The Blacked-Out ‘Death Star’ ’54 Corvette Is a 638-HP Restomod Masterpiece
Stick a modern V8 in a classic shell, and good things happen.
![Timeless Kustoms '54 Corvette2](https://www.maxim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/timeless-kustoms-54-corvette2.png)
When we last visited Timeless Kustoms, the Camarillo, California shop had just produced a 1969 Camaro black enough to qualify for Spinal Tap’s album cover. And now the custom car wizards have extended that black-is-beautiful concept to the Camaro’s older brother, the ’54 Corvette.
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You can easily see the conceptual similarities, despite the dramatically different body styles of the Corvette and Camaro.
![Timeless Kustoms '54 Corvette](https://www.maxim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/timeless-kustoms-54-corvette.png)
For the Corvette, Timeless turned to Corvette power, in the form of the incredible 638-horsepower 6.2-liter, supercharged LS9 engine from the 2009-2013 C6-generation Corvette ZR1.
![2010 Corvette LS9 engine](https://www.maxim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2010-corvette-ls9-engine-scaled.jpg)
The ‘Vette’s snug two-seat cockpit gets the custom treatment to update it from the ancient original configuration to something a little simpler and cleaner looking, along the lines of a racing cockpit.
![Timeless Kustoms '54 Corvette3](https://www.maxim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/timeless-kustoms-54-corvette3.png)
After two Chevies in a row, and a Mustang before that, will Timeless do a Dodge next?
![Timeless-Kustoms Mustang-1.jpg](https://www.maxim.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/timeless-kustoms-mustang-1.jpg)