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General Discussion / Re: Are desirable Camaros becoming out of reach to the average person?

« on: May 15, 2007, 07:00:41 PM »

Ya know a few years ago I thought that all these clone cars were bad for the hobby and were just ripoffs but now in this changing climate and escalating prices of musclecars I have changed my mind. Obviously anyone can do whatever they want with their own vehicle, as long as someone is not trying to scam a potential seller i say make a clone of a popular Camaro! So what!? I would proundly drive a clone SS/RS convertible. It still looks awesome and still goes fast and chicks still dig it!

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General Discussion / Could be lots of Camaros, should I jump the fence?

« on: May 15, 2007, 06:27:25 PM »

I live in a town that once had a Camaro graveyard/salvage yard. The guy that owned it loved first gen Camaros and was really nice. He died in an accident a few years ago and his brother, who I went to high school with, took over the buisiness and made it a Camaro and Mustang salvage yard. This guy is not the sharpest fellow around and is not a Camaro fan that I know of. Anyway the buisiness quickly failed and since I got back to town no one is running the place and the phone has been disconnected. (I heard something about family bickering and or a drug alcohol problem??) I'm wondering if there are any first Gen Camaros left in there. If so are there any worth restoring? Could there be any valuable or rare parts in there? The whole area is fenced up and I'm so tempted to hop the fence one day and see what is in there. I have not been in there in 20 years and there could be nothing but crap but then again, this is a smaller southern town and not many knowledgeable Camaro people around  (I could be wrong but I doubt it) I think the place has been closed for about 5 years or so. Should I hop the fence for a look see? I could try to contact the last owner but he is not trustworthy and not a nice guy either, and I would probably not get anywhere.....

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General Discussion / Re: Who wants to make the first 1st gen electric Camaro?

« on: May 09, 2007, 04:36:38 PM »

OK I understand that no one wants to hear a Camaro coming down the road buzzing like a lawnmower. What about a new kind of hybrid engine that retains the look of the big V-8 under the hood and keeps the rumble but operates on electricity while cruising at highway speeds? Now I'm not saying go out and convert every first gen Camaro. I'm just trying to forsee a feasible way to continue driving a classic Camaro as a daily driver in the future. Eventually its going to happen, someone is going to convert a first gen into a hybrid. Who's gonna do it first?

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General Discussion / Re: Are desirable Camaros becoming out of reach to the average person?

« on: May 08, 2007, 08:11:20 PM »

I have always lived in the South and I know that for a while throughout the late 80s and early 90s, if you drove an old muscle car you were considered a Redneck or Gearhead or something like that. I told my wife I wanted a 68 Camaro convertible back in 1999. She called it a redneck car so I left her and got my convertible. The car was much more fun and did not bitch at all.......

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General Discussion / Who wants to make the first 1st gen electric Camaro?

« on: May 08, 2007, 08:05:10 PM »

Eventually using oil to power our homes and cars will be a thing of the past. With global warming debates heating up (pun intended) and a democrat headed for the White House its only a matter of time until oil compaines lose their power and grip on our country. When this happens gasoline will be rare and expensive. Sooner or later we will have to convert our babies (Camaros) to electricity. Who will make the first electric engine to drop into a first gen Camaro? When will the market demand these conversions? When will our Camaros be immobile gasoline relics from the past?

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General Discussion / How much would it cost to do a complete Dynacorn 69 buildup?

« on: May 08, 2007, 07:56:28 PM »

I wonder, using the new Dynacorn 69 Camaro bodies how much it would actually cost to do a complete buidup using all new parts? What parts are not available and would come from a donor car? Personally I think 12 thousand dollars for the body is a little steep. It seems you could get an original rolling chassis with a front end, rearend and most bodywork already done for that price. I have seen buildups in the car magazines but no one ever says how much they spent doing it. Also is this new availability of camaro bodies going to cause people to start stealing Cowl tags and selling them?

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General Discussion / Are desirable Camaros becoming out of reach to the average person?

« on: May 08, 2007, 02:52:10 PM »

I wonder now in this age of skyrocketing prices for muscle cars, if the desirable Camaros are only for the rich. When my Camaro obsession began back in 1985, one could snatch up a Camaro at any price point it seemed. I found my first 68 SS396 for 3500 bucks in the late eighties and it was a running car. Correct me if I'm wrong but back then if you drove around in an old Camaro then, you were "lower class" or a "redneck" or a "gearhead" or whatever. Now it seems you must be wealthy to own or drive an original RS/SS camaro and if you are a convertible freak like me, well then forget it! Unless you are ready to lay down 20 to 30 grand! If I wanted to drive the car i wanted, an original 1969 RS/SS convertible, I would have to come up with 40 thousand dollars! I think this contributes to the birth of so many clones. To make matters worse when I get another 1st gen Camaro, it can't possibly be a daily driver. My 68 RS convertible a couple of years ago, got so much attention any time i drove it, I was scared to leave it unattended for longer than 10  minutes! So it seems this very expensive car can only be a weekend toy. Who can afford such an expensive hobby in the real world? Even an educated guy like me with a good job has to play the wating game and hope to be able to afford to get another 1st gen one day.....

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General Discussion / Re: HURST/GM collaboration to put factory T-tops in 67 camaros?

« on: May 04, 2007, 04:39:32 PM »

Here is the link to the 1967 T-Top car on Ebay I was talking about if anyone wants to see it.



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=260113909378&rd=1,1

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General Discussion / HURST/GM collaboration to put factory T-tops in 67 camaros?

« on: May 02, 2007, 08:04:17 PM »

Has anyone heard of this collaboration between Hurst Hatch and GM to put T-Tops in 1967 camaros? Theres a guy on Ebay claiming to have one of these cars. He says its a prototype car.