Vehicle Description
Some guys like to make a grand entrance, but other guys, like the
one who built this arrest-me-red 1967 Chevrolet Camaro
Pro-Streeter, prefer to kick the door in and shoot off some
fireworks when they show up. If that's your style, this is your
car, because it's anything but subtle, but the overall look is
aggressive, yet tasteful.
Perhaps the most significant addition is that giant scoop on the
hood; if you're going to carry that kind of firepower, you need to
have the look. In that regard, this Camaro is a slam-dunk, because
the eyeball-watering red paint is forever deep and just the right
shade: not a tomato, not burgundy, but a bright red that nails the
look perfectly. The other trick mod is the stretched rear wheel
opening, giving this F-body a very clean look that helps disguise
the massive hardware underneath. There's also a simple aluminum
wing out back, which, we'll admit, screams "race car" but you can't
argue with the look. The paint and bodywork were done a few years
ago and I don't think the intent was to build a trailer queen,
given how well this one runs, but you'll have no problems
attracting a crowd with it. Black bumpers, a simple base-model
grille, and a minimum of flash give it a purposeful look that shows
off the classic Camaro lines quite well. If ever there was a car
that embodied speed, this is it.
There's just enough race gear inside to make the point that this is
no garden-variety Camaro, but it remains very streetable despite
the race buckets and cage. For example, there are beautiful
aluminum door panels, a full carpet set on the floor, including a
fully finished rear area that has been taken over by the polished
aluminum wheel tubs. The original gauges remain in the dash,
augmented by an Auto Meter monster tach on the steering column and
a trio of auxiliary instruments down low, plus a fat steering wheel
that totally looks right in the racy interior. The windows are
Lexan to shave some pounds and the transmission is managed by a
trick B&M shifter that means you'll never miss a gear again.
There's more polished aluminum in the trunk, which also offers a
race-grade fuel cell and a relocated battery that do their best to
help it hook up.
Technically, it's still a small, as it's now powered by a 383 cubic
inch stroker motor, but it moves like a big block. With a big
4-barrel carburetor on a Weiand intake, plus a set of aluminum
heads, it makes enough torque to make those wide-by-huge tires a
necessity, and with the low-key cowl-induction air cleaner, it
doesn't look as radical as it is. The engine bay is wrapped in more
of that gorgeous aluminum tinwork, and like all race powerplants,
simplicity is the key, so there's an alternator but manual steering
and brakes. A big aluminum radiator with an electric fan cools the
beast, and an Accel ignition system lights it up. It's backed by a
heavy-duty TH400 3-speed automatic with a few tweaks inside, as
well as a narrowed Ford 9-inch rear that's built for combat. Things
are packed in tightly underneath, with the narrowed coil-over rear
suspension and Flowmaster exhaust system, but it all works to make
this monster streetable and safe. Weld aluminum wheels wear
26x7.5-15 front and 31x16.5-15 Mickey Thompson tires for the full
Pro-Street treatment.
Nicely built and fully sorted, this Pro-Street '67 Camaro is ready
to rumble, and I mean RUMBLE! Call today!