04-05-2013, 04:41 PM | #43 |
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I doubt that many would agree that the only difference between a 77 1/2 Z28 and a 1969 Z/28 is the style of the badge.
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04-05-2013, 04:52 PM | #44 |
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that's not the point. horsepower has gone up and down, yes, but to say the 1st gens were somehow 'race cars' or something is not correct.
i'd love to find some engineers from the time and ask them 'so you took the slash out of Z/28 in 1970, that was because the car was not all hardcore race car anymore?' probably look at us like we were crazy.
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Of course the slash has nothing to do with making the Z/28 a race car, but the slash over the years has become symbolic of the differences between the first generation Z/28s and the later versions.
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Z28 = some badges, decals, maybe some spiffy wheels on a otherwise run of the mill V8 Camaro
Z/28 = A $100K race car that you will never own
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I bought a brand new 1978 Z28 and it was no way a track car.My dad's caddy could kick my ass
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06-02-2013, 06:25 AM | #51 |
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Man...some dicks in the thread
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Question for the z historians, when the badge first changed from z/28 to z28, did GM do it knowingly bc the car was changing or did it just kind of happen?
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06-02-2013, 08:10 PM | #54 |
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I've followed he Camaro closely for (too ) many years, and I can say I've never heard of this before now???
Anyone else?
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