Hemmings Muscle Machines

ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS

THIS IS AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT detailing story. But it’s also a great story about love for performance cars coming full circle. Doug Eisberg first set eyes on this ’71 Z28 way back in 1982, when he was working at Collins Motor Company, a used-car lot in a small suburb of San Diego, California. Doug was just out of high school and working with his friend Matt Collins, whose father owned the business. Doug and Matt were both gearheads and Matt’s mother, Rita, drove this Z28 for a couple of years, rowing that four-speed every day. Doug often serviced the ’71 Camaro at the lot. Not to be outdone, Matt chose a blue ’70 Z28 as his daily driver, mainly because it sported that hot LT-1 small-block and

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