The 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 has been called the "Holy Grail" of Camaros, as it featured an all-aluminum 427 V8, race-prepped TH400 transmission and 12 bolt rear axle, and they only produced 69 of them. The 2011 Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals held in Rosemont, IL, featured not one.. but 17 of these ultra-rare Camaros. Here, we speak with Jeff Murphy about his ZL1 and the unique restoration showing the car in ready-to-race form.
http://www.v8tvshow.com - The 2011 Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals (MCACN) show is perhaps the most significant muscle car show in the world, and we don't say that lightly. This year, the show consisted of over 16 authentic 1969 ZL1 Camaros (out of the 69 built,) 4 1971 Hemi Cuda convertibles (out of the 7 built,) and hundreds of other muscle cars on the same level or significance and rarity. Here, event organizer Bob Ashton takes us through some of the highlights. Parts 1 and 2.
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Check out our exclusive interview with co-writer Will Handzel!
The V8TV Crew did it again. This time taking home not one, but TWO Gold awards at... the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals!!
Congrats to 68 Camaro "Reloaded" owner Pete Kurpiewski and 69 Firebird
"Routy" owner Steve Prouty for both scoring over 990 points out of 1000
in the modified Muscle Car class. The Camaro scored 993 in its first
judged show, while the Firebird scored 997 adding more hardware to
Prouty's giant trophy case. Thanks to a great crew for their hard work
and to Pete and Steve for letting us build their dream cars!!!!
BASF has been a leader in the automotive refinish world for years, and this year, they showed Kelle some new advances in their Carizzma Colors line of waterborne paint materials.
The crew at Rad Rides by Troy continue to push the custom car envelope, and their latest creation does it again. This time, the Rad Rides team mated a 1954 Buick with a Mercedes AMG G-Wagon to come up with what has to be the ultimate touring custom. Kelle learns all about it from Troy Trepanier.
Today's fuels are really tough on rubber hoses, and Will Handzell from TechAFX shows us their new line of BlackWrap PTFE-lined hoses that not only are impervious to fuels, but also come in popular OE and EFI style connections to make engine swaps simple.
Trick tools can make the job go smoother, and the team from General Tools & Instruments brought out some really neat stuff to the 2011 SEMA show. in this video, they show us everything from light-up extension mirrors to micro-sized wireless video cameras to Infra-Red cameras so you can see the hot spots!
Check out the February, 2012 issue (on newsstands November 15, 2011) to read more about this slick Firebird in a feature shot at the 2011 Trans Am Nationals.
Congratulations to owner Steve Prouty, and special thanks to High Performance Pontiac Tom DeMauro for the feature! The HPP team did a fantastic job making this 'bird stand tall!
Redline Motorsports is home to the new Motion Performance, building ultra high performance versions of modern Camaros with traditional Motion styling. We spoke with Howard Tanner about the program, and the super cool 427 Motion Camaro he had on display.
