COPO expert Ed Cunneen has signed a COPO Connection certificate authenticating this 1969 Chevrolet Camaro as a double COPO car ordered from Berger Chevrolet, one of only 12 Berger COPO cars equipped with a 4-speed manual transmission. The matching numbers L72 427-powered Camaro, which has been with the same owner since 1998, has undergone a complete and photo-documented rotisserie restoration to spectacular condition. Finished in correct Garnet Red with matching Endura bumper, Black vinyl top and interior, it incorporates all correct 9561 and 9737 COPO components, and Dale Berger has lent his personal touch by autographing the upper radiator support.
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Ford built just 1,806 Boss 351 Mustangs in 1971, but few that remain will match this first-rate Yellow 4-speed Fastback for originality. With 40,000 documented miles, it has been with the same owner for almost 40 years, during which it has only once ever been exposed to rain, a fact that well explains its excellent original paint and interior. The car participated in the Boss Nationals at Carlisle, PA in 2005 as an un-restored entry, and has been stored in a protective storage bubble most of the time since then. Documentation includes the window sticker, maintenance records, odometer statements and Marti Reports.
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General Motors’ Motorama tour provided a dazzling display of technological innovation that highlighted a multitude of stunning automotive concepts. Buick’s Skylark displayed many trendsetting features, including a new OHV 322 CI V-8 engine, 12-volt electrical system, fully radiused rear wheel openings, Kelsey-Hayes 40-spoke wire wheels and stylish “Sweepspear” chrome body accents that would find their way into future Buick models. By lowering the top and seat height, designers gave the Skylark a low, sporty look and an overall height of just five feet.
The low-slung Buick did not just look the part; it came equipped with luxurious amenities to match its sporty exterior: power steering and brakes, power windows, seat and antenna, Selectronic signal-seeking radio, pleated leather upholstery and a power-operated top. Only 1,690 Skylarks were produced in 1953.
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The introduction of the 1967 Camaro as Chevy’s answer to the Mustang was much anticipated by both Chevrolet dealers and the buying public alike. The sporty little “pony car” was expected to set a new standard for high performance, and while most thought the Camaro’s new 350 CI engine would far surpass the performance of the small block Mustang, Nickey Chevrolet of Chicago had bigger plans for the Camaro. Working with legendary Chevrolet race car and engine builder Bill Thomas in California and GM performance manager Vince Piggins behind the scenes, Nickey developed a plan to install the potent 427 Corvette engines into the Camaro body as soon as they were available in late ’66. Bill Thomas Race Cars would convert the cars to be sold in the west, and the famous drag racer Dickie Harrell was brought in to kick off the car building and sales program in Chicago. The publicity resulting from this unique strategic alliance was historic.
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Ford Thunderbolt fans will recognize this 1964 Ford Thunderbolt Fairlane, number 57 in the series of 100 built. Originally raced by Wayne Jones Ford in Virginia, it was later purchased by Tom Caldera and driven by his partner Nate Cohen. After Cohen’s untimely passing in 1980, Caldera moved to California, where the car was stored until 2006 when it was purchased by accomplished Super Stock and AFX restoration specialist Randy Delisio. Delisio restored it to its Caldera/Cohen configuration with the help of Howie Nisgor, who recreated the paint scheme he had first applied to the car in 1974. The restored Thunderbolt was featured in Hemming’s Muscle Machine magazine in 2008, and in 2010 was chosen by Mattel Corporation for their Hot Wheels Dragstrip Demon series. A photographic album of the restoration is included with this historically important Dearborn special.
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Recently featured in Motor Trend Classic and Mustang Milestones magazines, the 1969 Boss 429 offered here carries the 9th lowest public VIN on record. Restored to MCA Trailered Gold Award standards (which it won in 2010), it has received 18 Best of Show trophies, numerous Best Muscle Car Awards including Best of Show at the Richland Concours d’Elegance and is a two-time Goodguys Muscle Car of the Year Finalist.
KK1280 is one of the first 100 cars built by hand at Kar Kraft, where it arrived for conversion equipped with the 428 SCJ Drag Pack, power front disc brakes, power steering, competition suspension, front spoiler and Deluxe Décor interior group. As an early production car, it was built with the ultra-rare NASCAR “S” engine, along with several other features exclusive to the first cars, every aspect of which is factory correct right down to the smallest details.
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Project CleanAir ’55, the Goodguys 2011 Grand Prize Giveaway Car is on the home stretch and will debut Friday, March 11th at the 2nd Spring Nationals in Scottsdale! The car is currently back at Kenny Davis Hot Rods for its final touch up after being delivered earlier this week from Tracy Weaver’s Recovery Room interiors.
