Good Old Days

[Martyn L. Schorr]

I do not believe that car was ever tubbed when Joel Rosen and Bill Mitchell ran it.

[Plowman]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Martyn L. Schorr</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It's interesting to note that modern Camaro &quot;tuners&quot; are celebrating that their <span style="font-style: italic">branded</span> new ZL1 Camaros are breaking into the 10s, averaging 10.8 to 11.2 seconds on the quarter-mile. Impressive indeed, but also worth noting is that Joel Rosen ran consistent 11.1s (and set an AHRA record at 11.3s) on 7-inch tires in 1967 in the Baldwin-Motion/Motion Supercar Club/CARS Magazine '67 Camaro. It was powered by a stock L88 with single-four-barrel intake and headers. Granted it didn't have full power and AC, but we did sort it out in traffic on Sunrise Highway before going to the track. Let's hear it for the good old days! </div></div> &quot;WOW&quot; Joel Rosen ran consistent 11.1s on 7&quot; tires in 1967. &quot;Good Old Days&quot;.

[W117Monte]

&quot;but we did sort it out in traffic on Sunrise Highway before going to the track. Let's hear it for the good old days! [/quote]

Martyn, i think my favorite picture in your book is the one of the camaro on the street with both front wheels in the air. What a machine

[John Brown]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: W117Monte</div><div class="ubbcode-body">&quot;but we did sort it out in traffic on Sunrise Highway before going to the track. Let's hear it for the good old days!&quot;


Martyn, i think my favorite picture in your book is the one of the camaro on the street with both front wheels in the air. What a machine </div></div>

[Martyn L. Schorr]

I remember shooting it like it was yesterday!

[W117Monte]

I wonder what the commuters in their wagons and 4 doors thought seeing/hearing a high rpm clutch dump and seeing that car rocketing down a city street.

[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: W117Monte</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I wonder what the commuters in their wagons and 4 doors thought seeing/hearing a high rpm clutch dump and seeing that car rocketing down a city street. </div></div>


oddly it wasn't uncommon at all back in the day [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] at least not where I grew up [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[x77-69z28]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kurt S</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I believe Hi Performance Cars magazine (October 1967) has a 6 page article on this car with pictures. Page 16 mentions it was an original 6 cylinder car. </div></div>
My engine builder used do head work for Joel back in the 60's and said a lot of their cars started out as six cylinder cars.
Buddy

[x77-69z28]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: W117Monte</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I wonder what the commuters in their wagons and 4 doors thought seeing/hearing a high rpm clutch dump and seeing that car rocketing down a city street. </div></div>


oddly it wasn't uncommon at all back in the day [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] at least not where I grew up [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]
</div></div>
You got that right!!!!!

[Martyn L. Schorr]

Not sure where you got that info from, but all Baldwin-Motion customer 427 Camaros started out as 396/375 cars. There was an active secondary market for the 396/375 takeout engines, no market for Sixes.
Marty