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

[hubleyman]

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

[Mr70]

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".

[JChlupsa]

[WILMASBOYL78]

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

wilma

[njsteve]

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

[427TJ]

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...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.

[indycamaro]

Here is a Chevy design studio drawing for the car.

[67L78conv]

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.

[D BERGER]

The Wakiki Camaro was done by a division of Chevrolet they called "Chevrolet Show and Display". the head of the department in the late 60's was a fellow named Bob Thomas. His department also did the car and engine cutaway displays for the auto shows etc. It was a little unusual because most of the concept or "Dream" cars as we called them back in the day were done by the styling dept. I saw the car on display in the GM building on West Grand Blvd. back in 1968.