My 1997 Hendrick Motorsports LT4 30th Anniversary SS

[Berger 93]

I have always been obsessed with the LT4 Camaro SS . . . I had an opportunity to buy one from a dealer "new" in 2000 . . but finances were not avail.



In the fall of 2007 I found a Hendrick SS on eBay . . . now I knew all about the silver Hendrick Motor Sport SS that Rick had built but was not aware of the LT4 . . Fortunately Matt Murphy was working with SLP during this time, and was full of all the info I needed to learn about these unique cars.



There were only 9 HMS LT4's built . . one for Rick Hendrick and eight for public sale.



Here is Car # 5 of 9 HMS LT4s and #6 of the 100 total run of LT4 SS's







The car is 100% original, and still maintains all window stickers on the windows. It is still on MSO. I have all documentation on the car . . even have the original battery.



It is a really neat piece of Camaro history, that I will treasure for many years.



At Superfest this past Summer:







At Michigan International Speedway 2009:







F-Body Gathering in Georgia







This is one difficult car NOT to drive . . . compared to my other 4th gen Camaros he is SO solid and smooth as silk to run. I purchased him with a mere 57 miles on the odometer. I have put a few miles on him, and he is at 206 miles total.



A few years ago I was able to acquire the option R1 wheel and tire package that was listed on the window sticker . . I also got the original Quaker State duffel that was presented at purchase.



Doesn't everyone have wheels and tires in the living room?







Duffel:







Goodies:

[2002Z4CSS]

Sweet Camaro for sure. I have seen it many times. Good to see it got a few miles on it since the last time I seen it.

[DHPE04]

Yes, the 1997 LT4 SS is my favorite Camaro of all time, I remember reading about them in 1996/97 issue of "Camaro Enthusiast" Magazine and knew I had to have one. I had just started engineering college and knew I would not be able to afford one but it was always a dream of mine. I remember a couple of years later, our Chevy Dealer (Dave Heather) in Manitowoc had the Hendrick LT4 #9 (Signatures on the hood and clear coated) for sale in their showroom, it was so special that the local newspaper wrote an article about it (which is how I found out about it) and had it available for all to see, roped off ofcourse.



Very cool that you have #5 Hendrick LT4, and nice collection of goodies too.

[Dabom75]

what year were you at the Gathering?



I went to G14 adn G15 missed this past year but plan on making it to all of them from now on.