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Mike Antonick, author of Camaro White Book. The Camaro was GM’s response to Ford’s Mustang, and this worthy competitor became an automotive icon of its own. Chevrolet made huge efforts in step- ping outside the box when designing the Camaro. It was the first car to utilize a front subframe mounted to a unitized body with rubber bushings to isolate road noise and vibration.

This gave the Camaro a more refined feel compared to other cars compet- ing in the same market segment. The car was large enough to seat four people, but small enough with optional power plants to be truly competitive with other manufacturer’s cars on the street and the track. This Tech Tip is From the Full Book  “HOW TO RESTORE YOUR CAMARO 1. For a comprehensive guide on this entire subject you can visit this link: SHARE THIS ARTICLE: Please feel free to share this post on Facebook / Twitter / Google+ or any automotive Forums or blogs you read. You can use the social sharing buttons to the left, or copy and paste the website link:  http: //www. These were the days of “race on Sunday and sell on Monday.” To help boost sales, Chevrolet spent a lot of time, money, and energy covertly supporting the Camaro in SCCA racing. Entrepreneurs funded most of the drag- racing campaigns without help from the factory.

Vince Piggins, Bill Howell, Paul King, Paul Prior, Jim Travers (TRACO), Smokey Yunick, Don Yenko, Fred Gibb, and many more were all in the right place at the right time to make the Camaro an American icon. Even a dilapidated Z2. This was extremely late in product develop- ment considering only three months later, the public was seeing a completed car for the first time. Some changes were made between the 1. Major design changes were made to the 1. Camaro body and dashboard. Even though first- generation Camaros are very valuable compared to most other 1.

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GM models, some Camaros are even more valuable than others. Valuable Camaros. The most desirable first generation Camaro options for a collector are: COPOs (of these Camaros, the most well known is the ZL1), Pace Cars, Vintage Trans- Am racing cars, Z2.

SSs,RSs,and. JL8s. COPO Camaros. COPO stands for Central Office Production Order.

The ultimate big- block street Camaros and many renowned racing Camaros were the most- well- known Camaros ordered through the Central Office. The Central Office was in charge of fleet and special orders that required engineering to fill a request. This included fleet trucks and specialty vehicles requiring combinations of parts not included on the list of Regular Production Order (RPO) vehicles. The system used to place orders through this office and the significance it could have on production cars was unknown to the public and also to most car dealers. In 1. 96. 8, the Central Office started building special high- performance Camaros. Don Yenko, of Yenko Chevrolet, and Fred Gibb, of Fred Gibb Chevrolet, are known as two of the most influential dealers in getting the COPO Camaro programs in full- swing in 1.

Don Yenko is known to be the man who started the COPO 9. Camaros, and he had a lot of success selling them, starting at $4,2. Fred Gibb pushed an order through the Central Office for 5. COPO 9. 56. 0 (ZL1 aluminum 4.

Camaros and had major problems selling these cars because the aluminum engine raised the base- model price of $2,7. Sales were extremely slow on the high- stickered 9. Gibb was able to get the Central Office to redistribute more than half of the ones he ordered. Only 6. 9 9. 56. 0s were produced, including the 5.

Gibb ordered. Due to limited production of COPO Camaros, they hold the highest value today. As with any collector car, its value depends on its condition. If a Camaro is in horrible shape with blowing smoke from loose rings and full of rust holes the size of baseballs in the quarter panels, it’s not going to be as valuable as a Camaro in much better shape. On the flip side, a complete COPO Camaro with tons of rusted panels—as if it had laid in a creek bed for 4.

RS Camaro, because of its restored- value potential. COPOs are very rare in comparison with the RS Camaro. For true collectors, an unrestored complete car is worth more than a restored car. The reason for this is the buyer has no real clue as to how well the restoration was done or if the parts are really the original parts.

Another highly valued COPO is the COPO 9. ZL1 engines and a long list of custom options. Their current existence is unknown.

Double COPO Camaros were 1. COPO 9. 73. 7 added to the COPO 9. COPO 9. 56. 1 (cast- iron 4. The 9. 73. 7 package was considered to be the “Yenko Sports Car Package” and included a 1. The 1. 96. 9 models also used 1.

X7 YH rally wheels and E- 7. WTGT tires. The COPO 9. COPO, making 1. 96. Camaro double COPO.

The ZL1 (COPO 9. 56. COPO Camaros. There were 6. According to historians, a limited run of 9. ZL1 engines were built. Only 6. 9 of them ended up in production 1.

Camaros, two ended up in Corvettes, two landed in the COPO 9. Camaros, and left- over engines (supposedly only 1. The COPO 9. 56. 0 wasn’t just about the ZL1 aluminum 4. It was also equipped with a heavy duty 1. COPO 9. 56. 1 Camaros had the same options as the 9.

L7. 2), and it didn’t have the transistorized ignition. Production numbers were not kept as well as the ZL1- powered COPOs, but the best records show that between 7. Pace Cars. There’s not much documented history on actual production numbers and equipment available on Pace Car Camaros, but there is enough to get collectors spending their money. Of the first three years that the Camaro was built, it was chosen to pace the Indianapolis 5. Each time, two specially equipped cars were built to pace the race. There were many other Camaros painted and equipped to look like the actual Pace Cars and they were dis- persed to officials and others  for pro- motional purposes.

The values of the first- generation Camaro Pace Cars are different, with the highest value placed on cars that actually paced the race. The other Pace Cars and subsequent clones have varying values.

The Pace Cars were equipped with small and big block Chevy engines. The 1. 96. 7 Indianapolis 5.

Pace Car is rarer than the well- known 1. Pace Cars. About 8. Pace Cars were produced. Two cars were built to pace the race, and the others were dispersed to Speedway officials, commit- tee members, and other dignitaries. The production of the 1. Indianapolis 5. 00 Camaro Pace Cars was much higher. In 1. 96. 7, two were specially built for on- track duty at the Indy 5.

Festival Queen, and about 1. Speedway officials, committee members, and other dignitaries. Later in 1. 96. 9, Chevrolet produced more than 3,6. Vintage Trans- Am Racing Camaros. Camaros with documented vintage Trans- Am racing history are some of the most desirable and valuable first- generation cars. Log books showing true racing history and historic photos really drive up the value of any vintage race car.

Without the original log book, these cars have very limited value. Many of these cars that survived were cut up and altered to continue racing through the 1. Even as altered as these cars have been, they have huge value and can be restored back to their late- 1. Z2. 8 Option. Chevrolet had to retaliate against the Ford Mustang, which was successfully winning in SCCA racing, by producing a Camaro model (Z2. The high- winding 3. Camaro extremely competitive, and since Chevrolet produced more than 5.

Z2. 8s, they were legal for SCCA competition. Z2. 8 Camaros are loaded with performance options specially picked to make the Z2. SCCA Trans- Am competition. Those options included a high- performance 3.

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