1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL 1 Convertible – Designed by Doug Evans of HOT ROD magazine. Hot Rod licensed Jim Barber of Classic Automotive Restoration Specialist (CARS) to build HOT ROD 1. Only 69 of these hand built cars will ever be built. There will never be another one like this Camaro. Hot Rod #2, is the only red car with a limited edition (only 200 built) ZL 1 all aluminum 454 to ever be built. For the most part a stock appearing Camaro with the latest in automotive engineering products such as a Tremec 5 speed, Fat man stage III front suspension, Detroit Speed Quadra link coil-over rear with mini tubs, Moser 12 bolt, SSBC brakes, ultra leather upholstery, Vintage air, Budnik wheels and much more. Hot Rod history built by the best. Click on Read more for images!

Chevrolet will build 69 COPO Camaros for 2012, the brand’s first purpose-built Camaro drag-racing specialty car designed to compete with the quickest in NHRA’s Stock Eliminator and Super Stock classes. National records for quarter-mile times in these contests are in the nine-second range.

As such, the COPO Camaros are expected to be the quickest Camaro ever offered by Chevrolet.

“The COPO Camaro is going to shake up the sportsman drag racing ranks this summer and give Chevy fans a great new reason to cheer on the Bowtie,” said Jim Campbell, GM U.S. vice president of Performance Vehicles & Motorsports. “COPO builds off the strengths that have made the Camaro the best-selling sports car in America. And while it was developed strictly for the drag strip, the COPO Camaro is infused with the same performance pedigree that every Camaro shares.”

The 69-car production for the 2012 COPO Camaro matches the number of “ZL-1” COPO Camaros made in 1969. COPO stands for Central Office Production Order and was Chevrolet’s special-order system in used by dealers to build high-performance models in the 1960s. Read more!

Q. WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS TO ORDER AND BUILD AN SLP ZL427 or ZL454 CAMARO?
A: It requires the use of a Chevrolet Camaro 1SS or 2SS model. This package is available with the
6-speed manual or 6-speed automatic transmission.

Camaro ZL427 is based off the V8 L99 400 HP engine with 6 speed automatic transmission.
Camaro ZL454 is based off the V8 LS3 426 HP engine with 6-speed manual transmission. Click on Read more!