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Old 11-04-2013, 03:12 PM   #57
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It's a real Z/28 (the '67) -- owned by a good friend in Indianapolis -- we borrowed it from him. It was found in a barn - the original owner bought it - didn't realize that the Z/28 was designed for a road course and he wasn't happy with performance at the drag strip - so he put it away and supposedly bought another Camaro...........with a big-block.

The 1967 Camaro Z/28 did not have any ID saying Z/28....that didn't happen until part-way thru the '68 model year....

.(and I say this because I remember our family dealership having a Corvette Bronze Z/28 on the showroom floor for a lonnggggg time -- it had no Z/28 markings on it - even though it should have as Corvette Bronze was a late color that year.....)

Also - no cross-ram from the factory on '67 Z/28. ...in fact, that's the reason that only one Z/28 convertible was built during the 1st gen -- a 1968 in British Green. -- Pete Estes was the General Manager of Chevrolet at the time - he loved convertibles - and if you wanted to ensure that he drove something - you made sure it was installed on a convertible. The car still exists - was sold about three years ago.
I believe Dana Mecum owns it.
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Old 11-04-2013, 03:33 PM   #58
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Cool! The 67' looks like a little toy in comparison. I've always loved the 1Gen, however now the 5Gen just blows it away (in looks and performance).
I beg to differ about your opinion on which has better looks.
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Old 11-04-2013, 10:33 PM   #59
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It's a real Z/28 (the '67) -- It was found in a barn - .
...aww man those barn finds are just the best there is.....it does not get any better than that.
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Old 11-05-2013, 06:05 AM   #60
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It's a real Z/28 (the '67) -- owned by a good friend in Indianapolis -- we borrowed it from him.
Looks like it came out of the Wolfsonian Museum in Indy. Beauty, Andy old buddy!

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Old 11-14-2013, 11:24 AM   #61
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I would take the '67 over the 2014 in a heartbeat. The 1st gen Camaros had a style to them that IMO cannot be topped.
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Old 11-14-2013, 01:54 PM   #62
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Looks like it came out of the Wolfsonian Museum in Indy. Beauty, Andy old buddy!

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Old 11-14-2013, 09:24 PM   #63
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Automobile crunched some numbers and put together a couple of photos between the 2014 Z/28 and the first Z/28, the 1967 Camaro Z/28.


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What would those folks back in 1969 say if you pulled around the corner in the new Z/28 (or ZL1 for that matter?). They would believe something showed up from Area 51. Just sayin!
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...folks in '69 didn't know what Area 51 was then, just sayin'....we had Project Bluebook.
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Old 11-24-2013, 10:51 AM   #65
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I would take the '67 over the 2014 in a heartbeat. The 1st gen Camaros had a style to them that IMO cannot be topped.
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I'm just the opposite. I am totally over old cars. Compared to cars of today even the most awesome old car is crude and drives like crap.

More people agree with you than me, though, because the value of the old ones keep going up.
This is exactly why the "Pro-Touring" approach to restoration/modification has developed. New powertrains and more recent chassis and suspension developments under (more or less) the old skins.

There is no question that the new cars are technically better cars than their originals (and by that I don't mean the "high tech" infotainment and other electronic feature stuff at all). But the lines of the older cars have a visually less massive and more graceful appearance. Photoshop that side view picture of the '67 in Post #1 down to where the very point of its hood matches the height of the same point on the new car's hood and this should become even more apparent.


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Old 12-11-2013, 10:42 AM   #66
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I'm sure all the parts justify the cost, but I can't bring myself to pay that kind of money for a Camaro. Which is fine, because my wallet can't justify spending that much on a car regardless of what it's called.
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We did an exercise, awhile ago, where the '69 Vehicle Order Guide was used on an inline-6 Camaro Coupe. NO SS. NO Z/28. NO COPO. Inline-6 Base Coupe. OK?

When you added what features are now standard equipment across the board on all '13 (at that time) Camaros and put them on a '69 6-cylinder Coupe, the '69 price came to $5,800-and-change!!!!!

NO IRS/ABS/TC/CD/radial tires/aluminum wheels/crash protection/electronics/ad nauseum! Those features, if available way-back-when, would have been EXTRA!

BTW, CPI from '69-forward has that $5800+ 6-cylinder = $37,000+!!!

Now add the $4100+ COPO 9560 (ZL1) package (which is pretty damn close to the new Z/28's driveline) and the necessary options to get that package (another $400) and you're now up to $66,000! Still no modern conveniences or Gov't-mandated "necessities".

And, believe it or not, Ripley, that's not far from where the '14 Z/28 will be priced...

We tend to forget how much "stuff" we get with cars today. Unfortunately, it's NOT "free"...and NEVER was.
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