1967 Camaro Pace Car

[FESTIVAL78]

I'm assuming from the film footage I have of the parade that the "Festival" cars got the gold madallion on the rear quarter panel (8 or 10 inch sticker)and the others "commitee"did not..The GM Canada paperwork is very interesting..Why were the cars sent to "GM show car account" Is that why they were built? Maybe for this racetrack that there is a picture of? If so were they all sold as used? Still remaining to be seen is the exact meaning of "Special paint" Blue stripe? Clear coat? or special instruction on a broader scale? The Gm paperwork Says right on it 'RS'..Why has it been so long for this to become common knowledge?Maybe checking your sources when you write a book (or magazine article)doesn't include the car world

[Mark_C]

No the Sears give away wasn't an SS or RS. It was a C1 coded convertible, with an "B" standard blue interior car with a 327/210HP engine and a 2 spd column shift powerglide transmission. VIN is 124677N209420, body number is NOR108681 and it was built sometime in early April of 67. It was delivered on 6/5/67. The "Official Pace Car" decals were on it when it was delivered and the promo pictures were taken but were removed before the first owner took it home.

Basically it was a pacesetter car that had a set of decals installed for a short period of time.

[Zedder]

Thanks Mark...I looked at those shippers pretty closely and thought I had caught them all. That's interesting about the black tailpan. I'll check the local car to see if there are any remnants of the black paint showing under the Blue.

MrMotion: Does your pic of the Mosport gathering show the black tailpans?

[Kurt S]

Sorry Mark C, it went to Canada.
Yes, it was shipped later than the rest of the group.

[Mark_C]

If the 12th car was A.J. Foyts why did it go to Canada, or is there another car besides AJ's, making his the 13th car in the group?

[MrMotion]

Mark, the picture I have shows the cars in line on the track coming towards me so there is no way you can tell if they have blacked out tailpans or bigblocks for that matter. There is a guy named Mike in Hamilton that has an original 67 Z28 that was profiled in the Toronto Star a number of years back. I went to see him a few years ago and he was restoring a BB Pacecar out of Vancouver. I wonder if GM of Canada has any photos of the 1967 Centennial Preliminary Events showing there 67 Camaro Pacecars?
Tony

[txrsss]

Tony,

I'd still like to see the picture, could you post it please?

Mike

[Zedder]

Hi Tony,

Thanks for the info. I actually grew up in Hamilton and I think I remember the cars you are talking about. The Z was White and came out of Niagara falls originally. It went to a dealer in Florida and then I lost track of it. I think the BB went south also. I didn't personally see the car, but the owner sent me pics and we talked on the phone. I recall that he wanted big dollars for them when he advertised them. Thanks again for the info and if you ever get that pic scanned, I'd love to see it.

[JoeC]

Found the article on the 68 Yenko with special paint. It has no paint code on trim tag just has two dashes in paint code field. They claim the car has a body broadcast sheet with “COPO 9737 1001 HA” on it . The article states that the original owner said the car came with no stripe and Yenko added a 67 style nose stripe to the car. They decoded the special COPO numbers to mean the car came with a 427 from factory. This info was later turned into a “only one on the planet” 1968 427 COPO Yenko Camaro raffle car story. I think the 1001HA is just a COPO code for special paint which in this case was stripe delete or maybe Chevy put the 67 stripe on for Yenko.

[matt murphy]

I have also seen a cowl tag on a '68 Z28 that had the -,- or two dashes. It was a Dark Green like the British Racing Green color I think . . .