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Jay Leno returns to hosting duties in his garage after spending a day with Jerry Seinfeld, welcoming fellow comedian Tim Allen and his homebrew 1968 Camaro 427 COPO to his garage. Allen says he got hooked on a green 1968 Camaro he used to see as a kid racing on Woodward in Michigan, but when it came time for his own he went beyond that original hero car.

Enlisting the services of tuners like Detroit Speed Shop, Bodie Stroud and Classic Industries, Allen's Camaro is a mix of the original body with small alterations like integrated fender flares and missing rain rails, additional stiffening so the body can properly tame the power, and sports a finely detailed small-block 427 and custom 17-inch Rally wheels hiding custom Brembo disc brakes.

In the video below you can watch Leno return to playing the straight man while Allen makes the jokes... until Leno breaks out his Arnold Schwarzenegger impression. See for yourself.Continue reading Tim Allen and his '68 Chevy Camaro do burnouts with Jay Leno

Tim Allen and his '68 Chevy Camaro do burnouts with Jay Leno originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 21 Jan 2014 14:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.



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