Since the advent of the revived Chevrolet Camaro, several shops have tried to convert it to a Pontiac Firebird (in several iterations of the Trans Am, no less). Some have been more successful than others, but Lingenfelter’s LTA Camaro reminds you it’s what’s under the hood that counts. A very special version of these quasi-Trans Ams is currently on eBay.
Lingenfelter’s LTA Camaro comes in four states of tune, but all of them come with the following:
- LTA Front Fascia with grill, fog lamps & trim bezels
- LTA Front Spoiler
- LTA Fender Vents
- LTA Hood with functioning shaker scoop
- LTA Stripe on Hood & deck lid or LTA bird graphic
- LTA Rear fascia
- LTA 3 Piece rear spoiler
- LTA Tail lights
- LTA Rear side spats
- Interior no upgrades
- LPE Axle back exhaust
- 20 X 9.5 & 20 X 11 Honeycomb or 5 Spoke wheels
- 275/40R20 315/35R20 Nitto tires
Levels 2 and 3 add numerous upgrades to the engine, not to mention the body and interior, but the standard body kit without engine upgrades are part of Level 1 as listed above, which costs $45,000 on top of the Camaro SS. Level 3 costs $129,800 on top of the price of the car − almost twice as much as Level 2!
Ya gotta admit they did a nice job of making it look like a 1970-73 Trans Am, right? Maybe it’s a little cartoonish from some perspectives, but the Camaro is already that way. The one on eBay may be more special than any one you can buy new because it is one of four prototypes created in 2010. Not only that, but it’s a Level 3 monster with a 655-horsepower 455 . . . but it’s an LSX, not Poncho power. This one looks to be emulating a 1973 Trans Am due to the color (red, white, and Brewster Green were the only colors available that year) and “Screaming Chicken” on the hood (an option starting in 1973). With a hair over 9,200 miles, you can have this Camaro/Trans Am for $75,900 instead of the $170,000 or so a new one will cost.
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Yep still dead, stick a fork in it.
We see all these fake birds on Camaro’s in magazines and on display at shows but I have yet to see a privately owned one yet.
For this kind of money you need to have your head examined as you could buy a 455 SD TA for that kind of money or even a 69 TA that is really going to appreciate in value vs. this thing that will just be an old fake bird in a few years.
John did much cooler cars like his 230 MPH C5 Twin Turbo or his Twin Turbo Sonoma pick up truck that looked stock but with AWD was a 9 second quarter mile machine and 2 seconds from 0-60. He told me the he was going to have to put a sump in the tranny as the oil was pulling away from the sump and sucking air. That is a real launch to do that on street tires.
Sorry I would rather have the real thing vs. this fake. To be honest is it really even a Lingenfelter since John is no longer with us. Just because a distant cousin bought it with his investment money does not make it a true Lingenfelter car.
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I have seen a “5th gen TA”, and the second I saw it I knew the car existed solely to act a crutch for the owner, in the exact same capacity as a drugs and booze would serve as a crutch when dealing with harsh realities.
The owner couldn’t accept the fact that glam rock was dead, that he would never wear a pair of nut-hugger jeans, and that his old 77′ TA was likely recycled and now was an electric can opener in Bulgaria. This cold hard facts of reality are not only inescapable for him, but irreconcilable; the car is gone and the days are just memories that are slowly fading from his brain.
After the death of the F-bodies, he’s spent years and years pounding out rants about the good old days on f-body.org; blaming GM for “letting Ford win” and blaming the “youth of today” for driving riced up Civics and not being “manly” enough to drive a tired, rusty, 40 year old sports car built during the Malaise era.
But this, and every other knock off “5th gen TA” gives off the same kind of elation that a junkie gets when they’re getting their first hit after many, many long clean weeks. Suddenly, the owner feels like he’s back in the game and that he’s top dog. In reality, he’s on a dopamine high that’s so weak, that by next summer him and his $130K crack party will be old news; it’s appeal and novelty lost. Nobody is turning heads because it looks like just another Camaro, and another faceless, embarrassing retro car that should have died alongside the SSR and Thunderbird.
If you can’t let go of the past, speak with a professional therapist instead of throwing away $130K on a car that only gives you a brief high.
Looks good. Better than the Camaro which looks like a 69 that is overweight.