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Old 07-14-2009, 03:42 AM   #1
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what in the world is this conversion?

Ive seen this car parked around town at bars, then my friend put this pic up on her facebook from a parade and its just killing me what kind of conversion this is.



Its either a kit car with camaro doors and windshield, or a hacked up camaro, either way, Im just curious if this is completely custom or if some company actually made these.

the nose looks like an old rolls royce. If i see it around town ill take some pix of it myself.
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Old 07-14-2009, 09:06 PM   #2
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I believe it is a kit car using a Camaro as a donor vehicle. You'd have to do some looking thru kit manufacturers or KIT CAR magazine to find out what it's called. It's one of the nicer conversion kits out there, but still blasphemy if you ask me to destroy a perfectly good F-Body.
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Old 07-14-2009, 10:44 PM   #3
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Looks like the Excalibar kit from some years ago.
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Old 07-15-2009, 01:34 AM   #4
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

the johnson phantom.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um%3D1

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um%3D1

thanks for fueling my google fire!

I personally dont like it. its unique, and the only reason it caught my attention was because it was a fellow marrow lol.
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Old 07-15-2009, 01:40 AM   #5
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the only thing that stands out to me on the car is the tan dash pad.

did any third gens come stock with anyhting but black?
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Old 07-15-2009, 01:49 AM   #6
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

it looks like a knockoff of a replica car made in the late 70's early 80's - the stutz bearcat.
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Old 07-15-2009, 02:11 AM   #7
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What a waste of good thirdgen parts.
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

R.I.P poor little maro I hate those things.
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Old 07-15-2009, 03:01 PM   #9
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

I've seen pics of those on this site before. I'm amazed at how far forward they positioned the front wheels. I bet the whole thing is sitting on a full frame and only the firewall to somewhere in the middle of the b-pillar is utilized from the thirdgen. From all we can tell, it could've also been a firebird that was cut up. For what they used it for, I don't see it making much of a difference.
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Old 07-15-2009, 03:11 PM   #10
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

have seen the same thing using a Rustang too. As in the Rustang, the only thing denoting it as a Mustang donor was the doors and windshield line..
Such a waste... Couldn't they do this with like a Pontiac 6000 or a cavalier? lol
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have seen the same thing using a Rustang too. As in the Rustang, the only thing denoting it as a Mustang donor was the doors and windshield line..
Such a waste... Couldn't they do this with like a Pontiac 6000 or a cavalier? lol
Hey easy there on the rustang

I've seen em used too. Jessie James had one of these one Monster Garage, I think he said what a waste of a car.LOL
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Old 07-15-2009, 03:37 PM   #12
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Maybe they should have used an early 80s Buick Rivera.
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Old 07-15-2009, 03:43 PM   #13
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

Hate is a strong word Tony

I hate (told ya Tony) replica cars. It's as bad as buying an RS camaro and cloning it as an IROC...as all the money spent and time used in doing so would have aided in getting the real car, not a fake/replica.
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Hate is a strong word Tony

That's why I said it.

I hate (told ya Tony) replica cars. It's as bad as buying an RS camaro and cloning it as an IROC...as all the money spent and time used in doing so would have aided in getting the real car, not a fake/replica.
I'm with you on the clones.The only car ever I'd consider cloning is a 69 Daytona or 70 Superbird.Only because the cost of one is so sky high,and two the ones that are out there are mostly in museums,although there's a blue one that shows up at the cruise night over here.
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Old 07-15-2009, 05:23 PM   #15
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Yea, the price on superbird is retarded. My old boss bought one for $30,000.Went and got it out of a field. The car was all there minus the nose. Was originaly a yellow car with the 440 manual. He started looking at it and someone had put in a 383 auto. It was rough! the spoiler was broke in half and looked like poo! but now he restored it to all numbers matching. I heard he got offered $115,000 for it! He didn't take the offer of course. But I'd say he's got that in it. Man.... I wish I had that much money... My camaro would be sweet!
But on the topic of the kit car... Being a fiberglass shell and having the camaro platform on a kit car is nice. It just sucks that they cut one up for it. But who'd want to go thru all that trouble to putt around in a 4-cyl. It'd be sweet with a supercharger on it. LOL!
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at least that 3rd gen conversion is tasteful, unlike this
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Dood!
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at least that 3rd gen conversion is tasteful, unlike this
http://www.bobsclassics.com/sold/86zq.htm
Did that car just get converted to look like an 80's Olds/Buick? Really? I think i'm gonna convert my Firebird to look like an Escort now... that'd be cool, right?
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that's the strangest fiero kit car I've ever seen.
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Nothing is as bad as the C3 Corvette Batmobile conversion

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Nothing is as bad as the C3 Corvette Batmobile conversion

.....at least the paint looks nice
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Re: what in the world is this conversion?

I'm with Tony. Poor little Maro is right!
You know, the problem with some of these people is they have more dollars than sense. Sheesh!
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the only thing that stands out to me on the car is the tan dash pad.

did any third gens come stock with anyhting but black?
All the dash pads (I know as far as Camaros go) were black. This is due to the large flat surface of the dash combined with the steep angle of the windshield. Sunlight reflection off the dash onto the windshield was found to be bad enough to be a dangerous safety issue with other colours.
Even with black you're sometimes staring at a reflection of the dash in the glass while trying to drive.

Regarding those kits above . . . they do look well made ugliness.
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