Build it!

 

You guys need to see it from other angles first.

It's not as attractive as you might think , certainly not a Camaro

 

Looks like something you'd see Rat Fink sticking up out of the back of.

 

If I've heard correctly, isn't like the Vice President of the Chevy performance department or something an owner of a 69 Camaro? Likewise, I believe there's a head designer for Chevy Performance division who owns a VERY nice prostreet first gen.

 

there are many people within GM that own Camaros and Firebirds....and many of them are at the top of the company.

Ed Wellburn has a Yellow 69 SS
Tom Peters has a 69 ZL1 clone that he brought to the Camaro/Firebird reunion at B/G two years ago.....

As to concepts in plain sight? Nope.

As to the design locked in a couple of years ago? nope.

Interesting tidbit......remember the Bel Air concept? Well, originally we were working on a Camaro concept...was up to tooling part......when it got killed due to issues surrounding the closure of Ste. Therese. Thus, the Bel Air was done in record time....but worry not! The concept you see in January bears no resemblence to the Bel Air......or the SS concept for that matter.

Further....you are correct in that quite a while ago, I said something about a second gen influence.....well.......that concept got way too big and way too heavy.......so.....it (I believe) still exists....but won't make production ...and the one you see in January is decidedly different.

I think the car will be very very very well accepted.

 

Considering how well you know the Camaro community, that's very encouraging indeed

 

If the car is a new design, sporting heritage cues from 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gen Camaros like I believe you alluded to awhile back, I will definetly be pleased.

 

How far along did the concept of basing certain cars on a light truck platform get? I've always thought, (and still do), it was a very interesting idea with lots of possibilities.

(as long as it has nothing to do with Camaro, of course).

I don't know what the market or business case would be for an inexpensive, mechanically basic, GMT355 based car, but I often find myself thinking about a Nomad or Bel Air like that.

BTW, I remember Bob Lutz saying in 2002, that if the Bel Air convertible went into production it would sell for about $20K. Don't know how close to that price an actual production car would get....but it sure seemed like an attractive price for it to me.

 

Scott, will you be at Camaro Superfest 2006? I didn't get a chance to meet you in person at 2005, but I tell ya, with all the faith you've restored in so many people (including myself), I definitely gotta shake your hand and thank you in person.

 

That's too bad . I've always been partial to the 2nd-gens .

Regardless of what it resembles, that's encouraging news .

Scott, I don't know how I'd handle being in your position right now. Knowing what you know, seeing what you've seen, I'd have a hard time not blabbing my mouth off!! Thanks for helping "keep the faith" around here though .

BTW: already got my hotel room booked in Detroit for the weekend of January 14th!!!

 

Ah man, finally. I told a couple close friends about that and they didn't believe me...now I can show them proof.