One of the craziest and most unique 1968 Camaros of all time, the so-called “Camaero” is for sale on eBay. The car has a 455ci Olds engine mounted where the rear seat and trunk area would normally be, a highly modified body, and a track record of long hauling Power Tours and racking up miles on the road. The handiwork to make this happen and work so wel is pretty amazing, the fact that it was done by a dude in his home shop is even cooler.
Sadly, the original builder has passed away and the car is being sold to raise funds for the seller’s mother. Otherwise, we have to believe that the car would still be rolling down the highway and long hauling Power Tours still.
The styling is certainy a love it/hate it type situation. Dimensionally speaking, the body has been stretched 10″, the wheel base has been modified by 3.5″, and we’re not sure because the ad does not say, but the body seems to have been widened as well.
Acccording to the seller, the car has not been driven all that much of late, but he did take it for a recent 50 mile drive and reports that all is still well with the Camaero. Currently, the bidding has crested $26,000 but we have a strong feeling that the family is look for a whole lot more than that.
So what do you think? Is this car all that or just too far out there to be worth much?
eBay Find: The 1968 Camaero – a Camaro Packing 455ci of Rear Mounted Olds
6 days left on the auction, I’d expect the usual flurry of bids at the last minute. My opinion…I like the engineering, don’t care for the finished product.
Wasn’t this car in one of the car mags years ago? If it is the car I am thinking about, the builder used to work with NASCAR teams. Pretty cool car.
Super clean build. Have you have a taste for it though I think to rack up the $$$$. I’m actually impressed it’s at $26,000.
Tons of nice work there! I bet it’s fun to drive!
I have pictures of this car on 1999 power tour, Nashville tenn.
And my dad drove a ’65 Volkswagen. 40 horse. No wonder I turned out to be a pussy.
While I don’t believe the car is “just too far out there to be worth much”, I firmly believe that this is an acquired taste and will require someone with the same taste to appreciate it enough to pay anywhere near what it is worth, from both an engineering and an intrinsic-value standpoint.
I wish the seller and the widow/ family well in their sale effort.
I saw this car at the Grand Run in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee back in 1999. It must bee seen to appreciate the work that went into it. It’s sad to hear the builder has passed to the big car show in the sky. But he was truly a visionary. RIP man. Maybe you can trade stories with Boyd and Lil’ John..
You can’t deny the amount of work and high level of quality. Design-wise its cool, but the outside proportions are a bit awkward from some angles. Some details like the huge, flat dash and wheels would really improve the car if they were updated, but then again, would you be ruining the singular vision of its builder? This is such a personal, on-off car. I bet that it does not sell for much more than what it’s at now.