A new day for the nation has dawned. President Obama is now in office and country looks towards the future with a new leader. With all this revolutionary change taking place, I thought it may be a good idea to give anyone who loves muscle cars an interesting alternative to the old ways of finding a rusty piece of American iron to restore. That alternative lies in a company called Dynacorn.

Anyone who loves old cars and wishes to restore them inherently knows there are always unwanted issues that come along with a 40 year old piece of metal that has seen more than a few ticks off the odometer. One of the most common issues facing older cars is a word I absolutely hate. Rust. Yes, unfortunately rust is the bastard child of trapped water, air and steel. This devilish thing takes what many of us love and renders it into decaying flaked metal that makes some guys like me cringe. Unfortunately if you are like me and don’t have very much money to spend on a prime rust-free car you have to deal with extensive body work in order to get that beloved car to look right. But what if there was a way to circumvent the hassle of dealing with rust and get a fresh new body on which you could start your project? Although the old factories in Detroit are long closed, Dynacorn, a restoration parts manufacturer makes full reproduction bodies of several well-known muscle cars from completely new metal using original factory stamping processes. Such popular models as the Mustang Fastback and Chevrolet Camaro are now being offered for purchase as complete body shells. The cars are not complete units as they still require all the essential wiring, insulation, molding and other hardware necessary to mount engine and electrical accessories. They do however come with full frames, panels, hoods and deck lids, all the metal you need.

Now many purists (and part of me included) feel that a reproduction bodies take the originality and rarity out of the muscle car hobby. I have some agreement with this however it is not as if someone were to take a repro-body and try to pass it off as a real SS Camaro or anything. The only real reason one would do this is to make a driver that they could thrash the living shit out of and not feel bad about damaging an older car. As long as nobody claims a vintage car with a completely reproduction body I have no problems and do not see these as dirtying the proverbial muscle car water supply. I realize the supply of decent-bodied sheet metal is rare and there are many that do not have the time, money or skill to properly repair an older car. Should they thus be excluded? No, I do not think so. I say let them drive the crap out of their reproduction cars and get as much enjoyment out of them as possible. Big_Blocker out.