Paceme's L34 Camaro low miler !

[mr396]

Very L34 those hub caps are different.

[1967Z28]

Great looking car, Steve. I'm sure you are happy to have it back.

-Jon

[tom406]

Wow. That is a killer car with a great backstory. I would have to run the bastard Rally/XT's full time just to tweak everyone who thinks they know it all. Amazing that the line supervisor figured custom fabricated hubcaps and specially painted wheels were a better option than SS rims or simply building it with XT's and dog dishes, and offering a credit. 15" Rallys (ala '68 or '69 Z28) would seem an option as well, but I'll bet there was engineering criteria that limited that substitution.

As if those weren't a strange enough choice for the factory to substitute, the blue deluxe interior is another wonder, since medium blue interior wasn't even a factory recommended interior color for LeMans Blue cars. I would have expected a black interior substitution, since black and ivory were the recommended interior colors, and black interiors are a pretty safe choice to not offend people's style sensibilities.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

[Steve Shauger]

Attached is a picture with the original wheels and tires with trim ring and dog dish cap. That is the configuration I plan to display the car with. The modified caps are hideous looking and the car will not fit into my trailer with them on. I only pointed it out because it make for an unusual story. The question remains; who came up with this substitution and why. We may never know, but its fun speculating.

[Belair62]

Steve...in the 3rd pic down there is a guy walking with those Velcro type tennis shoes...is that Charley ?

[Steve Shauger]

Thats Charley or his twin. Kinda looks like is on an undercover assignment. Notice the stylish velcro sneakers and the Shelby cap.

[Seattle Sam]

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Attached is a picture with the original wheels and tires with trim ring and dog dish cap. That is the configuration I plan to display the car with.

The modified caps are hideous looking and the car will not fit into my trailer with them on. I only pointed it out because it make for an unusual story. The question remains; who came up with this substitution and why. We may never know, but its fun speculating.

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The dog dish with trim ring is a great looking combo! It's hard to imagine that anyone at the factory would have taken the time to create those "rally-dog" wheels. Probably some genius at the dealership came up with the idea of screwing a rally cap to a dog dish. After all, the car did sit in the dealer's inventory for a while, maybe they needed a set of Rally Wheels to close the deal on another car!

Beautiful blue Camaro!

-Sam

[Steve Shauger]

I believe the XT wheels came on the car for the following reasons: the spare in the trunk has a job# on it, they are all dated 8/17 and the car was built 9B, the XT rims have black base color(typical)with argent silver on the outside (no body color ever applied to outside). Again I don't know who bolted the ralley cap and dog dish together, but Park Chevrolet was NOT a performance dealer and I doubt anyone would have had the knowledge or motivation to do this. Also in 1969 SS camaro wheel width increased from 6 to seven inches and I have never seen a YJ coded ralley wheel dated prior to mid October of 68. The above leads me to believe it was done at the factory. Anyone out there with a YJ rims dated Aug of 68 or 1st week of Sept or earlier let me know.

[DarrenX33]