Vehicle Description
1967 Chevrolet Camaro Hardtop
The 1967 Camaro appeared on the scene and the General instantly
became a big player in the pony car wars.The Camaro had gotten
ahead of the curve and was now a leader in the style department
because the car already looked like a car from the early 70's even
though that era was still 4 years in the future in October 1966. I
can recall the first time I saw a first generation Camaro in the
October 1966 Popular Science new car preview edition. The 1967
Camaro was the star attraction when it debuted in the fall of 1966
and it gave the General an instant classic in the pony car
battle.
For consignment, a "worked" first generation Camaro showing 48,139
non-verifiable miles.Maintaining its original timeless looks, but
now with a 502ci crate V8, aluminum cylinder heads, with a 4-speed
manual transmission and upgraded for more power and efficiency.This
car presents in nicely restored condition, and is a wonderful
example with good paint, chrome, and larger engine.Read ON!
Exterior
The newer versions of the Camaro are nice and all with their
neoprene bumpers etc etc etc, however there is something about the
simplicity of design with these earlier Camaro models.A thin grille
and a nice small bumper with actual chrome on it just below, which
is just not seen on the cars of today. Showing with a nicely
applied red respray covering the steel panels which are minding
their gaps very nicely, but there are minor faults.These can be
summed up in the terms of stone chips, touched up scratches,
inclusions in the finish, orange peel on the driver's front fender,
some dings and a large chip off under the passenger's tail
light.Black stripes race up from the header panel, over the cowl
induction reverse scooped hood and finish off on the trunk lid. 396
Turbo Jet and crossed flags badging, a rocker chromed strip, nicely
restored bumpers, and deep dish 15-inch rally wheels wrapped with
blackwall skinny and fat radials, and ladies and gentlemen, we are
ready to go. Up top is a cleanly installed black vinyl top with
blingy highlight molding.Oh, and let's rock and roll a little bit
with a slightly raised rear suspension, and a super cool striped
spoiler on the trunk lid.Some SS badging for the rear along with
the simple horizontal tail lights and another small bumper is seen
below.Do not leave out the iconic blacked out and SS badgedeggcrate
grille up front, just pure Camaro...Light it UP!
Interior
A swing of the door and we are met with near showroom door panels
in black molded vinyl with shiny window cranks, door handles, and
shiny gloss red sills.We're going in and plopping ourselves on the
nicely covered black vinyl buckets withsmooth bolsters and tuck and
roll inserts, which grab you when you have a seat in them.Or grab
your high school sweetheart and have some fun on the rear bench,
which appears unused but is slightly dusty to this point, also in
black vinyl.The angled dash front has its factory installed deeply
embedded gauges and is fronted by a black rimmed 3 spoke SS badged
steering wheel.In the center we note temp and fan controls, and a
modern AM/FM Retro Classic radio.A black plastic console races
between the buckets and holds an exposed Hurst shifter sporting a
traditional white ball topper within reach of the driver.Noted are
very nice headliner and black carpet showing very little faults and
fade.Dream ON!
Drivetrain
Our biggest changes have taken place here where the original inline
6 cylinder has been replaced with a consignor stated502ci V8 crate
engine.It sits within the nicely restored engine bay and presents
with a black painted block, crinkle finish 502 Chevrolet valve
covers, and a chrome Summit Racing air cleaner with fully pleated
air filter.This mill ingests its air and fossils through a 4-barrel
carburetor and aluminum intake manifold before sending the mixture
to the engine via a pair of GMPP aluminum cylinder heads.All this
power is put through a rebuilt T10 4-speed manual transmission with
a new clutch kit and back to a 4 year old 12-bolt rear axle.Crank
that BABY!
Undercarriage
No issues seen here, just straight unadulterated steel with only
surface rust seen.Subframe connectors have been added to stiffen
the chassis and headers feed down from the mill and send spent
fossils to the rear of the car via Flowmaster mufflers.A power disc
brake conversion was performed up front and power drum brakes are
on the rear with all sporting new pads, rotors and drums.Leaf
spring rear suspension with traction bars keeps the rear firmly
planted while independent front coil spring suspension braves those
fast corners...Scrrrrrrreeetttch!
Drive-Ability
A good driver, quick starter, smooth shifter, and some good grabby
brakes.The car rode smoothly, and the interior was spacious.It's
great to be able to crank the windows down on a nice day and go for
a spin so I can write about these fascinating cars! A few frowns
showed themselves during our drive. The horn didn't blow and
neither did the heater blower motor, the wipers only operate when
the washer is activated, the engine stumbles at low RPM, the
headlights did not illuminate, and the car had a tendency to pop
out of 2nd gear on deceleration. While Classic Auto Mall represents
that these functions were working at the time of our test drive, we
cannot guarantee these functions will be working at the time of
your purchase.
A generation 1 first year pony car, nicely restored with an
upgraded engine, some added SS badging, a nice driving and sweet
looking Camaro, and dig those stripes and rally wheels, "See the
USA in your Chevrolet!"
123377N107372
1-Chevrolet
23-Camaro 6 Cylinder
37-2 Door Hardtop Sport Coupe
7-1967
N-Norwood, OH Assy Plant
107372-Sequential Unit Number
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