Camaro History On Display Tomorrow Evening

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Material_Boy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Absolutely amazing car Phil. I have a couple of questions and I am in no way being critical at all. I notice in the engine compartment pic that top screw hose clamps are used on the heater hoses. I think spring clamps were still being used back then and continued to be used thru 1968. Is that the correct location for the fuel filter? Admittedly I am used to seeing Camaro's with V8's rather than inline 6's so that is probably the correct fuel filter since you describe the owner as very exacting. It just looks kind of aftermarket. Another question I have is why didn't the General use a flashier color with the debut of this car? The gold is beautiful but it just doesn't jump out like a red or yellow ETC. I also wonder why they didn't use a 327 rather than the 6 and an automatic transmission rather 3 on the tree? Who was the target audience back in the day when the car debuted? This was GM's 3 year late answer to the Mustang and I just wonder who they were tying to appeal to.
Thanks for posting the pics of this historic piece of history.

Dave </div></div>

Dave,

I will ask some of the pilot guys more specific questions tomorrow on the build configuration. Why Gold was picked?? Who Knows??

Hose clamps and small detail items may be hard to get a read on after close to 50 years. However I will tell you that I recently spoke to the worker who was assigned to pick up miscellaneous hardware items for the plant during the period.

Let me be clear I do not wish to stir up a hornets nest, BUT when a fastener shipment was delayed a Currier was dispatched to pick up enough fasteners from a nearby plant this was the first step. If that failed or if time was needed to cover the trip time of the Currier typically bolts (generally not safety system related) could be and were picked up at local hardware stores in quantity's sufficient to maintain production.

I know this because I recently interviewed a worker whose job it was to do exactly that. We are not talking huge numbers of cars affected but it did happen.

It was not uncommon for boxes of bolts to be flown in at Lunken field from suppliers within the region. Again a different worker had the job of meeting the supply planes at Lunken.