1970 Chevrolet Camaro Has Got a Tumor on the Hood

But how did it end up like this? In the 2000s, it received a 572 ci V8 engine with a Nitrous Pro-Flow system and a Monster Transmissions Turbo-Hydramatic three-speed automatic gearbox with a TCI shifter and transmission brake. To stuff all of these in the Camaro, you definitely need more space. So here is the cowl-induction hood with a lump on top of it. You can pretend you don't see it as long as you want. We all know that you can't unsee it.

And wait, the mods list on this second-generation Camaro is far from over. There is a Strange Engineering Positraction rear end. It also got a Chassisworks Fab9 four-link rear suspension. The brake system was upgraded with Wildwood drilled and slotted rotors with four-piston calipers at each corner, plus a Hurst Line/Loc kit. The car rides on 15-inch American Racing wheels with Mickey Thomspon tires.

The car, originally in Shady Gray, was repainted orange with metallic gray stripes. The rear wheels were tubbed during the build. That is when it got the battery terminals on the rear taillight panel, body-cool sport mirrors, as well as custom side-exhaust outlets. Sounds like it is ready for takeoff? Of course it is! Included in the price will include a wheelie bar and a Simpson parachute.

A roll cage showed up inside. There are Sparco bucket seats with Simpson six-point harnesses in there. Also Sparco-made is the steering wheel, sitting in front of a faux-carbon fiber instrument panel. That is where the AutoMeter is. It includes the 160-mph speedometer, a 10,000-rmp tachometer, and several auxiliary gauges.

300 miles from the rebuild, who knows how many from 1970? 

There are around 300 miles on the odometer from the rebuild. 100 of them have been added by the seller. The total mileage of the chassis is a mystery.

The current owner got power steering, as well as a TCI Outlaw shifter with a transmission brake button. A chrome fire extinguisher has been mounted between the seats.

The one who owns it right now bought it approximately two years ago. And is now trying to get rid of it sell it. Parts receipts, various literature, and a clean Illinois title in the seller's name are all included.

There is no radio on board anymore, but the owner offers an uninstalled Clarion digital stereo. The usual wear and tear of a half a century old car is visible.

And now, we get to the most exciting part of it. A 572ci ZZ572/720 R V (9.3-liter) crate beast lives under the hood. It sports a Wilson Manifolds Nitrous Pro-Flow system, but the nitrous bottles – says the seller – have not been filled yet. There are a King Demon carburetor, Hooker headers, a Concept One pulley system, and a BeCool aluminum radiator with dual electric fans. Holley fuel pumps, a great-reduction starter, and an MSD ignition are part of the system.

The Monster Transmissions Turbo Hydramatic three-speed automatic gearbox sports a 4,500-rpm stall torque converter and a transmission brake. It delivers output and torque to the rear wheels through an aluminum driveshaft and a Strange Engineering Positraction rear end with 4.11:1 gearing.

Bidding ends in 6 days. So you decide if you want to take this monster to the drag strip or leave that to someone else. If you're looking for some time slip in this piece, there isn't any. Guess what! The owner says he never took it there, so it would be a first! Bidding ends in six days, so there is still time to make up your mind.

The Camaro was almost canceled in the 1970s

If you want to know more about the car you’d be getting, the second-generation Camaro stayed in production for 11 years, from 1970 to 1981. Built on the GM F architecture, it came with either a V6, several V8s ranging from 305 cubic inches (3.8 liters) to 400 cubic inches (6.6 liters), mated to either a two- or a three-speed automatic or to the three- or four-speed manual.

Rumors of a possible cancellation of the Camaro sparked in 1972, following a workers’ strike and then another one at the only factory that used to build it and its brother from another mother, the Pontiac Firebird, in Norwood, Ohio. But look at it now, it lived to see another day. Even though Chevrolet has "electrifying" plans with it.

Back in the 1970s, the muscle car measured 188 inches (4,775 millimeters) in length, 74.4 inches (1,890 millimeters) in width, and 50.1 (1,273 millimeters) in height, with a wheelbase of 108 inches (2,743 millimeters). Believe it or not, not much has changed over the years. So the 2023 Chevrolet Camaro is the same length, the same width as the 1970 car, but stands a little taller.