1967 Camaro Pace Car

[Kurt S]

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Also forgot to mention there were 10 small block Canadian Pace Cars and 11 BB cars - all SB were identically equipped and all BB cars were identically equipped.

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Close. 12 BB cars.

[Zedder]

Kurt: Was the 12th car shipped with the same group? If so, I'll recheck my shippers to see which one I missed???

[Mark_C]

Not unless A. J. Foyt was living in Canada at the time. And that 12th car is not the same as the others, as it was a BB with A/C.

The Canadian BB's also had the tail panels blacked out that the US ones didn't.

[Mark_C]

No the Sears give away wasn't an SS or RS. It was a C1 coded convertible, with an "B" standard blue interior car with a 327/210HP engine and a 2 spd column shift powerglide transmission. VIN is 124677N209420, body number is NOR108681 and it was built sometime in early April of 67. It was delivered on 6/5/67. The "Official Pace Car" decals were on it when it was delivered and the promo pictures were taken but were removed before the first owner took it home.

Basically it was a pacesetter car that had a set of decals installed for a short period of time.

[Zedder]

Thanks Mark...I looked at those shippers pretty closely and thought I had caught them all. That's interesting about the black tailpan. I'll check the local car to see if there are any remnants of the black paint showing under the Blue.

MrMotion: Does your pic of the Mosport gathering show the black tailpans?

[Kurt S]

Sorry Mark C, it went to Canada.
Yes, it was shipped later than the rest of the group.

[Mark_C]

If the 12th car was A.J. Foyts why did it go to Canada, or is there another car besides AJ's, making his the 13th car in the group?

[MrMotion]

Mark, the picture I have shows the cars in line on the track coming towards me so there is no way you can tell if they have blacked out tailpans or bigblocks for that matter. There is a guy named Mike in Hamilton that has an original 67 Z28 that was profiled in the Toronto Star a number of years back. I went to see him a few years ago and he was restoring a BB Pacecar out of Vancouver. I wonder if GM of Canada has any photos of the 1967 Centennial Preliminary Events showing there 67 Camaro Pacecars?
Tony

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Tony,

I'd still like to see the picture, could you post it please?

Mike

[Zedder]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the info. I actually grew up in Hamilton and I think I remember the cars you are talking about. The Z was White and came out of Niagara falls originally. It went to a dealer in Florida and then I lost track of it. I think the BB went south also. I didn't personally see the car, but the owner sent me pics and we talked on the phone. I recall that he wanted big dollars for them when he advertised them. Thanks again for the info and if you ever get that pic scanned, I'd love to see it.