Camaro History On Display Tomorrow Evening

[C1SS396]

I like it as raced <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For real...Ownership cost including the restoration cost and a boatload of NOS parts is currently at $250K.

Example: Current owner located the guy who made the car into the bushmaster. The original engine and the front sheet metal are in the guy's barn. Grille is broken but the rest is otherwise complete. Owner of the car had to buy the entire contents of the barn from the now very old race car guy just to get the front sheet metal...guy who had it was crazy and would not separate anything so he had to buy it all.

This was the Bushmaster race car. </div></div>

[70 copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: C1SS396</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like it as raced. </div></div> [/quote]

Would have been far cheaper to restore as a nostalgia race car for sure! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[67rs/ss]

Here is a post about this car in 2009.
http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=155777

[Charley Lillard]

When he bought the front sheetmetal were they the orig fenders and that is why no Camaro emblem ?

[70 copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Charley Lillard</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When he bought the front sheetmetal were they the orig fenders and that is why no Camaro emblem ? </div></div>

Correct. Never drilled. The early Pilots left the factory with no primary name emblems. The build at Norwood was called the &quot;F car&quot; only at that point.

[bcmiller]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> The early Pilots left the factory with no primary name emblems. The build at Norwood was called the &quot;F car&quot; only at that point. </div></div>

What did the emblems say then on the header panel and on the deck lid? I am talking about the pics posted that were in the original ebay auction that were supposed to be of this car when new. They clearly show emblems in those two locations.

[70 copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcmiller</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> The early Pilots left the factory with no primary name emblems. The build at Norwood was called the &quot;F car&quot; only at that point. </div></div>

What did the emblems say then on the header panel and on the deck lid? I am talking about the pics posted that were in the original ebay auction that were supposed to be of this car when new. They clearly show emblems in those two locations. </div></div>

Please post the pics you are making reference to so can elaborate...I want to be sure we are discussing the same images.

[70 copo]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcmiller</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> The early Pilots left the factory with no primary name emblems. The build at Norwood was called the &quot;F car&quot; only at that point. </div></div>

What did the emblems say then on the header panel and on the deck lid? I am talking about the pics posted that were in the original ebay auction that were supposed to be of this car when new. They clearly show emblems in those two locations. </div></div>

I addressed this point a ways back in the thread:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 70 copo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Jan,

That is a good observation. June 29 1966 was the official announcement date. The emblems for the header and the trunk easy to apply later. The fenders not so much. </div></div>


Now to expand on what I think the question is (Panther or Camaro?) I just watched the converted video of the pilots on display - and the header and the lid are both &quot;Chevrolet and camaro&quot; as you would expect for production.

[1967Z28]

Very neat, historical car. I believe it is what you say it is. I'm happy someone stepped up and restored it.
It certainly deserved it. I would not have left the weld seams like that but I respect the owners' right to
restore it as he saw fit. I have had to wrestle with certain decisions in the restoration of my own car.

[6t7 camaro]

It's really cool that it survived and has been so meticulously restored. I too would love to see it MCACN . Is there any ownership history prior to it becoming a drag car? Like did it end up being sold new at a dealership or did a GM exec have it as a demo?