Innholdsfortegnelse for Volume 2, Issue 21 - September 2022 i All Chevy Performance

Being surrounded by horsepower, regardless of the application, it’s the thunder exuded by a monstrous V-8 that pulls you in like an addictive drug—one that’s impossible to kick. Such was the case with Ken Johnson of Wildomar, California. Dude was subjected to the muscle car scene pretty much his entire life. It started with his uncle Pete who had a bright red Pro Street ’67 Camaro. “That thing was a complete badass,” Ken recalls. “I was pretty young at the time, and I’m not even sure what engine it had. All I know is it sounded and looked mean as hell.” With Uncle Pete planting the seed, Ken gravitated toward the gearheads while in high school. Even though he was more into motocross and the dirt scene, Ken hung out…

We are back with Craig Hopkins of The Installation Center and this Auto Metal Direct (AMD) second-gen Camaro conversion. In part four of our multi-part series, we are converting this ’78 Camaro into the ’71-73 steel bumper version. We removed the entire back end of the car, turning it into that iconic round-taillight version, and now we are working on the front end to get that highly sought-after early second-gen look. The great thing about the front-end swap is that everything bolts right up without any real modifications—from the hood and fenders, to the core support and bumper, we show you just how easy this can be. Hopkins partnered with AMD to supply all the needed parts. From the body panels and brackets to the hardware and trim, AMD has…

“One day, I devised myself a plan That should be the envy of most any man I’d sneak it out of there in a lunch box in my hand Now gettin’ caught meant gettin’ fired But I figured I’d have it all by the time I retired I’d have me a car worth at least a hundred grand”—Johnny Cash, “One Piece At A Time” Johnny Cash’s iconic song “One Piece At A Time” is about a Cadillac built from parts he smuggled out in his lunch box from a Detroit GM assembly line until one day he’d have his $100,000 dream car. Though the final version wasn’t quite what the man in black envisioned, it meant so much more because he assembled it himself. While Memphis, Tennessee’s Shawn Brereton didn’t…

Sun, surf, and the pursuit of horsepower sounds like the ultimate combination for any die-hard Chevy fan. If you’re searching for the definitive high-performance weekend guaranteed to peak your adrenalin levels to the max, with everything from huffed big-blocks to boosted LS engines and anything else imaginable, then the 31st Annual Cruisin’ Ocean City event held in Ocean City, Maryland, was the place to be. Easily one of the most fun-filled weekends of the year, the charming seaside community plays host to well over 3,000 registered car and truck owners every May to participate in cruising its 10-mile strip and experience what makes the venue and its offerings so very special. Welcomed by manicured beaches accented by wicked surf, the scent of old-time waterfront goodies from a myriad of vendors…

Every car enthusiast has a bit of nostalgia flowing through their veins. It has taken a while, but we’re starting to see a great deal of ’80s cars coming onto the Pro Touring scene. Part of the reason is that they’re still somewhat affordable compared to cars from the muscle car era. And the most encouraging part is that people are investing money in these cars to make them handle and perform better than they could’ve ever imagined. If you remember when these cars hit the showroom floor, there were very few American cars that could outperform the coveted IROC-Z. Even the base model third-generation Camaros were a drastic jump in suspension technology, compared to the tried-and-true second-generation cars. Strut front suspension and torque arm rear suspension made for quite…

It’s no secret that the LS engine is probably the hottest idea in engine swapping since the introduction of the small-block Chevy in 1955. The LS has found its way into just about every GM car on the planet. Part of the engine’s popularity is based on the widespread use of custom motor mounts that move the engine into non-stock positions. Often this is necessary for oil pan or header clearance or perhaps to clear components like the factory accessory drive. When the engine is relocated this also affects the position of the rear trans mount to the crossmember. Generally, this requires either modification to the crossmember or sometimes building or buying a custom crossmember to complete the connection to the transmission. Recently Summit Racing created one of those simple…

Sometimes deciding on the details is incredibly difficult with a big project. The owner of this Chevelle had some major bits already picked out, like the main paint color and wheels. What goes along with those items to finish it all off though? Some of the answers were decided by first jumping inside the car and coming up with an interior design. We started off by coming up with one-off door panels, seat inserts, and a console. A saddle/brown color was used in combination with a light tan to break up the interior and add interest. Since this is a convertible, it was paramount that the interior colors play well with the minty metallic paint on the exterior. On the outside a set of Schott wheels were treated to a…

In the not-too-distant past, automotive print magazines were arguably the biggest sources for new information and inspiration, and in a number of ways the shapers and promoters of different trends. Editors were responsible for educating their audience with the finite number of pages available each month with content that was informative and well researched. Nick Licata, the captain at the helm of ACP magazine in a previous life was at the wheel of Camaro Performers (CP) magazine. It was that curation of content at CP, and his own personal ride, that inspired Chris Shallcross to build a Pro Touring–flavored ’70 Camaro RS back in 2009. He points out, “Nick inspired me when he was the editor of CP magazine by featuring so many Pro Touring second-gen Camaros. When he built…

How many hot rodders can say they still have the keys to their past, owning the one sacred vehicle that sparked a magneto buried deep in their souls, causing a lifelong infatuation with Chevy muscle? For Dave Gagnon of Bristol, Connecticut, the journey started with his dad regularly reading from the book of Bowtie, letting him know that there was nothing finer than big-block Chevrolet power and that every other manufacturer followed their lead. The wicked ’69 Chevelle laid out across our pages showcases the latest iteration of a car that he’s owned since he was 14 years old. To say that it’s had a journey over the decades is an understatement and, rest assured, we’ll let the history speak for itself. As early as he can remember, Dave fondly…