Anyone know of a "Waikiki Special" 68 rag Camaro?
 

Me again with another odd question....
While cruising through this site I saw a user name of Hawaiin Camaro (or something like that) which reminded me of something I haven't thought about or heard of in ages......
Didn't they make a few 1968 Camaro convertibles known as Waikiki Specials? I remember seeing something like that with woodgrain side decals, a surfboard mounted on top, square headlights, tube grill???????
Just curious if they ever existed (or still do), you guys seem to find all kinds of "unique' cars...... Charlie

Re: Anyone know of a "Waikiki Special" 68 rag Camaro?
 

Here is some past text:
"Chevrolet has shown a wide array of Camaro concepts to the public over the past thirty or so years, including some beauties when the model was in its infancy. The first was the Waikiki Camaro, a convertible for the surfer crowd. Its sides were adorned with fake wood paneling, its tubular grille had rectangular headlamps, and it rode on spoke wheels. Naturally, if had a rack for your surfboard. As the decade was coming to a close, Chevy attached the Caribe name to a Camaro. Like many dream cars of the era, this one had a targa top. But instead of a backseat, the Caribe's roof swept back into a pickup truck bed, a la the El Camino. Another favorite was the Kammback, a sporty wagon based on the second-generation Camaro, which hearkened back to the Corvette Nomad wagon from the '54 Motorama".

Marty Schorr has a rearend view pic of the "Cherokee" on page 47 in "Chevrolet-The Performance Years".

Re: Anyone know of a "Waikiki Special" 68 rag Camaro?
 

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Re: Anyone know of a "Waikiki Special" 68 rag Camaro?
 

Aren't those vent windows a 67 only item??

wilma

Re: Anyone know of a "Waikiki Special" 68 rag Camaro?
 

...and isn't that New York in the background?

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Or Winsdsor, Ontario? They're probably on the Detroit side looking across the river. Looks like it was about 40 degrees outside! You'd think GM Photographic would have waited for a sunny day.

Re: Anyone know of a "Waikiki Special" 68 rag Camaro?
 

I was thinking about this car earlier in the week too....what ever happened to it? . The windshield looks lower than stock....kind've speedster'ish? . I never liked the look of the nose much as any pre '75' era stuff without round headlamps always seemed to look too 'homemade-custom'....goes along w/ that bad tube grille feeling? . Does the car exist or was it scrapped....you should have it Jeff? . There must be other pics, I'm pretty sure this isn't the shot I recall? . Also on Chevy customs....what year was the 'Caribe' or whatever the 4 Door ragtop Impala was called....a '65? .

~ Pete

Re: Anyone know of a "Waikiki Special" 68 rag Camaro?
 

Thats a pretty cool pic. Thanks for posting that.

Gets you wondering if there are any still around and if so what are they worth. Any idea?

Original Engineering drawing
 

Here is a Chevy design studio drawing for the car.

http://www.camaropacecars.com/Z7d/IMG_1048%20a.JPG

Re: Original Engineering drawing
 

If I remember correctly the Caribe was a 66 4 door Impala based concept car. The top when dropped retracted fully under a hard cover. Don't know if it survived or not.