Barrett Jackson Auction – 1980’s Reject Camaro
Have you ever gone through your closet to find some clothes that make you say, DAMN! I never wore that, did I? I think the same is true for cars, especially custom cars that were built in the 80’s.
At some point, did the designers take a step back and go, “Really? Is that cool?” I wonder cause this is an example of just about everything that’s wrong with 80’s custom paint.
The only redeeming quality about this car is the LT5 tucked under the hood. 
As a 1988 Camaro, this is a combo that never was and that’s probably why with this car, like every other car offered by GM, they read a long a boring disclaimer stating that basically that as far as GM is concerned, these cars don’t exist.
So if you can, look past the glowing neon yellow wheels and matching neon yellow seating surface and dig that sliding seal fading to upside down shoe graphics done in, you guessed it, neon yellow and *gulp* purple. Adios 80’s!
What do you think? Please leave a comment below!
Look for many more and much less nauseating shots from Barret Jackson. Feel free to give Swanee a friendly nudge in the next couple days to get working on the hundreds of shots he took.
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- Deals or not? Cars I thought were a steal
- Killer 29 Sedan that’s 80’s Nostalgia?
- Barris Kustom 40 Ford Deluxe heading to Georgia
- Pontiac Club de Mer Recreation – Steal of the Auction?
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This car was originally a GM SEMA show car, that was showed in 1991. The car started life possibly as a 1LE Race Package car (with A/C Delete) According to the GM service parts ID tag, It has the 1LE control arms, driveshaft, sway bars, rear end and LSD, as well as the Corvette brakes with aluminum calipers. The car then of course has the ZR1 engine that was developed by GM with the Help of lotus. The DOHC power plant was rated in its first years at 375 hp, and later 405hp. This is the only non-corvette car to every leave GM with the ZR1 Engine to my knowledge. The car currently has around 7k miles on it, and I believe the engine only has Dyno miles. More pics at http://www.myrideisme.com/garage/paulgt2164.
This car is a neat car. I decoded the GM service parts ID tag, and it appears to have started life as a 1LE car. The car has the Heavy duty rear end, with limited slip, as well as the aluminum driveshaft. The car also sports the 1LE options of special control arms, sway bars, springs, larger bumpstops, and corvette brakes with aluminum calipers on all four corners. The car is a A/C delete car, and has the 1LE cluster and tach.
The of course the car has the DOHC engine that was co-developed with lotus, and the matching ZF 6 speed transmission. As far as I know, this is the only Non Corvette to have the ZR1 engine installed by GM. The car has a little over 7k miles on it, and the engine appears to only have Dyno time/miles. The custom wheels were made by Ronal. The car was also featured in GM performance magazine several years ago.
More pics can be seen at http://www.myrideisme.com/garage/paulgt2164.
Judge a book by its cover??? Im shocked and grossed. How can you look past the clean angled lines. Besides its lower than your falcon!!!!
Its perfect…Ill take two!
Of course it’s cool! Of course it would seem uncool, the 80s are over. I bet you still think the ZZ Top roadster is cool because it is. The car is a piece of history and not a POS, haha. Too bad it’s gotta sit around….wouldn’t it be cool to drive it on a Hot Rod Magazine Road trip?
That was one of the hot lick cars of that era and in more than one magazine and I think on more than one cover.
Very outdated now but it still looks a lot better than today’s abortions with 24’s and rubber band tires.
I don’t know what it went for but it may have been a great buy for someone who either wanted a prime example of over the top 80’s new car custom work or who wanted to repaint it and put a factory stock appearing interior in it to have a very nice low mile original car. Anyone know what the factory trim codes were on it?
Hey Mr48chev, I remember it being a very good deal because the engine was super low miles and desirable for street rods and stuff today.
i love the cool 80s look.