From Hog House to Hog Heaven

This Is a Real 1971 Camaro Z28, and It Was Pulled from a Barn

- Douglas Glad

For the record, this 1971 Camaro was never lost or forgotten. It sat in plain view of Andrew Erichsen on the family farm in a building called the hog house, a barn that had evolved from a pigpen into a place to store vehicles. The car is a real Z28 with a 350 engine and TH400 transmission that was purchased in Long Beach, California, in 1992 by his car-hauling uncle who was savvy enough to collect several similar cars before the prices exploded a short time later.

As a young man, Andrew liked Camaros and purchased a 1991 model to drive and do Camaro things. When the opportunity to buy the ’71 presented itself, the ’91 was sold and the ’71 Camaro was dragged from the hog house for a good cleaning and assessment. The original color was Sunflower Yellow with black stripes but it had been repainted sometime in the ’80s with a color “that was close but not right.”