Rare Camaro Intimidator
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I'll admit, I'm not into NASCAR at all - but is the thought that this will go for big money?
From an uneducated perspective, it feels like the original build of this car was just a money grab from the dealer trying to cash in on the name. It looks to have started life as a regular Camaro, it doesn't have any significance to DE (besides coming from the dealer + having family signatures), and the year isn't anything special related to an anniversary or anything. It seems like they slapped on some standard aftermarket upgrade parts - did a FEW custom aesthetic touches, and probably marked it up an enormous amount.
I get I'm not the target market, but if I wanted a complete modified Camaro, I'd rather have one built by one of the major LS shops in the country (or even a ZL1). I just wonder if people buy these hoping this will be the next Yenko Camaro 40-50 years down the road? Given the way tech is going, I think that could be a risky gamble to take.
On a side note - does anyone know what those struts / linkages on the front splitter actually hook to on the bumper side? If I remember correctly, theres no structure that far forward on the bumper support, so unless they built a custom frame underneath, the top side is just bolted to plastic. I guess the intent is aesthetic to try to tie to a race car, I'd just think it would be hilarious if it was really just for show and the top was actually just screwed into the plastic bumper.
From an uneducated perspective, it feels like the original build of this car was just a money grab from the dealer trying to cash in on the name. It looks to have started life as a regular Camaro, it doesn't have any significance to DE (besides coming from the dealer + having family signatures), and the year isn't anything special related to an anniversary or anything. It seems like they slapped on some standard aftermarket upgrade parts - did a FEW custom aesthetic touches, and probably marked it up an enormous amount.
I get I'm not the target market, but if I wanted a complete modified Camaro, I'd rather have one built by one of the major LS shops in the country (or even a ZL1). I just wonder if people buy these hoping this will be the next Yenko Camaro 40-50 years down the road? Given the way tech is going, I think that could be a risky gamble to take.
On a side note - does anyone know what those struts / linkages on the front splitter actually hook to on the bumper side? If I remember correctly, theres no structure that far forward on the bumper support, so unless they built a custom frame underneath, the top side is just bolted to plastic. I guess the intent is aesthetic to try to tie to a race car, I'd just think it would be hilarious if it was really just for show and the top was actually just screwed into the plastic bumper.
Last edited by bumpin96monte; Mar 3, 2022 at 04:37 PM.
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On a side note - does anyone know what those struts / linkages on the front splitter actually hook to on the bumper side? If I remember correctly, theres no structure that far forward on the bumper support, so unless they built a custom frame underneath, the top side is just bolted to plastic. I guess the intent is aesthetic to try to tie to a race car, I'd just think it would be hilarious if it was really just for show and the top was actually just screwed into the plastic bumper.
Here's a shot with my front bumper off when I was putting on my heritage grille.
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