Twin-Turbo LS3 Swapped 1967 Camaro Is a Former SEMA Star

Looks Like Money

While some SEMA builds are just downright silly or not terribly viable to drive on actual roads, this wild '67 Camaro dubbed "Snowblind" is actually the real deal. It was originally built by East Bay Muscle Cars in California for the 2015 SEMA show, and like most, took a whopping three years to built at a cost of over $350,000. That intense labor and investment shows up everywhere you look at this amazing car, so it's no surprise that somebody bought it quickly once it popped up for sale at Streetside Classics.

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Smooth as Butter

As you'd imagine with a build of this caliber, the body is absolute perfection. The team at East Bay clearly spend a lot of labor hours making the Camaro as straight as an arrow and smooth as butter before covering it in PPG Honda White with a mix of satin gray and red accents. But they also left carbon fiber elements like the hood alone, merely covering them with clear.

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Power Broker

The meat of the build, however, lies under the hood, where you'll find a nicely massaged LS3. The serious mill wears a pair of turbos, stainless headers, an EBMC induction system, and water-to-air intercoolers. The powerful motor is connected to a T56 Magnum six-speed manual transmission, which sends power back to a beefy 9-inch Ford rear end.

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Nice Amenities

On the inside, you'll find a pair of modified Corbeau racing buckets wrapped in leather and two-tone microsuede with red stitching and harnesses to keep driver and passenger in place. There are also plenty of other nice amenities here, including air conditioning and a full Kenwood/Memphis stereo system.

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Custom Bits

The instrument cluster was actually 3D printed and holds a full array of Dakota Digital VHX gauges behind a Sparco steering wheel. Other custom-built goodies include the headliner, a console with power window controls, and a full array of interior panels that reupholstered to match the seats perfectly.

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Riding Smooth

Underneath this masterpiece, Snowblind rides on a custom Art Morrison chassis front and rear, with a triangulated 4-link out back. Afco adjustable shocks and Eibach springs help the Camaro out in the corners, and there are big disc brakes at all four corners with drilled and slotted rotors, as well as Superlite pistons and calipers.

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Pony Up

Add it all together, and you've got one supremely cool ride. But this Camaro isn't just a pure showpiece, as many SEMA builds often are. It was actually built to drive, with some serious components that work well together. So it's no surprise that even with a price tag of $165k, there was at least one person in the world willing to pony up to bring this gorgeous machine home.

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