For ages, the looks of 1970s street machines have been scorned. Their ass high stance, too big tires, square hood scoops, velocity stacks, and gold anodized everything led to the monochromatic pastel infused revolt of the mid to late 1980s. Well kids, the tables have turned and what was once the butt of jokes is now the inducer of drool and excited hooting and hollering from the guys who grew up in the 1970s dreaming about the hammered ride their older brother was crusing to high school (with Foghat blaring through the 6×9 speakers).
BangShift member, the aptly named “OldSchoolCamaro” has a time warp 1972 Camaro that is one of the most perfect examples of a 1970s street brawler we’ve seen in ages. The car has the right wheels, tires, stance, motor, hood, interior bits, and even some outdated, but awesome speed parts.
Packing a wicked little 11.1:1 compression 350 that used to wear a tunnel ram and now is topped with an old Holley Strip Dominator intake and a period correct, 750 Holley double pumper. Old School patterned the car after the wicked Baldwin-Motion Camaros of the era which were legimitately fast machines that Joel Rosen and his New York based Motion Performance company built for buyers all over the world.
Even the fan is a vintage Flex-a-Lite “green” piece. That’s dedication to the theme!
He’s working on an old school roll bar that will look like an old Lakewood three-point piece and a set of big, honkin’ yellow Lakewood ladder bars. You know, the ones that look like bridge girders and way just as much.
You need to hit the link and read the thread to get all the details, but scroll down here first to see some video of the car and hear the snotty little small block running!
OldSchoolCamaro Project Thread