As you can see from the pictures below, Weaver and the Recovery Room staff stitched up a high quality brown leather interior – the perfect accent to the PPG Red. The bumpers are arriving this week from Ogden Chrome as well as the Intro Wheels. It will head to Scottsdale next Wednesday!
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Anyone into cars knows the name Troy Trepanier, and what he and his team at Rad Rides by Troy are capable of building. One of Troy's latest endeavors is an 1987 Camaro owned by Joe Lendway, a GM engineer. Camaro's are hot right now, and the designs put into this car will yet again "raise the bar" and set new standards in the street machine world. Every body panel on the car has been redesigned with all body mods crafted in steel, with the exception of nose of the car, which is constructed completely out of aluminum.
The car is powered by a fuel injected twin turbocharged 406ci SBC connected to a 4L80E transmission, a Mark Williams third member with an Eaton locker. All this power is bolted in an Art Morrison chassis with C6 Corvette suspension, 14" brakes and custom 20" x 10" Billet Specialties wheels wrapped with BF Goodrich tires.
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Baldwin-Motion's Joel Rosen partners with DeNooyer Chevrolet's Performance Division and Redline Motorsports to build and market 2011 MOTION 427 and 454 Camaros.
More than 40 years ago Joel "Mr. Motion" Rosen, a young Brooklyn dynotuner, hot rodder, street racer and national record holding drag racer, turned a simple 427 Camaro engine swap into an empire. And catapulted Baldwin-Motion and MOTION into internationally respected performance brands. Working with Baldwin Chevrolet, he was the most prolific builder-marketer of modified new big-block Chevys during the Supercar ‘60s & ‘70s. He backed up Phase III models with written moneyback performance warranties! He’s now passing the torch to Howard Tanner, a young dyno-tuning specialist and speed shop owner.
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After cajoling the stumbling automobile manufacturer’s backers into embracing his plans for recovery, entrepreneur par excellence Errett Lobban Cord became the Auburn Automobile Company's General Manager during 1924. One of his immediate methods of raising short-term capital was nothing short of genius: merely livening up unsold models sitting in the small-town factory’s dispatch lots. Cord did this with new paint schemes that were accented smartly by brilliantly nickel-plated trim. Coupled with Cord’s savvy marketing skills, he managed to triple sales of the Auburn in each of the following consecutive three years.
Cord soon rose to take his investors over and finish out the 'Roaring Twenties' by acquiring the ultra-exclusive Duesenberg nameplate as well as launching a brand within his new empire that would bear his own name. Yet no greater skills were asked of Cord than those that were tested during the early years of the Great Depression. From coast to coast, businesses of every type faced dissolution and destruction at every turn. While sales were without question slower, Cord’s Indiana manufacturing concern remained strong thanks mostly to the well-built, well-engineered and not the least of which skillfully-styled automobiles that straddled the line between opulent and affordable.
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When the 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air arrived, Chevrolet enjoyed an all-new image practically overnight. Rather than a car driven mainly by dads and aunts, the sensationally-redesigned 'Motoramic' models quickly gained a reputation as "The Hot Ones". In this landmark first year for the cars that would one day be known by the moniker 'Tri-Five', Chevy finally had a bold response to Ford in the performance battle in a lively 265 cubic inch V-8 that would nurture a whole generation of muscular engines to come. Better yet, that V-8 was slipped into a fresh, contemporary body sporting a rakish beltline dip and an Italianate-inspired grille. Chief engineer Edward N. Cole earned credit for Chevrolet's first V-8 in 35 years. Simple in construction and economical to build, the 265 cubic inch Turbo-Fire was a model of efficiency. In basic trim, the V-8 delivered 162 horsepower, but an optional Plus-Power Package with dual exhausts hiked output to 180 horsepower.
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Chrysler Corporation entered the 'Pony Car Wars' relatively early in the 1960s, debuting their new A-body platform car developed as an answer to Ford's Falcon. While Dearborn would quickly reply with the Mustang, a car that quickly and significantly outsold the Barracuda, the revolutionary 'Pony Car' trend was copied by others that included Ford; indeed, the Barracuda Fastback beat the Mustang into showrooms by two weeks!
Regardless of who came first, this new class of American muscle quickly became established and resulted in increased competition on all fronts. Not one to back down from a challenge, Plymouth began to revise what engine options were available for the Barracuda. For 1967, a plethora of V-8s ran the gamut, from the 2-barrel and 4-barrel versions of the 273 to a seldom-ordered 383 'Wedge', the latter available only with the Formula S package. At the top of the pile, there was even a limited production of 50 Super-Stock, non-street-legal, Hemi-powered Barracudas that were built solely for drag racing use; with fiberglass front clips, these Hemi-powered Barracudas were capable of quarter-mile times of less than 11 seconds at top speeds of over 130 mph.
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