sway bar finish

[Denis]

does anyone know for sure what the correct finish is for the sway bar on a norwood-built 67 camaro z28 (suspension equivalent to f41)? my tinnell-restored yenko's is gray (not natural, but gray like the menu background in Windows), another 67 i have is chassis black, and i've found three other references -- natural, manganese phosphate, and semi-gloss black.

[William]

We did a very late production 67 Z/28 restoration and I recall the bar was painted semi-gloss black. I have pictures of it prior to restoration somewhere.

[Denis]

Thanks William. That confirms what I've concluded too.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Denis;
You referenced 'suspension equivalent to f41', so does this mean you have a rear sway bar on the car? I picked up an NOS rear sway bar setup for a camaro at a local swap meet, and the horizontal bar was semi-gloss black with the shorter vertical bars natural steel.
M

[Denis]

No rear sway bar. I meant to say the stock Z28 suspension is equivalent in every way to the F41 heavy-duty suspension.

If you found a factory rear sway bar for a 67 Camaro, that would be very rare indeed. It's estimated there were only ten or so produced. By the time they became available, the 68 model was in production and the staggered shock assembly largely did away with the problem the sway bar attempted to solve. The front sway bar has a diameter of 11/16" (.688) in comparison to the rear unit which uses a 5/8" (.625) diameter bar, so that's a quick way to check what you got.

[JoeC]

Were any first gen Camaros built from the factory with a rear sway bar? I don't remember hearing of any. Was the rear bar you mention a service part?