1967 Camaro Pace Car

[Speedrx]

Matt,

Good information, thanks for the response.

Gary

[JoeC]

Matt, do you know anything about the dash on the trim tag on some 67 pace cars? I was told it is on some trim tags but not others?

[427TJ]

Could those last '67 Camaro convertibles (and coupes) built with blue interiors and black nose and pinstripes have been part of the "Pacesetter" sale? I've seen a few Pacesetter cars and they are usually plain-Jane 6-cylinders with a bumblebee stripe. No doubt a few of them got converted into Pace Car look-alikes.

[matt murphy]

JoeC,

Yes, the dash ( - ) is found in the 4th or 5th group depending on if there is a 5th group on the trim tag. It is ironically on all Pace cars built in March and April and only on the Canadian cars in June. I have seen quite a few '67 Camaros built in May, June, and July that were identical to the Pace Cars but none of them had the ( - ). I have researched these pace cars for years and I never say never, but I still have not seen any later than April with the dash. I believe that the dash is a special Paint code for the Blue striping. I saw a white ext. on red int. '67 SS conv. with a dash in the fifth group and the car was original paint and it had a red bumble bee stripe and pin stripe. Weird why they would put that dash on the trim plate, but it is there as well as some festival and dealer cars with the fleet codes (050A, 061A, 062A, and 070A), also no cars had the fleet codes after April and the Canadian cars had no fleet codes.

As far as the pacesetter sale cars, I am not sure, but bet a lot of them were. I had a dealer tell me that his rep asked him in Dec or Jan if he wanted to get a Pace Car, and he said no. When he saw the photos of one, he called his rep and said order me one. He was told that it was too late. He told me that he ordered a White RS/SS with deluxe blue interior. Figuring it would be a pace car he said that it came in with a black nose and pin stripe and no decals. I have a picture of me next to a Pace setter sale Camaro, V-6 conv with a blue top that my dad had in '67. I was a year old and it had a black nose and pin stripe. I bet a lot of dealers ordered that color combination late after Chevy released the photos of the car. Sears did a Pace Car give away and it was a v-6 pace setter car with the 500 decals on it. The dealer told me that he ordered a set of the pace car decals for his car and sold it as one. He said he told another dealer friend of his to order one with the stripe delete and he did and he painted a blue stripe on it and ordered the decals through parts and also sold it as a pace car. It would be hard to explain that one today if that car turned up by the original owner. The dealer did say that it was last known to be in TX.

[Mark_C]

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There were Canadian Pace Cars built and they were all built during the 3rd week of June. Those cars came with the blue striping like the 300 or so US built pace cars. Roughly 110 were used at the track during the month of May and some 200 or so were ordered by dealers. The dealer cars had the C-1 paint code and the Festival track cars all had the 0-1 paint code. The Canadian cars had the 0-1 paint code as well.

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The 11 small block Canadian pacecars (out of 22 built, plus the AJ Foyt replacement Pacecar with A/C) weren't even SS'es. They were all LF7 327/210HP Rally sports. Just a little tidbit of little known info.

Don't qoute me the old USCC article that says they were L48 RS/SS'es, because its wrong, I've seen the GM of Canada paperwork on these. None of the SB cars are SS'es.

[jg95z28]

I just found another ad for the same car on Collector Car Trader.

Note the term "Pace Car Appearance"?

http://adcache.collectorcartraderonl...8/62485328.htm

[69RSZ]

I called about this car about a year ago and they said it was NOT a real pace car.just the decals were added.

[FESTIVAL78]

JoeC great info.. I'm curious where info like the Zone office purchase order etc. comes from. I've heard tales of maybe a GM list of Festival cars and VINs could emerge? it would be great to get some solid figures on production for a change..It's so odd that so many have been found compared to say 67 Z28's where more than twice as many were made yet so few have made " The registry "..I think the distinctive colors of the Pacers vs the Z's and the abuse the Z's would have experienced has something to do with it but that doesn't seem to be enough of a reason.

[FESTIVAL78]

That would be news to me on the Canadian cars..The only reason they are on the registry is because of found paperwork, not found cars! I've never seen a Canadian Pacer..I'd like to see one that has rs not ss..Please prove this to me..If true thanks very much! Anyone have figures on actual discovered or documented Canadian cars? ..I'm guessing 3 and all bigblocks (ss's of course)

[Mark_C]

Actually I was probably being to harsh on the old USCC article, if you look at the options listed in that article (which does include the VIN's of all 22 or them) in there for the small block cars you don't see either, Z27, or L48 listed. Everyone just assumed they were SS's.

And of course the 396 cars are RS/SS's.