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Old May 4, 2014 | 12:58 PM
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Since a lot of people on C5 seem to like to discuss the C7, I thought you might like to see the new "Trans Am" parked beside me at a car show this weekend.

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Old May 4, 2014 | 01:00 PM
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at least it doesn't have Camaro tail lights . . . .
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Old May 4, 2014 | 07:09 PM
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Old May 4, 2014 | 08:33 PM
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Camaro conversions have been around awhile. Never seen one on the street. See C7's regularly now
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Old May 4, 2014 | 08:37 PM
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Any other views of the car? Looks interesting.
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Old May 4, 2014 | 08:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
Any other views of the car? Looks interesting.
I only took the one picture. Except for the wheels, and what you can see in the picture, it looked pretty much like a Camaro. Shaker hood with eagle, tail lights, spoiler, badging like Trans Am.
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Old May 4, 2014 | 09:02 PM
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This Camaro conversion has been out for several years. They also did a GTO Throwback and another throwback car all off the Camaro but I forget what the third was.
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I didn't know such a 'kit' existed until now. Just did a Google search. Seems like a total waste of money because in the end it's just a devalued Camaro.
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Old May 5, 2014 | 07:26 AM
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I googled it and found this site:

http://www.transamdepot.com/trans_am_showroom.html

Actually I think they look much better than the Camaro, but I always preferred the Firebird to the Camaro. Takes me back to the days of driving the 1977 Formula.

Never knew these existed.
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Not for me, but a A for effort.
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Guess I'm in the minority here. I like it.
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Trans Am Depot is in my neck of the woods. Their works is high quality and what the Trans Am would have been had they brought it back.

IMO GM should start a specialty division of low production cool cars. Some throwbacks like this one others that are just cool. Keep production low enough to not have to deal with the EPA, crash testing, etc.
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Every time I see a trans am...I want to put on my OP drawstring pants, fishnet tank...crack open an ice cold Keystone and eat a fist full of slimjim's. I don't know why.
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Originally Posted by MotoJB
Every time I see a trans am...I want to put on my OP drawstring pants, fishnet tank...crack open an ice cold Keystone and eat a fist full of slimjim's. I don't know why.



Had a gold 78 for sixteen years, I like it too!
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I miss my 96 Ram Air T/A WS6, looked so smooth in white and so rare, I have only seen 2 since I traded her in for the C5 in 2001.

And the Camaro above looks aweful
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Think I'll keep my 78 ta
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I certainly didn't know that those existed.
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Originally Posted by Vetteman Jack
Any other views of the car? Looks interesting.
Here's one I took at Mecum here in H-town, L8R ZFLASH
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