Has anyone come across a successful first generation Camaro resto mod project/concept – marrying a 67-69 body with a late model Camaro engine and drive-train - like the Corvette guys are doing with the C1 and C2 Corvettes bodies and C4 chassis? Don't think the new Camaro is going to do it for me and am looking for an alternative to capture the 67 body styling with the latest performance and handling technologies. Thanks Team Camaro and members!

It depends on what your definition of drivetrain is. If you mean an LSX motor and t56 tranny, there is a lot of this and it is very popular, just checkout:

http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/

...I assume you are aware of this and you mean a rebody of a modern chassis with a first gen body. If so, I know that Tony is doing this at Musclecar Metal:

http://www.musclecarmetal.com/69Camaro.asp

...Of course I could have totally misudnerstood your question alltogether!

Phil

I meant the latter and thanks for the info. I look foward to checking out your contact. Thanks again to Team Camaro!

I see no value in grafting a 4th gen undercarriage to a 1st gen body. Do dome homework and you'll see a lot can be done to improve a 1st gen.

And IMO doing that to a 1st gen would really dampen its resale value and if you are not doing it yourself you'll likely never recoup a lot of the costs.

Just my $0.02

I see no value in grafting a 4th gen undercarriage to a 1st gen body. Do dome homework and you'll see a lot can be done to improve a 1st gen.

And IMO doing that to a 1st gen would really dampen its resale value and if you are not doing it yourself you'll likely never recoup a lot of the costs.

Just my $0.02

I agree with you. I have never been a big fan of "grafting" bodies or undercarriages to different vehicles.

I would much rather spend a gazillion dollars "updating" my 1st gen! :D

I am sure there are many "nut and bolt restoration guys" that don't like the pro-touring concept either. Not that I think there is anything wrong with a restoration.

"To each his own," has always been my philosophy I guess.

Phil

http://www.retrorides.com/
I think this is what your look for

Other than weight, there is little or nothing to be gained by this that could not be matched or exceed by existing, bolt-on products available for the 1st-Gen.

Of course if you want to do it simply to be different, by all means. But if performance is the goal, there are better ways to spend your money.

I was driving down the freeway once and saw an early year Corvette behind me. I slowd down a little so he would catch up. (my favorite cars, by the way) Once he went around me I saw it had the rear-end of a newer model 'Vette. Not exactly my cup of tea. It sounds like you're talking about the undercarriage change and not the sheet metal. These guys are right, there's some awsome stuff out there to make your first-gen handle like a new car (or close to it). I was totally unaware of this until I started having a '68 restored. I'd never heard of Caltrac or Hotchis. Go to Hotchis website and check out what they can do for the undercarriage of a first gen.

You may want to do a search on retro rides over at protouring, FYI only:

http://www.pro-touring.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42862&highlight=retro+rides

IMHO, I would agree that so much can be done to a 69 camaro to make it handle and drive better. And in the end you still have a 69 camaro.