The Chevrolet Camaro is in its sixth generation now, with a storied reputation and nearly 6 million built since the first one came off the line in Ohio (or maybe it was California, depending on your definition of “first”) in the fall of 1966. Sadly, American car shoppers no longer love the Camaro as they once did; sales are so weak
Ford scored a tremendous sales hit in 1964 by basing a sporty-looking small car on the Falcon’s platform. The Mustang printed bales of money for Dearborn, and the Chevy Corvair Monza
The first-generation (1967-1969) Camaro was a sales hit, with better than 200,000 sold in each of those three years. Those numbers didn’t come very close to beating the Mustang, but the Camaro continued to sell well throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Because so many of the early Camaros got hooned to death (or just used up as everyday cheap commuters) and the survivors are now quite valuable
This car is stashed away with some other interesting classics in the far reaches of a legendary old-school boneyard located just off the highway between Denver and Cheyenne. Yes, that’s a late-1960s Chevelle behind the Camaro, with a very early Bronco further back. I suspect that these vehicles may be part of a special reserve, maybe available for parts or whole purchase, maybe not.
I couldn’t open the hood without risking damage from the rusted-in-position hinges (part of the Junkyard Code is that you don’t bend the hoods of restorable classic cars by trying to force open stuck hinges), so I can’t say what engine is in this car. The most likely candidates are the base 230-cubic-inch (3.8-liter) “Turbo-Thrift” straight-six and the 327-cubic-inch (5.4-liter) “Turbo-Fire” small-block V8, but bigger sixes and eights were available as options
Will this car ever get back on the road? Being a first-year Camaro, there’s a good chance. We can assume it will get flashy billet wheels and a crate LS swap if it comes back to life, but that’s better than going to The Crusher
The Camaro will whip the Mustang to death!
Don’t worry, a little lady can feel free to bash the new Camaro into every obstacle she sees… without harming the resilient bumpers.