Paceme's L34 Camaro low miler !

**tom406** · #1 03-15-2005, 01:01 AM

Wow. That is a killer car with a great backstory. I would have to run the bastard Rally/XT's full time just to tweak everyone who thinks they know it all. Amazing that the line supervisor figured custom fabricated hubcaps and specially painted wheels were a better option than SS rims or simply building it with XT's and dog dishes, and offering a credit. 15" Rallys (ala '68 or '69 Z28) would seem an option as well, but I'll bet there was engineering criteria that limited that substitution.

As if those weren't a strange enough choice for the factory to substitute, the blue deluxe interior is another wonder, since medium blue interior wasn't even a factory recommended interior color for LeMans Blue cars. I would have expected a black interior substitution, since black and ivory were the recommended interior colors, and black interiors are a pretty safe choice to not offend people's style sensibilities.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

**Steve Shauger** · #2 03-15-2005, 02:47 AM

Attached is a picture with the original wheels and tires with trim ring and dog dish cap. That is the configuration I plan to display the car with. The modified caps are hideous looking and the car will not fit into my trailer with them on. I only pointed it out because it make for an unusual story. The question remains; who came up with this substitution and why. We may never know, but its fun speculating.

Belair62 · #3 03-15-2005, 06:01 AM

Steve...in the 3rd pic down there is a guy walking with those Velcro type tennis shoes...is that Charley ?

**Steve Shauger** · #4 03-15-2005, 06:31 AM

Thats Charley or his twin. Kinda looks like is on an undercover assignment. Notice the stylish velcro sneakers and the Shelby cap.

Seattle Sam · #5 03-20-2005, 01:04 AM

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Attached is a picture with the original wheels and tires with trim ring and dog dish cap. That is the configuration I plan to display the car with.

The modified caps are hideous looking and the car will not fit into my trailer with them on. I only pointed it out because it make for an unusual story. The question remains; who came up with this substitution and why. We may never know, but its fun speculating.

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The dog dish with trim ring is a great looking combo! It's hard to imagine that anyone at the factory would have taken the time to create those "rally-dog" wheels. Probably some genius at the dealership came up with the idea of screwing a rally cap to a dog dish. After all, the car did sit in the dealer's inventory for a while, maybe they needed a set of Rally Wheels to close the deal on another car!

Beautiful blue Camaro!

-Sam

**Steve Shauger** · #6 03-20-2005, 04:16 AM

I believe the XT wheels came on the car for the following reasons: the spare in the trunk has a job# on it, they are all dated 8/17 and the car was built 9B, the XT rims have black base color(typical)with argent silver on the outside (no body color ever applied to outside). Again I don't know who bolted the ralley cap and dog dish together, but Park Chevrolet was NOT a performance dealer and I doubt anyone would have had the knowledge or motivation to do this. Also in 1969 SS camaro wheel width increased from 6 to seven inches and I have never seen a YJ coded ralley wheel dated prior to mid October of 68. The above leads me to believe it was done at the factory. Anyone out there with a YJ rims dated Aug of 68 or 1st week of Sept or earlier let me know.

DarrenX33 · #7 03-20-2005, 04:30 AM

**Steve Shauger** · #8 03-20-2005, 04:38 AM

That car is shown with the P06 option. Trim rings on base wheel. Another question is, if this was ordered would the wheels be painted body color or silver as my car.

**Steve Shauger** · #9 04-18-2005, 04:41 AM

Took the car out of storage and installed the original smog system.

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