At $12,995, Does This 2001 Chevy Camaro SS SLP Totally Slap? - Jalopnik

Street Legal Performance was founded successful 1987 by a erstwhile resistance racer, the deliciously-named Ed Hamburger. Today’s Nice Price oregon No Dice Camaro is simply a uncommon SLP-enhanced SS. Let’s spot if its terms takes the cake.

Just similar Rodney Dangerfield, Alfa Romeo owners thin to get nary respect. Owning an Alfa means you astir ne'er get asked to thrust successful the carpool, person a hard clip making it with a ride-share broadside hustle, and get shooed distant by large ladies needing to beryllium rushed to the infirmary adjacent though they’re mad-crowning. This is each due to the fact that of Alfa’s perceived estimation for unreliability and hence the accidental of being near stranded by the broadside of the road.

Earned oregon not, that stigma harms Alfa request and hence values. As an example, the seller of yesterday’s 1983 Alfa Romeo GTV6 asked $29,500 for what was presented arsenic a precise nicely kept car. The happening is, successful that condition, Hagerty lone values the exemplary astatine a specified $26K. And, arsenic good each know, Hagerty tends to circular up connected specified valuations. All that wasn’t mislaid connected the bulk of you who gave the Alfa a stinging rebuke successful the signifier of an 87 percent No Dice loss.

Now, 1 happening I request to clarify astir yesterday’s GTV6 is that determination wasn’t a discrepancy successful the advertisement arsenic to motor displacement arsenic I primitively thought. While the advertisement noted “3,0 liter S cams” that referred to the updated cams themselves and not the motor’s displacement, which arsenic the booty badge noted, is 2.5 liters. Obviously, I was confused by the statement but received the clarification successful a affable email from the poster’s son. Thanks, Todd!

It could beryllium construed that Camaro owners endure successful respect to respect arsenic well. I mean, the wide stereotype surrounding the car is of mullet-wearing, hairsbreadth metal-listening Budweiser-swillers. That cognition whitethorn alteration with today’s 2001 Chevy Camaro SS SLP, however, arsenic it looks sinister alternatively than silly and portends menace arsenic opposed to mullet growth. Plus determination are each those Ss successful the badging.

Part of that comes from Street Legal Performance (SLP), the Livonia, Michigan-based store that has been selling go-faster parts for pony cars since the precocious 1980s. Founded by resistance racer Ed Hamburger, the company’s archetypal SLP-branded car was a performance-tuned variation of the Pontiac Firebird. The institution aboriginal branched retired to see that different subordinate of the F-Body family, the Camaro.

This 1 carries the SLP badging and the dual exhaust, but since the SLP cars could beryllium optioned retired with a fig of antithetic updates, it’s hard to accidental conscionable however heavy into the checkbook this car primitively went. Suffice it to accidental that it has the 327 horsepower LS1 V8 nether its hood and a four-speed automatic backing that up. Other non-SLP options present see the T-top extortion and the Super Sport badging. Fortunately for the curious, SLP is still successful business and should beryllium capable to supply a afloat options database if fixed the car’s VIN.

That mightiness beryllium worthwhile since the car looks to beryllium successful large signifier contempt its property and 165,000-mile life. It presents successful achromatic implicit achromatic implicit inactive much achromatic erstwhile the wheels are added to the equation. That is each complemented by a gold-painted accent connected the (functional) hood scoop. An under-hood changeable would person been nice, but the seller doesn’t look to person recovered that item important. Maybe it’s due to the fact that they were taking pictures of the car successful the mediate of what looks to beryllium an intersection and needed to determination quickly.

On the downside, determination is immoderate peppering evident connected the chemoreceptor (highway miles?), and the headlamp lenses are opening to yellowish somewhat. Those are reasonably insignificant quibbles, but should beryllium pointed out. We mightiness besides privation to sermon the black-painted mill alloys. Should those person a agleam articulator oregon does that grounds deterioration successful the decorativeness from excessively galore car washes?

Okay, I’m truly grasping for straws present erstwhile reasoning astir thing to shun this car for. I conjecture we could besides ding it for the seller not providing immoderate benignant of attraction past successful the ad’s description. On the positive side, it does travel with a cleanable title.

What mightiness that each beryllium worthy to the non-stereotypical Camaro fan? The advertisement lists the terms astatine $12,995, and we’ll present person to mull(et) that over. What bash you say? Do the Street Legal Performance mods (whatever those mightiness entail) marque that a decent terms for this aged Camaro? Or, adjacent with the SLP bits, would you archer the seller to GTFO for asking that much?

You decide!

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