1972 Chevrolet Malibu Wagon

What happens when you’re a diehard Camaro fanatic with kids? In the case of Los Angeles plumbing contractor Kevin Harris, neither he nor his wife Lisa were willing to give up their daily driven ’60s Camaros when the stork arrived with little Kyle and Camille. At first the child seats fit pretty well in the F-cars’ purely ornamental back seats, but as the kids (now 5 and 4) grew, more space was needed. So Kevin rounded up a rough but complete ’72 Chevy Concourse wagon (it has a ’70 front clip) and gave it a cost-conscious yet well executed makeover into a never-was SS454 that’s consumed a mere $14,000 of the kiddies’ college fund.

By doing everything except the bodywork, paint, and upholstery by himself, and using the 454 and TH400 transmission from one of his retired work trucks, Kevin’s clean wagon offers proof that it’s entirely possible to have a family and cool hot rods at the same time.