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Pontiac hasn’t built a car in years, but a Tallahassee shop called Trans Am Depot will still sell you one — by starting with a fifth-generation Camaro and spending eight weeks turning it into a Hurst Edition Trans Am tribute, gold logo, shaker hood, and all. Between the base conversion, a fully optioned Camaro donor, and a supercharger kit, the final bill can climb past $100,000. Read on to find out what that money actually buys, right down to the carbon fiber sill plates.
Forty-two years after the original Boss 302 was built to win a Trans-Am race, Ford brought the name back with one very specific goal: beat a BMW M3 around Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Around the same time, Chevrolet revived the ZL1 badge — a name that started with one Illinois dealer’s odd request for fifty aluminum-block Camaros — on a supercharged, 550-plus horsepower Camaro built using suspension technology borrowed from the Corvette ZR1. Read on to find out how two of Detroit’s oldest names ended up chasing the same import.
Keeping a decades-old muscle car or hot rod on the road depends on a fragile supply chain of reproduction parts, machine shops, and specialty suppliers that has swung wildly in quality and availability over the decades. When that industry gets it right, restorations get easier and more cars end up back on the road. Read on to find out what’s actually changed, and why enthusiasts are paying attention.
This 1969 Camaro carries a double-COPO order — Order 9561 for the 425-horsepower L-72 427 big block and four-speed, stacked with Order 9737’s Sports Car Conversion Package — making it one of only twelve four-speed Berger Chevrolet COPO Camaros believed to survive. Dale Berger himself signed the radiator support, and a Copo Connection certificate backs up every number on the car. Owned since 1998 and restored on a rotisserie with accuracy as the priority, it’s the kind of documented survivor that resets expectations for the entire category. Watch to see the paperwork that makes this Camaro one of a kind.
A seized engine, locked-up wheel bearings, and fifteen years of garage dust didn’t stop one owner from buying a 1947 Chevrolet StyleMaster for $500. This entry walks through how a bent push rod straightened in a home vice, a $150 parts car found by accident, and two decades of patient driving turned a scrap-price purchase into a lifelong restoration project. Read on to find out what the story teaches about buying rust-free over buying cheap.