Question About New Chevy Cars

[G Schenck]

Originally Posted by Jeff Kempton

With flood cars, don't you have a problem with rust? For example, the Katrina flood car was immersed in salt water, wasn't it? A guy I know built a flood car years ago and he couldn't stop the thing from rusting from the inside out. It seems he couldn't get the tight seams of the body flushed out thoroughly and the corrosion ate it alive. I would think that a fresh water flood car would be a lot better.

As far as Camaros go, I currently own a 1969, a 1971, and a 2010 Camaro, and it took me awhile to warm to the looks of the new one but I like them now. It's just not built to be the same type of car as the originals. From what I read on another thread, 4 cylinder Cobalts weigh almost as much now as a base '69 Camaro did! Based on that it's no surprise that the weight of Camaros has gone up too.

Unless GM decides to offer a "Drag Pak" type package and pull a bunch of weight out of the car I can't see anyone building one for Stock or Super Stock. There has been talk lately of the body style being introduced to Pro Stock soon though. The "Pro Stock-ized" version will likely be about 3/4 scale and otherwise tweaked though to make it work.

New Orleans had mostly brackish water but with a lot of corrosive, but a lot of cars had been totaled because a little water (rain water) hit the carpets. The ones that were covered in water for a week were ruined unless you did an off the frame restoration right away.

Greg