Re: '74 Z/28 on eBay!
Yup,the 74 Z is for real.The 74 is an interesting car and I am a big fan of the 74 and have plans on owning one someday.The 74 was the last year for the early back window and the only "big bumper" camaro to have the early glass,as well as the only one made without a cat convertor.This makes it an easily distingushable 1 year only car.
My plans are to build a car that never was.I want to build a 1974 camaro SS 454 just as GM would have done it.My combo would be similar to how they built the 74SD 455 firebird formulas.I want the car as a driver so I dont want a raical hot rod anyway.My combo was to build a plain jane 74 with a rear spoiler and flat hood.The engine would be a low compression 454 built to 74 corvette specs,but of course I would blueprint it a bit for more power,and things like the cam might be substitued for something more modren,but it would be a smog era large oval port 454 with an iron intake and Qjet and manifold.It would have a super T10 4 speed and a 3.42 geared 10 bolt.I might add some afrtermarket internals to the rear to help it live with some hard driving,but nothing too trick.The chassis would have no real trick stuff.Maybe poly body mounts,and heavy duty aftermarket sway bars,springs and shocks,but no traction bars or frame connectors or anyting that would look not stock.The car would be detailed to look as if it was built at the factory and I would try to convert any details such as chalk marks or tags in a manner that might have been done had GM built the car using the special parts that this car would require.When it was done I would set it down on a set of slotted mags with 15x8's all around to give it a period correct look.The 74 is a one of a find year an I want one to make my one of a kind supercar.Dont let the "big bumper are worthless and ugly" crowd talk you out of buying one.A few years ago I saw a 74 Z in a garage under restoration.It was a blue car with white stripes on it,and was an L82 4 speed car.The car was rough,but seeing it parked nose into the garage with that flat rear glass totally sold me on owning one.If you want it,I say go for it.Good luck.
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