second coming of Big Red.
Who would have thought that this generation of Camaro is popular enough to find a fibreglass body for. Automatic is a bit of a let down.
The build quality looks real good,so why use the chintzy braided hose covering &what appears to be a screen door spring on the carb? Other than that it’s not bad
camaro replica body- check
corvette stuff- check
mustang cobra r replica wheels – check
hmmmmm.
Cool. It’s everything an acid-dropping, across-the-ponder will hate. Not a Chevy guy, myself, but it’s odd enough that I like it.
Some odd choices here, looks well done, someone had skills and too much time on their hands.
Sort of looks like an old racecar that someone converted to a street car.
Can’t remember the class but I know there are cars like this running here in Australia and New Zealand, race cars not street cars.