# Hand Built "Camarossa" **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 26, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480 "2008-01-26T13:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/1 "2008-01-26T13:55:25Z")
[http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Camarossa-Testarossa-Tribute-86-Chevy-Camaro-350V8\_W0QQitemZ130191142802QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130191142802](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Camarossa-Testarossa-Tribute-86-Chevy-Camaro-350V8_W0QQitemZ130191142802QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item130191142802) _Appraised at $106,760_ ![http://www.sunsetclassics.com/1986-ferrari-testarossa/images/ferrari-testarossa.jpg](http://www.sunsetclassics.com/1986-ferrari-testarossa/images/ferrari-testarossa.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![dirtye30](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dirtye30/32/7333_2.png) [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/2 "2008-01-26T14:00:08Z")
i like it ---
**Author:** ![Shockwave179](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shockwave179/32/7496_2.png) [@Shockwave179](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shockwave179)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/3 "2008-01-26T14:04:42Z")
It’s kind of neat but no one should pay $106,760 for that. ---
**Author:** ![MikeRi24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@MikeRi24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MikeRi24)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/4 "2008-01-26T14:10:26Z")
ick. and yet for $9,000 more, you can have the real thing… [http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-Testarossa-Testarossa-1988-1-2-Serviced-Testarossa-10-983-miles\_W0QQitemZ150209073557QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150209073557](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ferrari-Testarossa-Testarossa-1988-1-2-Serviced-Testarossa-10-983-miles_W0QQitemZ150209073557QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150209073557) i think id pony up the extra 9gs if it were me ---
**Author:** ![Oroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@Oroc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oroc)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/5 "2008-01-26T14:23:25Z")
omg 3years labor is worth $70 on the appraisel? my iroc would be appraised at a million then lol i got 8 years worth of time and $ ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/6 "2008-01-26T14:40:08Z")
am i the only one that thinks its hideous? ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/7 "2008-01-26T14:43:01Z")
> …and no expense was spared… > The exhaust system consists of summit racing headers… 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Oroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@Oroc](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oroc)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/8 "2008-01-26T14:45:32Z")
> [@LXIFLYBY](#): > > am i the only one that thinks its hideous? :barf:its definately one way to ruin a potentially nice 3rd gen ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/9 "2008-01-26T14:53:05Z")
> [@LXIFLYBY](#): > > am i the only one that thinks its hideous? Do you think I posted it b/c I like it? ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/10 "2008-01-26T15:09:47Z")
Might be worth 30k but even thats pushing it. ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/11 "2008-01-26T15:35:12Z")
:word: and i’m not saying i’d want it, either i dunno. i think i speak for all of us when i say that while we can appreciate the work that went into it… we don’t like it ---
**Author:** ![speedped79](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/speedped79/32/7491_2.png) [@speedped79](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/speedped79)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/12 "2008-01-26T15:41:12Z")
i like it ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/13 "2008-01-26T16:15:53Z")
> [@ly555is](#): > > i dunno. i think i speak for all of us when i say that while we can appreciate the work that went into it… we don’t like it That’s kind of where I’m at. It’s all hand-rolled steel. But it just leaves me saying, “eh.” To a collector, maybe. But my $100K would be better spent on something appreciating. :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![HotRodKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hotrodkid/32/7609_2.png) [@HotRodKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HotRodKid)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/14 "2008-01-26T16:18:02Z")
> [@TrueBlue](#): > > To a collector as a novelty, maybe. But my $100K would be better spent on something appreciating. :gotme: fixed ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/15 "2008-01-26T16:20:13Z")
Yeah, that’s pretty much what I meant. And even still, “eh.” ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/16 "2008-01-26T16:46:11Z")
looks like a disgrace to the car it was trying to mimic. Good work and all, but you just shouldn’t make a Testarossa out of a Camaro. Just seems wrong. ---
**Author:** ![matter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/97f17d/32.png) [@matter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/matter)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/17 "2008-01-26T16:48:26Z")
i am diehard fbody, and that looks like shit ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/18 "2008-01-26T17:20:27Z")
Looks like they got lazy and forgot to modify the front fenders to match the body line. That looks like crap. ---
**Author:** ![BrockwayMT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brockwaymt/32/5060_2.png) [@BrockwayMT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BrockwayMT)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/19 "2008-01-26T17:31:49Z")
interesting…I love those appraisals…so excessive ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2008, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480/20 "2008-01-26T22:16:03Z")
That’s a terrible replica. It still looks about 93% Camaro from the front. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hand-built-camarossa/42480.md?page=2)