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'69 Chevrolet Camaro SS Restoration
August 16, 2013
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Hagerty staff inspects badly damaged Camaro.
Hagerty staff inspects badly damaged Camaro at beginning of project.
Front-end reconstruction proceeding.
When bodies still were by Fisher.
Turbo Jet 6.5L big-block V-8 makes 325 hp.
Interior had been restored by prior owner, but Hagerty installed new carpeting and provided other updates.
Camaro SS, with pencil-thin steering wheel and faux wood trim.
Chevy's familiar rims from 1960s.
Hagerty's Tabetha Salsbury-Hammer has logged about 3,000 miles in restored Camaro SS.
Previous owner glanced down at these gauges and struck car ahead.
WardsAuto Associate Editor James Amend prepares for test drive.
WardsAuto Associate Editor James Amend prepares for test drive.
A '69 Chevrolet Camaro SS had been lovingly restored but was headed for the junkyard after a wreck. Hagerty, a Michigan insurance company, took on the car as a full restoration project by its employees. (See related story: Banged Up Dream Cruiser Gets Another Chance)
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