Craigslist Find of the Week: 1967 Pro Street Blown BBC Camaro
Looking for a ridiculously fast, old school muscle car, with the fit, finish and attention to detail of a show car?
You are in luck if you are in the Los Angeles area and have an extra $75,000 burning a hole in your pocket, because this crazy 1st generation Camaro just popped up on Craigslist. The seller doesn’t reveal himself, but looking at the pictures he sure does have a lot of nice toys.
This is old school cool
No matter how advanced new school motors like the LS, the Ford Coyote, and the 21st century Hemi get, for some people you are never going to beat the big block Chevy when it comes to making power. Likewise, no matter how efficient and easy to plump turbochargers are, they just don’t have the same look as a big honking blower sticking up through a hole in the hood. The build sheet on this one is gonna sound a blast from the past and bring a tear to the eye of the over 40 crowd. It has a Dart BBC block, forged steel crank and rods, 9 to 1 pistons, Dart heads, full roller valve train, Wieand 8-71 blower, dual 750 Holley double pumper carbs, all lit off by a Petronix ignition. The rolling stock is similarly old school, with super wide Mickey Thompson Pro Street tires on Weld racing wheels. This whole car could have been built in the Pro Street crazy 80s, if not for some Pro Touring grade brakes and suspension.
As you can see in that picture, the front end is on coil overs, with Corvette size brake rotors, and four piston calipers. You can’t see, but the ad claims those are double adjustable shocks, with tubular upper control arms. Out back there is a ladder bar drag race set up, so it isn’t going to much use in corners, but you knew that from the four inch wide front rubber. Why would you even put sway bar on this car? But they are there.
Street, strip and show.
Inside you have a pair of non adjustable race seats, and race harnesses, so you would think this is a race car. But then you also have a big power amp, and a stereo set right in the middle of all the Autometer gauges. A stout roll cage is there, and it is painted to match the car, which puts it on a whole other level of degree of difficulty. However, it is hard to tell it it would actually be legal for any sanctioning body.
Yes, this car is probably fast, but in the end it is more Show Street than Pro Street. If you are looking for the ultimate 1980s study hall doodle come to life in metal, you can find it on Craigslist here.
