ZR1-powered ‘69 Camaro by GM engineer

General Motors engineer Mark Stielow was originally part of GM’s High Performance Vehicle Group, but after that was disbanded in the bankruptcy-hit company, he has moved to the hybrid vehicle division. Obviously he is bored out of his mind, as he has been working on his own ZR1-powered killer-Camaro in his spare time.

Edmunds Inside Line reports that Stielow took a 1969 Chevrolet Camaro in its original ‘Butternut Yellow’ color and fitted it with the 638 hp engine from the Corvette ZR1. The carbon-ceramic braking system and the alloy wheels are also from the topdog Vette, but he uses Dodge Viper manual transmission. It took Mark 20 months to build it and when he finished, he named it Jackass!

While he continues to work on it, Stielow says it would be cheaper to just buy a Corvette ZR1 than to build a car like his.

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