Filed under: Aftermarket, SEMA Show, Coupe, Chevrolet, GM, Pontiac, Design/Style


We've seen companies attempt to turn the Chevrolet Camaro into a Pontiac Trans-Am, but the results are often mixed at best. Heide Performance Products, a customizing company out of Madison Heights, MI, is looking to change that. Is it successful? Well, let's just say we're looking forward to seeing HPP's pointy-nosed '69 Trans Am knock-off with our own eyes at SEMA next week.

The company has detailed the build process on its Facebook page, and there's also a second Camaro with T-Tops the company is bringing to SEMA. Finally, we have modern versions of the Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird based off the current Challenger. See for yourself in our high-res photo gallery below.


Gallery: HPP Trans-Am and Camaro



[Source: Heide Performance Products]HPP teases Firebird, Camaro customs for SEMA originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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I gotta say, the Firebird conversions are starting to look better...

 

While I can admire the craftsmanship involved...people just need to let go.

 

That nose just looks wrong.

 

Of all the conversions, this is by far the best one yet.
In terms of quality, design, & details.
I cannnot believe that someone would be able to buy one of those. The price would have to be around 200K. Look at everything they did to the car. This is not a Camaro with a new front bumper cover. This car is tweaked!
And I LOVE their take on the classic Pontiac Rallye II wheels. Awesome!

And I also liked the yellow Camaro with the covered headlights and Rally wheels. If this car had been included in the SEMA Camaro poll thread, I would've voted for it.

 

That's like saying... twilight 2 was better than twilight 1... but that on itself is not saying much at all.

 

Fail...but those are some SEXY models!


the back end looks really bad. i dont like the fake chrome bumper. front nose looks waaaayyy too pointy. no one can seem to get a good version of the firebird done. maybe its a good thing pontiac is gone. i would have hated to see what they would have actually come up with for this body style.

 

Yup....

 

I figure Pontiac would have done a good job with the body style, especially since their hands wouldn't be tied to fitting it over the body of the camaro. They could have actually done their own thing. Admittedly I've always been a fan of the Firebird's styling, it always seemed like the angry cousin of the Camaro. However I just like Camaro's more. When I went car shopping for an f-body I tried out Camaro's and Firebirds and I just felt more comfortable in the Camaro, the firebird just felt off for some reason. It's a weird thing, I like the look of the Pontiac cars but I hate driving them(even when they are in essence carbon copies of the Chevy's I love).

I am curious what Pontiac would have put out as the body design.

 

Yup, I agree...

At least someone understands my previous post!

And the Camaro...not bad!

 

if that blondes gonna be at SEMA, ill book my flight now!

 

How can there be a Firebird when Pontiac is gone?

Still, I don't like it.

I'd rather have a 1999 30th anniversary T/A

 

ill take a 02 collector edition..... and that blonde...

 

The whole rear end is just ugly. It does nothing for me.

 

I'm kinda diggin' it.