Car of the Week – 1967 ‘Cherokee’ Camaro

[dodgechargerfan]

The Cherokee show car is the perfect vehicle to spotlight for the Camaro’s 50th anniversary this year. Ford invented the “pony car” with the 1965 Mustang. GM was playing catch-up. One idea was to make potential buyers think of the Camaro as a “cousin” to the Corvette. But, another way to promote it was to create factory custom versions of the Camaro with goodies that young enthusiasts liked.

The Cherokee started as a Camaro SS convertible with VIN number 124677N233228 that was built at GM’s Norwood, Ohio assembly plant. It was originally equipped with a 396-cid 375-hp (RPO L78) big-block V-8 and Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 transmission. It was also factory equipped with a fold-down rear seat, a tilt steering column, power windows, an AM/FM stereo system, a center console with gauges, a custom steering wheel and optional front disc brakes.

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[69.5CUDA]

let me start by stating this....i fucking hate camaros

but damn...this things cool..and that paint is a jawdropper.....the options are WEIRD but soo cool...but i question the fold down rear seat on a vert?!?!?!?!?! what good is it except to make the seat dissapear?..when youve got all the vert pumps n such behind the seat

 

[Dr.Jass]

...it was extremely difficult to reproduce the original Candy Apple finish using modern materials...

Only if you have your head stuck up one particular paint manufacturer's ass, or don't know how to mix paint.

As a "dream car" this is a particularly unimpressive one. Sorry, but I see nothing particularly difficult or impressive about a restoration of a basically-stock car with a couple of bolt-on geegaws that evidently stayed with it the entire time.

 

[restoman]

Just another Camaro to me, but that 375hp 396 would make it a tad more interesting...

Couldn't reproduce the Candy finish???????? He should have gone to a shop with a better painter. Just about every paint line has variants of a candy system and a talented painter with a Phd in Bench Top Chemistry can make anything look as it should. Pfffffffhhhhhhh. Amateurs.

 

[TheIronSausage]

I'm most surprised that GM put Konis on it.. I wouldn't have thought an American company knew what those were.

Also, autotragic transmission.. blech.

 

[68R/T]

Just another Camaro to me,

Yup. :dgt:

 

[thrashingcows]

A moderately unimpressive camaro......next.

 

[71ChargerRT]

Meh, nothing to see here.

This got me to thinking, by their "logic" the 2015 Challenger was the 45th anniversary deal, correct?