Vehicle Description
1968 Chevrolet Camaro Hardtop
In 1966 Mustangs were flying out of Ford showrooms, and Chevrolet
needed an answer. After many secret meetings, and covert internal
press events, engineers unveiled the official name for what had
been known up to this point as XP-836. Camaro was the chosen
namesake, and immediately the question became "but what does it
mean?". This question has no official linguistic answer, but as
Chevrolet marketing people would answer "It's an animal that eats
Mustangs!"
For consignment, a real gem with the first generation Camaro which
was once a mild mannered street car that is now a full on custom
street/strip bruiser. Bathed it in maroon metallic with some purple
flames, a bumperless front end, an added in over the top ostrich
skin covered interior, and then there was a 496ci V8 plopped under
the hood tokeep this skate eating up the competition, all the while
keeping the driving in the lap of luxury. Read on and you too will
be impressed by this go fast Mustang eater, and if you are you'd
better get your butt in here because these don't last long in our
halls. Gone like a freight train, gone like yesterday...
Exterior
With it's pony car long front and short rear deck we can note all
straight rust free steel, and it's all bathed in the deep end of
the pool mirror finished maroon metallic with some light purple
flames licking back from the grille. A stock Camaro with exposed
headlights, a shaved rear bumper, shaved door handles, a small
bowtie emblem in the center of the grille, and chromed trimmings.
All of this presents with some very minor inclusions in the finish
with all well minded gaps which include the reverse scooped hood
that leads back to the lightly tinted glass around the passengers
compartment. Accenting this straight body is nice chrome and clean
window trimmings and a stock Camaro tail lights setup is seen as is
the smoothed filler panel in the center. 15-inch Billet Specialties
wheels, polished to the nines, are wrapped in skinny 205/70 rubber
up front and sticky 275/60 Mickey Thompson drag radials in the
rear. Telling' ya...Gone like a soldier in the Civil war, Bang,
Bang...
Interior
The interior door panels present original in design and form, but
have been covered in ostrich leather hides and are very clean and
straight in smooth saddle for the integrated armrests and textured
slightly lighter inserts. Moving inside we see front low back
buckets and a rear bench showing off with broad tuck and roll
textured ostrich hide light saddle inserts and smooth darker saddle
bolsters that sit above gold carpet, and all is clean in here. The
original dash shows nicely and retains its rake as it moves
downward from the dash top. Dakota digital blue glowing instruments
are now settled into the deep round insert gauges. Chromed eyeball
vents are in the dash as well and a padded saddle ostrich hide
topper caps things off nicely. A Billet Specialties rally steering
wheel turns easily as it is power assisted. In dash center is more
ostrich hide framing the AM/FM/Bluetooth/DVD stereo and above are
the factory temp sliders. This intersects with the center console
that races through the buckets, sports some wood applique around
the shifter and 4 digital blue backlit gauges that present
themselves to the driver nicely. An ostrich hide padded insert is
in for the glove box and works perfectly with the padded saddle
surrounds and twin cupholders just in front. A short stalk piston
topped Hurst shifter is just behind these gauges and well within
reach of the pilot. The headliner in saddle vinyl is nice and tight
and we cannot overlook the trunk with its gold carpeting, ostrich
hide underside trunk lid liner and smooth padded saddle sides.
Mmmmm mmmm good!
Drivetrain
Under the hood and my partner in crime needed to slap me as I was
totally hypnotized by the machinist's dream I couldn't take my eyes
off of! What did I behold but a 496ci V8 capable of a dyno proven
655hp. A Scat crank and rods have been fitted into the block and
make the pump gas friendly 9.4-1 compression via SRP pistons. A
598i/.621e lift and 258i/268e duration camshaft actuates the roller
rockers that are mounted atop a pair of aluminum Strike Force
cylinder heads with 320cc runners and 124cc chambers. It is fed by
a Demon 4-barrel carburetor and Professional Products polished
intake manifold. Plenty of polished bolt ons, shiny headers, MSD
ignition, and an electric water pump are noted. On the back, a
built AutoGear Muncie M22 style 4-speed manual transmission with a
Centerforce clutch takes the horsepower handoff with ease. Way back
to spin the rear tires is a 12-bolt Posi rear axle with 3.77 gears
and Moser axles that handles all that power!
Undercarriage
All rust free with some light patina and road dirt with many add
ons for performance like a high capacity fuel pump and filter
system. Independent coil springs upfront, and leaf springs with
Caltrac bars on the rear provide the ride and we also see the
addition of 4 wheel power disc brakes for the big WHOAH factor.
Headers rain down from the engine and meet up with a like new
X-pipe equipped dual exhaust with Borla mufflers to let the world
know that you have arrived.
Drive-Ability
This car fired up with barely a turn of the ignition, and idled
like it was ready to be unleashed. So, I did a no holds barred out
to the test track romp where it performed beautifully. Head
snapping acceleration, good rail like handling, and bias free
stopping. All pure 68 Camaro in true muscle form and certainly able
to kick all those asses and more. During our fast time behind the
wheel we did note that the wipers did not wipe, the heater blower
didn't blow, there was a slight rub at the left front tire, and the
radio didn't belt out any tunes, (but who cares when you can listen
to the beat of 650+ horsepower under the hood. She's gone! (gone),
Gone! (gone)...literally
All are just the results of a painstaking restoration, custom paint
job, a strong power plant, a luxurious but racy interior look with
top shelf gauges on the dash, and the beauty of an undercarriage
with goodies to ensure things go very straight and very fast. This
1968 never looked to the eye with so much bling, so go ahead and
don the Wayfarers on and have a look for yourself!
124378N468086
1-Chevrolet
24-Camaro V8
37-2 Door Hardtop Sport Coupe
8-1968
N-Norwood, OH Assy Plant
468086-Sequential Unit Number
TRIM TAG
07B-2nd Week July
ST 68 12437-1968 Camaro 2 Door Hardtop Sport Coupe
BDY NOR463479-Norwood Body #
TR 714-Black Custom Vinyl Buckets
PNT R2-Matador Red, Black Top
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our
showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just
1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888)
227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come
see the vehicle in person.
