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Tim Allen’s 1968 Camaro 427 COPO – Jay Leno’s Garage
In this video, Jay Leno welcomes Tim Allen to his garage, and Tim revisits old memories and shares what inspired him to choose his 1968 COPO Camaro.
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As huge fans of first-generation F-bodies, it should come as no surprise that we’re ecstatic to hear Tim Allen is the owner of a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro 427ci COPO. We reported a few months back about Classic Industries’ project car for Allen, which displayed at the 2013 SEMA show. Today, we’re here telling you just how impressive the end result turned out. On an episode of “Jay’s Garage,” we get the opportunity to see the COPO in action on the winding roads of Southern California with Allen and Leno. With the windows down, rowing gears, on a typical So Cal day, we see the car in action.
Of course, Allen is no stranger to the automotive world and carries a serious list of currently and previously owned vehicles that would make any aficionado green with envy. His vision for this particular 1968 Camaro was influenced by days racing on Woodward Ave. in Detroit, Michigan and so it was vitally important to get the look just right. Thankfully, with the help of OER restoration parts, the Classic Industries team along with Allen prepped this Camaro with period correct bumpers, window glass, and ever the rear lamp lenses and bezels to solidify the look. What’s more, the fenders were flared and the drip rails were even shaved for that clean and neat appeal with an aggressive stance.
50 Years Of Mustang With Lee Iacocca – Jay Leno’s Garage
Lee Iacocca shows Jay Leno the Mustang 1 concept car and the very first pre-preproduction model on Jay Leno’s Garage.
Lee Iacocca oversaw the birth of the Ford Mustang back in the 1960s, rocketing the new pony car nameplate into million-unit sales territory in its initial go-round and cementing its place in the history books. Thus, we were immediately drawn to this latest episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, in which the funnyman hosts Iacocca for a look at the origins of Ford’s most iconic sports car. The legendary auto exec is looking notably more frail than when we last saw him, but if we’re being asked around as a video guest when we’re 89 years old, we’ll consider that evidence of a life well lived.
Serial No. 0001 is on hand for the occasion for Jay’s romp through history, as is the historic Mustang 1 showcar from 1962. Of course, the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang GT (in prototype form) makes an appearance at the end of the episode with chief engineer Dave Pericak, as well.
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