Description
Lot #508 - This 1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS was completely restored and upgraded several years ago with modern running gear. It is finished in custom Dark Silver Metallic in base coat/clear coat and is wet-sanded. It has custom SS striping in Satin Black with red pinstriping. It was mini-tubbed to fit 12" wide rear wheels. All trim, bezels, handles and bumper were refinished in Satin Black, and there is no chrome on the exterior of the car. It has a '67 front grille that has non-operating hidden headlights, with the covers cut and fixed to let the New Star headlamps shine through, carbon-fiber inner front fender wells, custom grilles in the lower valance and billet-aluminum hood hinges with gas struts. The original interior is covered in leather and suede with original seatbelts and a custom center console front to back with compartments, which also houses the Pioneer display unit. The interior also equipped with a polished billet-aluminum steering column with Billet Specialties half-wrap steering wheel, custom AutoMeter gauges, new headliner, custom package tray with Camaro logo, all-new trim pieces, new carpet and floor mats, and a custom sound system with subwoofer mounted in trunk and out of sight. It has power door locks with alarm, billet-aluminum gas pedal assembly, leather-wrapped gauge clusters and push-button start. It is powered by an LS1 5.7-liter engine with custom and painted coilovers on the engine, steel-braided lines throughout the engine compartment, Moroso oil pan, aluminum radiator with electric cooling fans and a polished aluminum overflow tank. It also has a new air conditioning and heating system with aluminum brackets and new condenser, Wilwood manual brake system with proportioning valve, new brake lines and steel-braided in front and Hooker headers with custom exhaust exiting underneath the vehicle. It’s equipped with a Hughes performance-built Turbo 350 automatic transmission with upgraded flywheel and torque converter, B&M strip shifter with a narrowed 12-bolt posi-traction rear end with 3.73 gears, B&M aluminum torque-mount differential cover, new fuel tank and suspension.