In 1969, Fred Gibb, a Chevrolet dealer from Illinois, asked the automaker to install a ZL1 427 big-block engine carried over from the Corvette under the hood of a Camaro. He wanted to enter the car into the Super Stock competition on the drag strips. At first, the automaker was reluctan...
This 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS is the version that many say Chevrolet should have built. In a sense, they did via high-performance dealerships like Don Yenko from Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania but a 1967 Camaro, equipped this way, didn’t roll off of Chevrolet’s assembly line. This Camaro is a...
the Camaro. Chevrolet stated that the “Camaro” was named after the French word for “comrade,” although some linguists argued that it was actually Spanish for a type of shrimp. Not exactly an awe aspiring name for a new pony car. Luckily, the Camaro had the muscle to back up ...
1969 Camaro- Convertible - SS/RS Z-11 (Indy Pace Car) - A/C - Power Top 1970 Cobra- 429SuperCobra Jet(Fords version of the LS-6 Chevelle and the Hemi ‘Cuda) 1972 Ford Van- Customized(my first vehicle & in 1976 installed 1st component car audio system in town) ...
(the first year of the Camaro) Chevrolet began their COPO program. Customers who had the correct contacts in the automotive industry could order a new Camaro using the Central Office Production Order, but more about that later. This first-year Yenko Camaro can be foundhere on eBaywith an ...
1967-69 Chevrolet Camaro Regular Production Options (RPOs) with Official Chevrolet Production Totals and Dealer Pricing Production data courtesy of Len Williamson and is for US plants only. Abbreviations Pricing is from Chevrolet price lists typical for the model year and OTC = over the counter (se...