Retro Cargasm — Isn’t That A 1970 Chevelle SS? — Kinda

Meet the 70/SS.

That’s what the folks at Trans-Am Worldwide are calling it anyway. This incredible car company, (absolutely no affiliate marketing going on here by the way- they just build awesomeness) based out of Tallahassee, Fl has been granted the exclusive worldwide rights to use the General Motors brand names, logos, and trademarks to be the only global manufacturer of everything — Trans-Am; Right down to the symbolic decals and emblems of the now-defunct Pontiac car division.

How devoted are the sibling founders of TAW, Tod and Scott Warmack to the Their craft? Here, it’s probably best if I show you, rather than tell you.

That’s right, in honor of the 1977 Trans Am used to make Smokey and the Bandit, the brothers Warmack decided to reinvent the wheel — all four of them in fact.

Though the standard chassis used to build these modern automotive marvels is based on the present-day Chevrolet Camaro, aside from only a few slight hints of its Chevy cousin’s physique, all similarity to a Camaro ends there.

No, these cars are different. They’re exciting; they’re raw. And while I could very easily get lost in my obvious lust for this Bandit Edition Tran-Am (I'll be writing a completely separate piece on their Trans-Ams this weekend which you will not want to miss -a longer version of which will be published in August’s Car & Driver Magazine) this article isn’t about their Trans-Ams.

This article is about the Warmack brothers' newest brainchild — the completely reimagined retro 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS, heretofore renamed simply; the 70/SS!

Stop, you’re drooling.

While the powerhouse Trans-Ams TAW pumps out are all built off of the current Camaro platform, we know that the platform base of the 70/SS is not. However, the company is also extremely hush-hush about what platform is being used.

hmmm

If you’re in the market for a new set of wheels and, like me, have a passionate affinity for the classics, one of these bad boys starts at $150,000 and only goes up from there. Still, given the choice between buying one of today's upper-middle-class luxury-sports cars, or one of these, I personally would go for one of these — just sayin’.

For me, the mere sight of one of these instantly brings me back to my youth.

Just looking at the sleek profile and those classicly traditional lines--which I think TAW did an incredible job recreating for both the 70/SS and their entire model list of Trans Ams--transports me.

I can actually hear the throaty rumble of a classic V8 as it drinks from a sweetly mixed Holley double pumper and rumbles through a gurgling set of Flowmasters.

But there's no substitute for watching one of TAW's creations perform. Watch below as the brothers Warmack do a magnificent job of igniting our senses with one display of raw horsepower after another--channeling pure power into massive quantities of visceral torque, time and time again.

In this first video, a 2019 Trans Am turns 9s in the quarter-mile.

In this next video, the new Trans Am 455 Super Duty blows our minds in more ways than one.

There are so many of these amazing videos on the company website, I sincerely recommend going and checking them out at transamworldwide.com.

As a long-tenured journalist with an affinity for classic muscle cars, I have published literally hundreds, if not over a thousand articles covering the release of new concepts like this one. Very few of them have ever viscerally affected me as this one did.

I was going to provide the press release I received from the folks at TAW about the release of the 70/SS, but the story was rejected by Vocal editors because it contained the contact information of Trans Am Worldwide.

This article is available with that press release on every other publishing platform including Substack, Medium, and Simily.