This page will highlight some of our recent restoration projects. We offer concours type restorations on 1967-1970 Camaros and have also performed totals on Chevelle, Nova and Firebirds as well. We have been Judging Camaro’s for almost 30 years now and were the Chief Judge for the USCC and WWCC as well as senior judge for the Red White and Blue ICC series and currently judge with the American Camaro Association “Legends” and the “Vintage” Certification. What we offer is invaluable inside information to assure your restoration will be done right the first time. That is why we only specialize in first gen Camaros. Also, when we take your car, we will complete in within a year. Most of our cars end up coming here after sitting in some other “restoration” shop for lengthy periods of time. This is supposed to be a fun hobby, not a frustrating experience. This is why we only take on 2 cars per year. We feel honesty is the only policy. I wish our politicians would grasp this concept! If you would like us to restore your car we would consider it a pleasure! Please give us a call.
In 2024 we finished restoration of Bob’s 1968 Yenko. We found this car in the early 2000’s in a junkyard in South Georgia. A connection of ours used to transport Southern metal to us to sell. He found the car in his search for rust-free metal. We spent several years pursuing the car, until finally we were able to come to deal. In true junkyard fashion, it required some bartering, the deal included our 1969 Pacecar because the owner of the Yenko’s Granddaughter fell in love with it, she sealed the deal! Bob and Josh (who was very small at the time) spent many hours scavenging the junkyard for parts of the car (because it was almost completely stripped). Bob’s favorite memory was finding the glove box with the Yenko emblem still attached in a box in a shed. The junkyard owner’s friend was the original owner of the car. He bought it new in Florida and ended up giving it to his friend to avoid losing it in a divorce settlement. Once the car found its way to New York we immediately set to work repairing the metal and rebuilding the drivetrain. The shop got busy with customer cars, so we ended up putting in storage for 15 years. Fast forward to 2022: we dug the car back out and began finishing the car, including paint and complete restoration. We completed it in 2024. This car is of 1 of 10 RS Yenko’s made in 1968, and only one of five known to still be in existence, as of time of this writing. All 1968 RS Yenko’s were made in this color combination.
This is one of our most recent completions. This SS RS 396 L89 has been verified by Jerry Macneish as original. One of the finest L89’s in existence with super low original miles and “born with” drivetrain. A This car recently has changed owners.
This has to be one of the rarest cars we have restored. It was owned by Matt Mariacher since the late 70’s. This
car is featured in the new book “Million Dollar Musclecars”. It has to be the rarest of the 8 Trans Am convertibles
with a 4speed, deluxe interior, tach/gauges and the blue top. This car has also recently changed ownership.
This is the engine compartment in the 1969 L89 Camaro. Note the aluminum heads.
We restored this original 1968 Yenko for Bill Wertheim. Car number 8051. It was found sitting under palm trees in Miami, Fl. and had been there a long time. It took extensive restoration work to bring it back to this state. When completed this car was awarded a blue ribbon in the prestigious “invitation only” Meadowbrook Concours D’Eligance. It was named “restoration of the year”, Post War, by the AACA and received the coveted “Silver Platter Award”.
It also received 1,000 out of 1,000 at Super Chevy Int. and 999 point at the GM Nationals. Following are some pictures of the completed project. NOTE: We had a hard time finding a decent fitting hood for this car so, in the restoration process, we built our own tooling and now offer this hood for sale.
Below is a LeMans Blue RS COPO we restored completely. It is a Canadian factory documented car found in a garage in Toronto where it sat for over 30 years. It still sports it’s original interior and has only 2900 original miles. Option are M-22, AM radio with rear speaker and the Rally Sport package. This car was originally cold at Belmont Chevrolet in Toronto.
Below is a 1969 L78 SS-RS. It is a numbers matching car with all owner history, originally sold at Latimer-Looney Chevrolet in Tennessee.
It is a 4speed, deluxe interior, tach/gauge, endura bumper and AM-FM radio.
Below is Dave Parr’s 1967 Indy 500 Pacecar. We have restored several of these and they are one of our personal favorites. The combination of white and blue with the blue deluxe interior is really appealing to the eye! This car scored 998 at the Nationals and also cleaned up at the Canadian Camaro Nats with several best of and first place awards. This car was completed in 2009.
