Tuned 1972 Chevrolet Camaro Could Even Land Megan Fox, Replacement V8 Will Make You Smile

Of course, you don’t need to strip them down and rebuild them differently in order to showcase their value. A lot of these cars are fine just as they are, requiring only minor improvements – either visually or performance-wise.

Now, we’re here to talk about the 1972 model year car, specifically, because one such item is getting auctioned off, and you might want to hurry if you hope to place this baby in your driveway.

The 1972 Camaro is famous for shifting the Z/28 badge to Z28 (without the forward slash). That was also the year in which Chevy began cutting into the horsepower figures, which isn’t really something you want to be known for.

Anyway, you needn’t worry about any of that, when it comes to this black and yellow Bumblebee-like car, because it manages to circumvent many of the issues of the original. For starters, it’s wearing a revised hood, Z28-style rear spoiler, black mirror caps, additional Z28 badging (grille, front quarter panels, trunk li), and custom Torq Thrust-style wheels with Nitto NT555 tires.

The stance, meanwhile, is aided by the Hotchkis TVS suspension kit (springs, sway bars, subframe connectors), while the brakes feature yellow-finished calipers over the slotted and cross-drilled rotors at the front.

Inside, this Camaro gets dual-tone seats and door panels, a floor-mounted center console, Z28-branded carpets, dash-mounted EFI display, aluminum-spoke steering wheel, custom gauges and an Alpine CD stereo with aftermarket speakers and a trunk-mounted 350-watt amplifier.

As for what it’s packing under the hood, it’s a replacement 383 ci stroker V8 with Keith Black pistons, a COMP Cams valve train, aluminum Edelbrock Performer heads and intake manifold, Holley Terminator electronic fuel-injection, Eagle crankshaft, K&N air filter, plus a few other custom bits.

Power is sent to the rear wheels via a Tremec TKX five-speed manual gearbox, reportedly installed just last year. Speaking of power, the seller claims that 440 horsepower and 475 lb-ft of torque are coming from that stroker V8, which is a decent amount of muscle. The engine/drivetrain combo should make this classic Camaro quite engaging to drive.

Not impressed, what else you got?

Whoa, alright, ok. We get it, you like classic muscle capable of biting the head off a McLaren. Well then, let us introduce you to this 1971 Camaro restomod, which you probably already know if you’re an avid reader here.

With that car, it’s not even about the visuals, which are staggering by the way (custom everything). It’s all about the engine with that thing – a twin turbocharged 6.2-liter LS3 V8, allegedly putting down 681 horsepower and 578 lb-ft of torque. It’s safe to say that it’ll leave old Bumblebee here in its dust.

By the way, this whole “Bumblebee” thing is just for kicks. We’re aware that in Michael Bay’s first ‘Transformers’ movie from 2007, Bumblebee is initially a 1977 Camaro, and while that’s still a second-gen car, it did differ in the sense that it was longer that a 1972 model, while featuring different-looking front and rear fascias, among several other changes.