A while ago I got a pretty good deal on a lot of 3 unmounted Model Motoring bodies on the usual online marketplace. I don’t know if it qualifies as “pushing the envelope,” but I decided to try something different with this one, and I hope you’ll agree when seeing these pics that sometimes when you try something different, you hit the mark! This white ’69 Z/28 RS with black stripes shows a color combination I think looks exceptionally good on Gen 1 Camaros; I originally had it set up with a set of chrome Torque Thrusts, which of course always look good, but I felt like it was missing something and I wanted to try something else. I have heretofore never used a set of the black-painted Torque Thrusts on a muscle car; they have only be installed on sports cars. I decided to try them here, hoping they would compliment the black stripes on the white body, and I think my hopes were realized! In addition to this, she also got accentuated “big’s n’ littles”, with the front tires being the low-profile variety while the rear are full sized, making for a larger difference than usual and leading-at least I hope-to a leaner front end look.
Overall I’m happy with how this one came out; it is the second ’69 hooded-headlamp Camaro in the muscle fleet (since the departure of the blue one to the Road Crew), it will be the last since there’s an awful lot of Camaros overall, but this must surely be one of the best looking ones!
Whether or not the ’69 Z/28 RS equipped with the race-bred 302 small block, 4-speed, and Posi-traction rear is the ultimate Camaro may be a matter of opinion, but it is certainly one of the most sought-after and most valuable configurations, and that may be why Tony “Traction” Tulowitzski of Coronado Island named his car “Its Only Money.” A well-heeled attorney who races on weekends, “Traction” openly admits the purchase and modifications of this car nearly led him to divorce court, and wound up costing him double in advances he had to give to his other half to keep the peace in order to see the project through. A “numbers matching” original that was already in decent unrestored condition when he acquired it in 1982, he spared no expense in having the car expertly torn down and rebuilt as a just-barely-street-legal racing machine in the mould of an original Trans Am racer, while still looking almost completely stock.
At a glance, the car’s awesome white and black paint scheme with matching “houndstooth” interior sure looks inviting, but when the barely muffled Trans Am 302 explodes into life, people think the world is coming to an end! We’ll see if he can end a few other driver’s hopes for victory as the 1985 racing season gets underway!
I do love what you did with this one and you have an eye for design as well as performance! The body of this car is so curvaceous and a statement, I think the subtler colors like the white and black really set it off and work well.