Love It? Hate It? This Camaro Was Built In Thailand, Where American Cars Are Rare. What Do You Think?


Love It? Hate It? This Camaro Was Built In Thailand, Where American Cars Are Rare. What Do You Think?

(Words by Charles Wickam) Just when you thought you couldn’t build a 1st gen Camaro any other way it takes a builder with the foresight to merge trends from two continents and apply them to a car, a 60s muscle car at that. Tinky, as he’s known in Thailand, is the owner and build who spent over 6 plus years taking JDM styling from Japan and applying it to this 1968 Camaro. In Thailand, American cars are few and far between since there is an insanely high import tax on foreign cars brought in from other countries, like around 80%, but that doesn’t deter people from bringing in cars they want.

In the video, it’s not stated what condition the Camaro was in before Tinky started, but I’m going to go out on a limb and say it was a shell and if you pay close enough attention to the car in different scenes you will see a modified firewall, bumpers deleted, a filler panel added in the rear to house 71-73 round Camaro tail lights (I’ll admit and say I really like this mod). But then there are the added JDM touches as you would see on early modded Japanese cars with colored lenses covering the headlights, missing grills with exposed oil and transmission coolers, mirrors placed on the fenders, and bolt-on over fenders covering the extremely wide Work wheels.
While I was expecting a 2JZ or RB26 engine in it a built LS engine keeps to its American roots with power going thru a 4L60. And before you start with saying he should have used something stronger, remember he is in Thailand and using what he has access to or is capable of importing. He knows there’s a weakness to them but he’s using what he has to finally enjoy his car, and we commend him for it.
What do you think of this thing? Love it? Hate it? Let us know in the comments below and let us know exactly what it is that you love or hate!

 


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5 thoughts on “Love It? Hate It? This Camaro Was Built In Thailand, Where American Cars Are Rare. What Do You Think?

  1. Matt Cramer

    I like it. Sure, it’s not quite how I’d build it, but the stance looks great with the fender flares covering a ton of rubber.

    1. Fred

      Hey I have a 68 Camaro Convertible 454 ci auto very very nice won’t find one like this $ 35,000 Email for more info

  2. Labweiler

    I would drive the wheels off of it. Nice to see someone follow their dream instead of building another cookie cutter car. Well done Tinky.

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