Is a "Clone' better?

[KLONECO]

very surprised at you ,,,,,,,,,FRANKLY!!!!!

[Canucklehead]

I found it strange the way this add is worded. It seems he's trying to convince you that his clone is BETTER then the real thing. Almost to the point that he's conviced his clone is not a clone. This whole clone thing seems wrong to me. If you don't have an original then you just have a customized camaro, stop with this whole clone thing, especially when you get one of these clowns taking an original # matching car to pull apart and make a clone out of it and then ask more money than what the original stated out as. Take for example these hemi cuda clones. They take a nice $50k car drop in a $10k hemi, then they want $150k for it. Well it's basically an original nothing and they want all the glue for it like it's something spectacular or something?????, i don't get it

[tom406]

I just got rid of a pretty nice '66 Shelby GT350H clone. Most of the cloning was done prior to me getting it, I just added some fun bits like a 5 speed and some power disc brakes. Up side, besides the lower cost of admission, is that you do these modern upgrades without a second thought. Even though I love the drivability upgrades, my inner purist always fights me when I have a "real" car. I loved driving the car, but hated parking it and fielding the "is it real" questions. You say no, and their disappointment is palpable, but you can't lie, or you'll just be another schmuck who lies about his clone. Not worth it to me. I'd rather have a nice Camaro/Mustang or whatever rather than a clone of a Yenko or Shelby. I'm not telling people what they have to like, but I personally don't enjoy the clone/tribute car ownership experience.

[Canucklehead]

I agree, why can't you be happy with just a customized car?. Why put the clone moniker on it and then have to field the enevitable raft of questions. I don't see why that would be any less enjoyable.

[jg95z28]

I actually prefer sleepers. Why dress it up when it doesn't have the pop? Of course the blue & white 67 Camaro my stepson and I are a building for him is definitely a clone. But its more of a styling excerise based on what he likes... afterall, whomever has heard of a 67 SS 327 Camaro with Z28 runway stripes?

My tame looking little retro gold-on-gold RS would smoke its tail in a minute.

[Canucklehead]

Well i have to build a camaro for my girlfriend, it's going to be a 69 camaro with Z-28 badging, rs grill, z-28 stripes, convertable, corvette driveline, 4 wheel discs, 99 camaro interior, and a few other goodies. So is that a clone or an abortion???. She just wants a nice older camaro but dosent like how the old ones drive, so i said i would build her one.

[427TJ]

If that's the case (girlfriend's car) then build it any way she wants! Heck, she's probably gonna' wreck it anyway, right?

JUST KIDDING!

Seriously, it sounds like a fun car to build. Give her what she wants and let the nay-sayers go to h___.

Oh, and the best way to deal with all the nosy car show guys (who usually don't own anything interesting themselves) is to tell them what the car is--a "custom" or a "street machine" or "it's my girlfriend's ride." OR, just don't answer any questions--put the car on display and then walk around the show. Another method is once you've answered the question(s), ask them what they drive and sound interested when you ask. They just might own something cool (not likely) and if they don't you have just shut them up. Give as good as you get, so to speak.

I wonder if car guys were nit-picky busybodies in the old days? Any of the old heads remember this kind of crap at car shows back in the '70s? '60s? '50s?

[4MyChevelles]

X22 what is that that is whats on the tag under the hood of my 69 Camaro but what does that mean SS? the car has r/s tail lights and an SS hood but they could have ended up on that car many of ways ...I could never seem to fing out exactly what X22 is or X11 that is on the parts car ..do they really tell you anything ?

[JChlupsa]

Your car having the RS back up lights and SS hood would be correct for a RS/SS Big Block Camaro.


"X" codes on Cowl Tags.

From the Camaro Research Group Site (GRG)

http://www.camaros.org/numbers.shtml#XnnCodes

[4MyChevelles]

If that page is correct and I take it that it is It only took me three years to find out what those numbers were all about too bad the big block is no longer in that RS/SS it has a 327 ..Might be a good restoration for a later project after all...Thanks H/C