Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

Wasn't hugger a 69 color, not available in 68? I thought the story on the Dana car was the owner wanted an orange car and the Omaha Orange ("a truck color") was the only orange available.

http://corvettes-musclecars.com/cgi-...20Camaro%20427

-Sam

Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

Yes, hugger orange was to be a 69 model year color, however, it was used in the 68 calender year. Definitely not in 67 though.

Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

IVE ALSO HEARD THAT SOME OF THE EARLY CARS WERE SS-350 CARS,ALSO THE EMBLEM WITH THE FLAGS LOOKS A LITTLE UN-EVEN.I HAVE AN OLD CARS MAG PACKED AWAY SOMEWHERE THAT SAID THEY DID USE SMALL BLOCK CARS IN THE EARLY GOING. https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...ns/burnout.gif

Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

Disc brakes can be a plus or minus in serious drag racing. Many have special ordered a disc brake car with drum brakes as the disc had a constant friction factor from the pads having tension on the rotor, while the drum could run completely without friction. May not sound like much but when you are after hundreds of a second everything counts.
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Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

The seats which were out of a MG weighed 10 pounds.

Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

I think this 1967 Camaro was orig. a medium blue color. It was much modified with everything stripped or burned off like undercoating etc. forward of the centerline of the car. The front springs were changed; different type on each side. The floor pan was chopped up and the rear suspension was modified to handle the torque. One of the early motors blew up and was replaced. The transmission was also modified with an extra shifter... It was not pretty but it worked!

Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

Supercar Kid had the right idea but everyone has missed the mark on this "SS-427" Camaro. This Camaro was built to compete in the A/MP class where the weight was 3075 to 3150 pounds with fuel and driver. All unnecessary weight was removed including the radio, heater, wiring looms and hoses. The front springs were replaced with the left being from an air conditioned 396 Camaro and the right from a standard 327 Camaro. The standard six-cylinder engine that the Camaro was built with was replaced by an over the counter stock block L-88. The aluminum heads received some attention as did the 850 cfm carb but it was basically a stock motor with a service package chain drive camshaft. A fiberglass "stinger" hood scoop was attached to the stock steel hood. The rear suspension was modified along with the transmission/clutch combination. 7 inch slicks were used but with all that power up front it did not survive long. After less than 20 passes at the strip the power tore up the rear suspension resulting in damage to the rear fenders and the Camaro almost flipping. The bodywork was repaired and the Camaro was painted white. The rear suspension was beefed up and transmission problems were addressed. In the fall of 1967 the now white Camaro returned to the track. This Camaro was only used for one season as it was replaced by a 1968 Camaro with a 466 big block.

Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

I have a 1967 Camaro RS/SS 396 with paint code 0-0. Its a spesial order paint with Ohama Orange. This car is in Norway.

Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MotownMadman</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Disc brakes can be a plus or minus in serious drag racing. Many have special ordered a disc brake car with drum brakes as the disc had a constant friction factor from the pads having tension on the rotor, while the drum could run completely without friction. May not sound like much but when you are after hundreds of a second everything counts.
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2 of my 67 Z/28s and my L-78 Indy all had the disc brakes replaced with drums at some point in thier drag racing careers. The original owner of my 67 Z dragcar told me he gained .04 seconds by switching to drums.

Re: 67 B-M Camaro
 

For the most part, the BM cars did in fact start out as factory hi-horse cars. Typiclly the L-78 short block was pulled and then re-sold through the Baldwin Chevrolet parts department. This kept the overall build cost of the cars low and made the swap to a 427 relatively easy. I recall reading some articles stating this and my own actual experience on 67, 68, and 69 BM cars that I have owned were they all started as original SS L-78 cars.