Camaro Crucificxion, Take Two: T/A Depot's GTO Goat

[Blake Noble]

Camaro Crucifixion, Take Two: T/A Depot's GT9 Goat

by black-knight, C&G Editor/Reporter

11th, May, 2011

The Camaro-based insanity just refuses to stop as another evil force continues to make the Chevrolet Camaro a martyr to suffer for the sins of automotive customization. If being bombarded by all of the fifth-generation Camaro transformed into various second generation Firebirds last year (and trying to digest yesterday's 2010 Camaro Rat Rod) just wasn't enough to satisfy your warped and twisted automotive mind, this year those cheeky bastards over at Trans Am Depot have decided that the Camaro should get into it's '69 Goat costume and ride as a follow up act.

In this latest attempt to indirectly revive the (sadly) defunct Pontiac nameplate, any fifth-generation Camaro you can buy is first refitted with new front and rear fascias that do more than just give huge nods to the 1969 GTOs and GTO Judges, they blantantly rip them off. It seems, though, the wheel arches are reshaped as well (who wants to bet the final product won't have this detail?) so that this reborn Goat can distance itself from it's pony car roots. T/A Depot also will fit the car with new "GT9" badges that, from a distance, look as if they read GTO (ignore the render's badges) but won't when you get up close, as to avoid any future court dates. Last but not least, the Depot will probably offer some sort of performance upgrades to go with the new look as well.

And who was responsible for this "design"? Why, it's none other than Kevin Morgan who designed Trans Am Depot's Phoenix T/A conversion kit. No surprises here.

[GMTruckGuy74]

I already posted this picture, taken from the Scale Auto Model magazine in January, that I feel makes for a better looking 5^th Generation Camaro-morphed-into-a-modern-GTO:

[Robert Hall]

This is too literal IMO...rather than utilize design cues from the '69, this appears to use the exact same designs from the '69 for the lighting, grille, hood scoops, etc...don't seem to work very well w/ the basic Camaro shape.

Edited May 11, 2011 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[Intrepidation]

Y U DO THIS?!

[daves87rs]

Ahhhhhh!

[Camino LS6]

Shouldn't be done, but you know what? It works better than the Firebird attempts.

Probably because this Camaro is pretty big.

[Potluck]

[Turbojett]

No.

[§carlet §wordfish]

The front end looks like a late model AMC with the bumper taken off (odd).