Interesting Camaro Story

[Luvchevs]

I was at the Ontario Camaro Nationals this weekend when I came across a 1967 Camaro Convertible.
It was blue with blue interior. Not a restored car, a well worn survivor type car. Automatic, very worn interior. To be honest I really didn't spend much time looking at it because it wasn't a fresh rest.
As I was walking away the owners comes over to talk to me about the car.
He tells me he is the original owner!
He says he bought the car out of a showroom in Hamilton, Ontario after the 68's were out.
The car was blue with blue interior.
He ends end finding out the dealer painted the car blue because the original color white wasn't selling?
The car is a 396!
He tells me he ended up finding out years after buying the car that it is a 1967 Camaro Pace Car Replica and he has the Canadian paperwork to prove it!
I've heard a lot of stories about people buying used cars that they didn't know at the time were rare cars that could be very valuable but to hear about a guy buying a car new in the showroom that the dealer repainted and the original owner doesn't know it was actually a pace car replica! Cool story!

[Kurt S]

Either I've heard that story before or there's another pacer that was also painted blue by the dealer....

[Zedder]

The story gas been told on-line numerous times. Really nice fellow that owns it. Unfortunately, it had a butcher job done on the floors in the 80's and would need a complete floor and trunk pan to repair it correctly.

[SuperNovaSS]

Cool car and story. Way to butcher a car that's not even for sale Mark.

Jason

[cook_dw]

Did you at least get pics..??..

[Zedder]

The car has been for sale on and off for over 20 years and most locals know it well. I hooked up with the owner and his son last year at the Nationals and we talked for hours. We first met in 1996. We've discussed how the floors were done and he knows that is why I didn't buy the car. Last year he wanted $60k US for the car. It is 100% complete, but it was his daily driver for many years and our winters took their toll. It got the typical body shop repairs that most local cars got back then...patched floors, half quarters, etc. Strong, but not pretty underneath. Anyone who looks st the car can see what it needs...not sure how that is 'butchering' the car...

[PeteLeathersac]

So he bought it @ Mo Carter's Hamilton Ontario dealership?
What of Canadian delivered '67 Pacers used at the '67 Canadian Grand Prix and/or other Mosport events?
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~ Pete

[Zedder]

Yep, Mo Carter's. He repainted the car blue because it wasn't until some time in the 90's that he learned that it was a festival car. I gave him copies of all the Pace Car info I had when we first met. I think it has 120,000 miles on it now and outside of the bodywork, is just as he bought it. I wanted the car for years, but could never justify the asking price due to the bodywork it would need to make it show quality. My first Camaro when I was 17 was one of the small block Festival cars, so it would have been cool to own this one.