{"id":3067,"date":"2014-01-30T04:11:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T04:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2014-01-30T04:21:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T04:21:01","slug":"tim-allens-ls7-powered-1968-camaro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3067","title":{"rendered":"Tim Allen&#8217;s LS7 Powered 1968 Camaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3085\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3085\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3085\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tim_allen_ls7_1968_camaro_01.jpg?fit=600%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,374\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"tim_allen_ls7_1968_camaro_01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tim Allen&amp;#8217;s 1968 Camaro powered by LS7 motor&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tim_allen_ls7_1968_camaro_01.jpg?fit=600%2C374&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tim_allen_ls7_1968_camaro_01.jpg?resize=600%2C374&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"tim_allen_ls7_1968_camaro_01\" width=\"600\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tim_allen_ls7_1968_camaro_01.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/tim_allen_ls7_1968_camaro_01.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even if you don&#8217;t like classic muscle cars you have to appreciate COPOs. They allowed dealerships to get GM to swap engines into cars they normally would not produce. Tim Allen has always loved COPO Camaros since he was a kid and set out to create his own. The task was given to builder Bodie Stroud to take Tim&#8217;s completely busted shell and turn it into something amazing. Most of the modifications are subtle and Tim points out a few in the video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxvAkUupnKw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: Jay Leno&#8217;s Garage and <a href=\"http:\/\/bodiestroud.com\/gallery?album=1&#038;gallery=44\">Bodie Stroud<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if you don&#8217;t like classic muscle cars you have to appreciate COPOs. They allowed dealerships to get GM to swap engines into cars they normally would not produce. Tim Allen has always loved COPO Camaros since he was a kid and set out to create his own. The task was given to builder Bodie&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3067\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tim Allen&#8217;s LS7 Powered 1968 Camaro<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-camaro"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29166,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29166","url_meta":{"origin":3067,"position":0},"title":"Electric 2019 COPO Camaro Capable of 9&#8217;s","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Chevrolet unveiled their eCOPO Camaro electric race car concept capable of a 9-second quarter-mile at SEMA 2018. 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