Is a "Clone' better?

[jg95z28]

I actually prefer sleepers. Why dress it up when it doesn't have the pop? Of course the blue & white 67 Camaro my stepson and I are a building for him is definitely a clone. But its more of a styling excerise based on what he likes... afterall, whomever has heard of a 67 SS 327 Camaro with Z28 runway stripes?

My tame looking little retro gold-on-gold RS would smoke its tail in a minute.

[moparts]

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No mo' clones for me...

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got my attention I thought I had been cloned and didn't know it.

[camarojoe]

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No mo' clones for me...

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got my attention I thought I had been cloned and didn't know it.

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If that were the case, I don't think i'd want one either. j/k mo!

[4MyChevelles]

X22 what is that that is whats on the tag under the hood of my 69 Camaro but what does that mean SS? the car has r/s tail lights and an SS hood but they could have ended up on that car many of ways ...I could never seem to fing out exactly what X22 is or X11 that is on the parts car ..do they really tell you anything ?

[JChlupsa]

Your car having the RS back up lights and SS hood would be correct for a RS/SS Big Block Camaro.


"X" codes on Cowl Tags.

From the Camaro Research Group Site (GRG)

http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#XnnCodes

[Canucklehead]

Well i have to build a camaro for my girlfriend, it's going to be a 69 camaro with Z-28 badging, rs grill, z-28 stripes, convertable, corvette driveline, 4 wheel discs, 99 camaro interior, and a few other goodies. So is that a clone or an abortion???. She just wants a nice older camaro but dosent like how the old ones drive, so i said i would build her one.

[427TJ]

If that's the case (girlfriend's car) then build it any way she wants! Heck, she's probably gonna' wreck it anyway, right?

JUST KIDDING!

Seriously, it sounds like a fun car to build. Give her what she wants and let the nay-sayers go to h___.

Oh, and the best way to deal with all the nosy car show guys (who usually don't own anything interesting themselves) is to tell them what the car is--a "custom" or a "street machine" or "it's my girlfriend's ride." OR, just don't answer any questions--put the car on display and then walk around the show. Another method is once you've answered the question(s), ask them what they drive and sound interested when you ask. They just might own something cool (not likely) and if they don't you have just shut them up. Give as good as you get, so to speak.

I wonder if car guys were nit-picky busybodies in the old days? Any of the old heads remember this kind of crap at car shows back in the '70s? '60s? '50s?

[4MyChevelles]

If that page is correct and I take it that it is It only took me three years to find out what those numbers were all about too bad the big block is no longer in that RS/SS it has a 327 ..Might be a good restoration for a later project after all...Thanks H/C

[RichSchmidt]

I think that car is a little over the top as far as clones go.Yenko camaros are nice cars to collect,but if I were going to clone one I would not go for a bolt and nut resto.Aside from being insanely expensive and a waste of possible parts that could be used to restore an original car,the fact is that there are now better ways to build these cars.I would have built a 496 stroker with a hydraulic or hydraulic roller cam to replace thae solid lifter 427,I would have used an off the shelf 850 carb not a "last one in the world" collector piece.Maybe even grind all the info off a perfromer intake and bead blast it and dress it as stock.Of course all these mods would be readily visable to a serious collector,but the overall image would appear stock.Such a car could actually boost the collector car market since the car might come across as being more practical then the choppy sounding clacketey original,and the performance on the street would be better.Guys trying to sell bogus cars as the real deal with shady paperwork and stuff like that is really what ruins the hobby.A car like the Ebay clone above does nothing to hurt the hobby.I bet that owner spent more building that car to the level it is then it might have cost to buy a real deal car just 5 years ago.That car is seriously nice and anybody who says they wouldnt want to have that car is full of crap.If it is 3/4 as nice in person as it looks in pics it is a very well done car.Not original,but correct enough to put up a good representation of what a real Yenko camaro is.

[rpoz11]

The "512" on this Block; the date does seem a bit early! I was unaware that the "512" was casted this early! Any support here to suggest the run time/dates for these Blocks??