Hot-rodders aren't bound by phrases like "you can't do that" or "that doesn't seem possible. They are creative, and this creativity leads to some very cool builds. Maybe you really dig the supercar-like performance of a 2023 ZL1 Camaro, but you want that in the style of something retro like an '80s Monte Carlo. Well, many gearheads would opt to do an LT swap and call it a day, but there's a lot more to a modern muscle car like the ZL1 Camaro than just its supercharged LT4 drivetrain and 10-speed automatic transmission. If you have a whole salvaged ZL1 Camaro to pillage, you might start thinking that it's a shame to yank the drivetrain and throw away all that ZL1 technological goodness. This is when good ideas turn into great ideas if you're willing to take a chance and roll those automotive dice.
Anthony Robertson owns West Side Custom and Collision and came across a wrecked 2023 ZL1 Camaro for a smokin' deal. He thought it would be a great drivetrain donor for a 1984 Monte Carlo SS project he was working on with his son Dylan. The more Anthony stared at the salvaged Camaro, the more he hated to throw so much of it away after the swap.
His '84 Monte Carlo wasn't just any 39-year-old car either. As Dylan told HOT ROD, "Dad bought the Monte Carlo when he was in 10th grade, in 1987. It was his first car as well as the car he took on his honeymoon, but it had been sitting for the last 20-plus years." They wanted to build it out for the 2023 Hot Rod Power Tour (HRPT), but the more the pair thought about it the more they wanted to do something completely different.
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What Is Pro Street?
You know it when you see it.
Pro Street in Pure Vision
Builder Steve Strope weighs in on the Pro Street look and what he would build today.
THE GAS ERA LIVES ON
These vintage race cars chart the evolution of technology in the early days of drag racing.
MOTOR HEAD FOR LIFE
Scott Sullivan is one of the original Pro Street pioneers. He still builds cars today out of a small shop in Dayton, Ohio.
BRINGING BACK PRO STREET!
David Freiburger and Roadkill Garage built a Pro Street Nova.
SWEET ASPIRATIONS
Jerry and Matthew Sweet added an 800ci Pro Stock mountain motor to chase HOT ROD Drag Week's Pro Street NA Record.
Making Bad Decisions Badder
Bradley Gray's 1970 Nova is a Hybrid! It's a streetable Funny Car.
ART PROJECT
This Rad Rides by Troy-built '63 split-window Corvette went from restaurant prop to ripping up the street!
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?
THE PRO STREET ERA PEAKED IN THE '80S. ARE WE IN THE BEGINNING OF A RESURGENCE?
Making Connections
Project T-top Coupe: We install a Terminator X Max for big power.