1967 Cheetah Camaro

[John Brown]

There was also a small block GM engineering 3x2 set up that was being tested for trans-am use. It was dropped in favor of the 2x4's and the crossram. The small block 3x2's used 3 inline Holley carbs and had the same spacing as the Corvette big blocks. It could take the same big block air cleaner. There are several pictures of the Winters cast 3x2 manifold in one of the Smokey Yunick performance books.

[COPO_Anders]

[1967Z28]

As shown in the above excerpt from Michael Lamm's book, the Cheetah name was talked about as a possibility for the model they were putting together to qualify the Camaro for the Trans-Am series. This model was eventually called the Z-28 after Cheetah and a few others were crossed off the list. The only car I am aware of that could have gotten a Cheetah decal on it was the Press Preview car shown at the ARRC event at Riverside in November '66. I have the first '67 Z-28 off the production line and my car never had a Cheetah decal or emblem on it, nor a 3x2 manifold.

-Jon

[70CitrusZ]

and so the cheetah is laid to rest...

[PeteLeathersac]

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and so the cheetah is laid to rest...

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Sure is but I wonder if the car in question is possibly one of the low production '67 Gorries Black Panthers...only a few real ones are known also some clones? .
Any goofy consoles there w/ lazer beam switches etc?
Grab the Vin and Trim Tag info if possible...if it's not an EX# or early Vin, if the colors are right for a Gorries car I'd run the Vin through Geo Zapora at GM Canada Vintage Services...leave no stone unturned as sometimes you just never know where these legends started from!

~ Pete

[PeteLeathersac]

Here's a link to some early Camaro fact and fiction also some info on the Gorries Black Panthers. .

http://www.classiccar.com/articles/conte...ty[entrypage]=1

~ Pete