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Camaro Revival

Say you were at grandma and grandpa’s farm for a Christmas party and decided to wander around their sprawling acreage. Then, say you found Uncle Pete’s wrecked first-generation Camaro out in the back 40, sitting just as it did the day, 25 years ago, the tow truck dropped it off the hook. Although your uncle or grandparents may have written it off as hopeless after the accident and put it way out back to never look at it again, with the proliferation of restoration parts now available, you could technically resurrect it. Aside from the rusted hulk out in the field, all you would need is the VIN tag and a copy of the old registration or title. Virtually everything else you might need to restore it can be purchased from aftermarket manufacturers who are now offering almost every component necessary to return Uncle Pete’s Camaro to the road.

Was the unit-body damaged? No longer a problem with complete first-generation Camaro chassis that are now available. The manufactures its 1967-’69 SPEC chassis: an

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