Ok, this thing is pretty awesome. Back in 1969 there were two varieties of the famed COPO Camaro built. There was the 9560 car with the ZL-1 aluminum big block and there was the 9561 with the iron block that used aluminum heads. Both of them were fast as hell and both varieties bring big bucks these days. The aluminum block cars are very rare as only 69 of them were built and most of those did not sell and were converted back into more normal street cars. This Camaro is not one of those machines but it was built into a really faithful repop that also includes some modern upgrades to make it more fun and better to drive, specifically the 5-speed manual transmission.

A real COPO ZL-1 Camaro is going to fetch completely insane money but this car is listed for sale of $85,000 and that’s really insane money but this car has the workmanship and finish that seems to make that number legit in today’s market. Hell, finding a ZL-1 aluminum block to base the motor off of had to have taken some serious time and effort for the seller.

Like the COPOs of 1969 construction this one has the basic interior, little chrome, and body color steel wheels. Today’s parts and pieces can make the aluminum motor happier on the street than it would have been 50 years ago but probably to a ton. Driving this car, especially on this little bias-ply tires would keep both of your hands full as soon as you breathed on the throttle. This car would turn those tires into clouds in a hurry, especially with the wheel speed that could be mustered with that deeper gears in the transmission.

Yeah we know it is a clone but this is one bad ass clone if there ever was one.

RacingJunk link: 1969 ZL1 powered COPO Camaro tribute