67 camaro production numbers

jeff morocco · #1 03-14-2006, 03:55 AM

a friend of mine has a 67 rs camaro convert. he says its originally a 396 car. is there such a thing as an rs convertible 396 car ?

Mr. T · #2 03-14-2006, 03:58 AM

Sure, if it's an SS/RS.

**Xplantdad** · #3 03-14-2006, 07:53 AM

I beg to differ. I knew of a white 1967 RS 396 Camaro that was (and probably still is) in SoCal. It had the RS steering wheel, hideaway lights, RS emblem in the grill, RS on the front fenders,RS gas cap, etc. The middle aged lady who owned it worked off of Manchester and Lincoln Aves in Anaheim...and worked at Earls Plumbing supply...

So unless she owned a super rare "one off" 1967 Camaro...it had to be available.

If I'm wrong, oh well...

**Xplantdad** · #4 03-14-2006, 08:27 AM

Of course...I went to camaros.org and found this...

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L35 396ci/325HP V8 4BC - SS only, Q-Jet
L34 396ci/350HP V8 4BC - SS only, Q-Jet
L78 396ci/375HP V8 4BC - SS only, Holley
L78/L89 396ci/375HP V8 4BC - SS only, Holley, Al head

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I knew of the white car above starting in 1980...and like I said...a middle aged lady drove it. It was an original black plate car...so I assume that she had it since new...

So Camaros.org is saying you couldn't get a RS396...Hmmm

68TopStock · #5 03-14-2006, 09:45 AM

I owned an original SS 396 1967 convertible, and found all research I read indicated the RS option trim on a 396 car would be superceded by the SS option. But you never know, the trim holes line up, and they could have been missed on the assembly line, or changed later. The steering wheel cap is easily removed. The SS car also had a different gas cap, made from aluminum, with the SS(396) or SS350 designation.

There were a bit over 5000 396 cars built in 1967, and many of them were SS/RS cars, the RS trim was just not needed, because the option was so obvious-hide away headlights, lower valance turn signals, lower valance back-up lights.

Many people have been mistaken that the "SS" option included the hide-aways, but this is not true. Probably because the "RS" trim was not on the combination SS/RS cars.

jeff morocco · #6 03-14-2006, 02:42 PM

this camaro has the rs emblem on the fenders near the front , the hide-aways, with the valance, and the rs gas cap. is there any other for sure ways of telling that its a big block car ?

**Xplantdad** · #7 03-14-2006, 04:45 PM

Ken...that's what gets me...why would a middle aged lady (45-ish then) change out all the emblems on her Camaro? Oh well, I guess weirder things have happened, huh?

It was her daily driver...six days a week. I drove by that car every day to go to work.

**PeteLeathersac** · #8 03-14-2006, 05:15 PM

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this camaro has the rs emblem on the fenders near the front , the hide-aways, with the valance, and the rs gas cap. is there any other for sure ways of telling that its a big block car ?

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Jeff, do you have cowl tag info? . Trim aside, doesn't a real '67 396 include either 4K(L78) or 4N(L35) on the tag? ~ Pete

**Charley Lillard** · #9 03-14-2006, 05:52 PM

My March car is a 396 and is 4P

Mr. T · #10 03-14-2006, 06:24 PM

Again, it would have to be an SS/RS to get the 396. There were no 67 RS 396 Camaro's built, ever. Remember, an RS was an appearance option, and not a performance option like the SS. The most power you could get in a 67 Sport Coupe or an RS, was the L30, at 275 hp. If that wasn't enough, you would have to step up to the plate and order the L48, L35, L78, (RPO Z27)