Vehicle Description
1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 - Client's Uncle Purchased New -
Purchased from Bob Schmidt Chevrolet of Maumee, Ohio - 19k Original
Miles - All Original Paint - Ziebarted When New (Have Receipt) -
Factory Air Conditiong (Upgraded to R134A) - Power Steering, Power
Brakes, Tilt Steering Wheel - Original Spare Tire, Jack, and GM
Tire Inflator - All Original Documents and Always Garage Kept -
Collector Grade Z28 (Please note: If you happen to be viewing this
1978 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 on a website other than our Garage Kept
Motors site, it's possible that you've only seen some of our many
photographs of the car due to third-party website limitations. To
be sure you access all of the more than 150 photographs, as well as
a short start-up and walk-around video, please go to our main
website: Garage Kept Motors.) 1978: The Ultimate Year for Camaro
�€" QuartoDrives, January 2018 The Quarto website summarized the
runup to the '78 Camaro: By the time the books closed on the 1977
Camaro, it had set a new record; for the first time in the Camaro's
history, it outsold the Ford Mustang. And now that it had topped
the Mustang, Chevrolet wanted to keep the momentum up. It did it by
releasing a restyled Camaro. In any vehicle's life, a manufacturer
will give a model a midcycle freshening, keeping the public's
interest alive while developing the next generation. Often, this
freshening consists of revised front and rear sheet metal, new
interior materials, and a brace of new colors and options. This was
the path the Camaro followed for the 1978 model year. The top dog
Z28 was rated at 185 horsepower.... This cast-iron powerplant used
a hydraulic camshaft, 8.2:1 compression, two-bolt main bearings,
and a Rochester four-barrel carburetor. The exhaust system didn't
use a muffler, instead depending on a single catalytic converter
and a pair of resonators to give the dual exhaust tips a throaty
growl. ...driving the Z28 returned a quality experience. Offered
here is a collector-grade 1978 Camaro Z28 in red over black. Owned
by the same family since new, the car's odometer now shows a very
low 19,951 original miles, just over 400 miles per-year on average.
Purchased from Bob Schmidt Chevrolet of Maumee, Ohio on April 4,
1978, and promptly Ziebarted for rust protection, the car remains
in superb condition, a true late-Seventies time capsule. The red
exterior paint-an excellent choice on a Z28-is perfectly uniform
and glossy, a result of meticulous owner care. Black trim in the
grille, hood scoop, rear-window slats, and integrated rear-deck
spoiler and fascia is likewise in excellent condition, as are
orange stripes surrounding the hood scoop and following the car's
lower-body-side lines. (To best assess the quality of the paint and
trim finishes, be sure to view the close-up photographs of the car
in the accompanying gallery.) There is no damage to any sheet-metal
panel. All factory Z28 badging-in the grille, Camaro and Z28
appliques on the front fenders, and a Z28 emblem on the rear
fascia-is properly in place. Cabin glass and all lighting lenses
are clear and unmarred in any way. Factory 15-inch wheels with
red-painted centers and brushed-metal trim are mounted with
BFGoodrich® Radial T/A 225/70 raised-white-letter tires. Inside,
black is the color theme. Front high-back bucket and rear 2-person
seats are upholstered in black in a classic vertically pleated
pattern. Black carpeting covers the floors, including on the
exposed drivel-line tunnel. Rubber protective floor mats are in
place. Door panels are also black accented with chrome trim and
echoing the vertically pleated treatment. Cranks raise and lower
the side windows. The stock, black-textured-finish sport steering
wheel with center Z28 emblem frames the comprehensive analog
instrument cluster (a Z28 trademark) set in textured-metal trim.
Gauge markings and indicator needles are crisp and unfaded.
Slide-lever controls for the heating, ventilation, and factory
air-con
