This isnt a joke, the wait is over (kinda). If you want a 100% new Camaro it can be yours. GM has finnaly allowed brand new reproduction 69 camaro frames to be built. This means that you can build a brand new Camaro using no used parts. You can even have IRS and a tubular fron clip that allows a ls7 to bolt in.

Who needs a 5th gen when you can build a brand spankin new modern 69 camaro with a ls7 crate motor!!!

For more details look in this months hot rod.

 

I read some of that article at work yesterday, i thought it was an aftermarket company that GM finially approved to reproduce the bodies i don't remember anything about the frames cause i kinda skimmed through it.

 

I'd love to build one of those but man after you buy all the parts and get the thing painted you're talking $60-80k. For that price you could put an LS7 in a real 69 and use the rest to buy a 2010 model straight cash.

 

I remember seeing those bodies for sale about a year ago. What do you do for the hundreds of pieces of trim, brackets, and other doodads you'd need to put a car on the street?

 

I think Year One and Classic Industries has parts lists and sources for the entire car, so you can build it like Johnny Cash .... One Piece At A Time.

I have a feeling that in a couple of years, you'll see a lot of partially built '69 Camaros for sale cheap. Especially when the new Camaros hit the showrooms.

 

IIRC, the company that offers the unibody shell has an agreement with a local shop that, given the money up front, they'll get you anything from a body-in-a-box, to a rolling chassis, to a full-tilt turnkey car with custom interior and paint. I heard $35-50k being bandied about, depending on powertrain choices. Expensive, but has anyone priced out a restification of a '69 convertible? I shiver at the thought.

 

This will drop the prices on "REAL" classic Camaro's.

 

I personally think it'll increase the value of the "collectible" originals....there are easy ways to tell the difference.

The price of rust bucket 6 cyl. models may suffer.

 

Exactly. Not to mention the fact that in some states it may/will be harder to register these new vehicles. (They'll need a VIN to be liscenced.) The manufacturer, Dynacorn, is selling these as fully body replacements for existing rusted out Camaros, and has suggested that all you need to do is plop the VIN off a wrecked 69 Camaro and assemble. (I believe this act would be illegal in the State of California.) I have heard total restoration costs closer to $100k. I've also heard that this manufacturer has had problems in the past with their reproduction panels fitting properly.

Call me a purist, but I'd rather fix up a rusted out old real Camaro, than build a kit Kamero. (Spelling error intentional.)

 

i gotta agree. kit cars are fun and all, but there's nothing like bringing a car back from the dead.

 

You are going to see vin tags from wrecked camaros on ebay soon!

 

The nice thing is that the VIN is stamped one or two other places on an original body and that "should" keep the posers in line.

I have NO problem in someone using this body to fix a wreck or a rust out.....as long as the body is CLEARLY identified as a replacement...(or see above statement)....but considering that you can buy EVERY panel needed to fix a rust bucket, what's the difference in simply re-bodying?

I also think the idea of building these cars from ALL new parts is a great idea...as long as they're titled as a "new" car....I REALLY want to do one some day.

My main point is maintaining "honest" cars thru legal registration.

 

Soon!?! Already there and have been for years. It's still illegal to sell them though.

 

Yeah, they have been out for a while now.

http://www.dynacorn.com/site/04home/home.html

Also, look at the prices of '32 Fords, reproduction bodies are not going to hurt the value, just give an alternate way to build one.

David

 

How would you go about registering a car you built completely from parts in a catalogue? I mean assuming you didn't get the VIN plate off of an original car. Is it possible?

Edit: Does anyone make a 1968 to 1972 El Camino body?