1967 rs ss

[shineon]

so i bought a 1967 rs ss out of Pennsylvania, one owner car with everything but the  protecta plate now I have it in my shop it was parked sense 1981 in a garage. they built a wall infant of the garage that had to be cut to get it out lady bought it from vanuys California after finishing  drove to Pennsylvania  practiced medicine parked it in 81 and there it sat. Rusted from the bottom up all very fixabal. So here is the problem I don't want any one to say this is not a SS I would like a credible  expert to look at it be for I start the restoration. the vin number on the block might be gone all post pics I will look tonight if the build sheet is under the back seat, has the 4p code all the SS badges, this car has not been tuched. so the question to this group is how do if I have an all original car that is rusted but everything is there make sure i don't mess up the history of it. In my mind I think if I could find a expert to look at it and say this is a rs ss with a true survivor before I start taking it apart. thanks for you help.

[Mike S]

 Welcome to CRG! Judging from the photos you posted and the condition, I would say it is real. But, if you can post a close up picture of the trim tag on the firewall and the VIN stamped into the engine pad on the front right side, that would quickly tell. Also, check to see if there is a factory traction bar located on the rear differential housing on the right side. We can go from there.

Mike

[fsc66]

That inspection page on the upper right usually has a stamp from the POP stamped in that top right box. See if you can make it out or post the information from the stamp

Paul

[169INDY]

One of my strategies is to Take thousands of digi photos of everything as is and when I remove and restore it.
Photo documentation is an important tool of the story of a vehicle.

Welcome to the site, long road ahead. Cool FInd

[bertfam]

I don't want any one to say this is not a SS I would like a credible  expert to look at it be for I start the restoration.

Contact JERRY MACNEISH. He can certify it for you. He's notes in the Camaro world as THE expert!

Ed

[67conv6cyl]

Looking at the posted pictures…..I would bet the farm it’s a real RS SS. Looks to original to be a clone
Trim tag 3L 4P would clinch it.

[shineon]

trim has 3L 4P has traction bar where do i find this {That inspection page on the upper right usually has a stamp from the POP stamped in that top right box. See if you can make it out or post the information from the stamp} I really appreciate the help you guys rule

[rare396bronze]

Take a picture of that of that page only where we can see it better. Traction bar will be bolted to a bracket attached to frame going back to rearend. The engine block will have a stamping on it on the pad on the passenger side in front of the head. Clean it but do not use anything abrasive.

[adjudimo]

The single traction bar (radius rod) will be on the passenger side. And someone on here (or on camaros.net / Team Camaro ) was looking to buy a trailer hitch like in the photos if your not planning on keeping it.

[shineon]

they can have the hitch no problem numbers are gone on the pad all take a pic of it rusted right off

[fsc66]

Top right box from this page:

[Bradss396]

That is quite the find. Congrats. There must have been something about that white paint that was very porous because mine looked the same way, except many rusted through holes because of salt in WI (rs convertible, but not SS). Mine had the same trailer hitch on it. Were there any other parts to the hitch besides what is seen from the back? I have heard that there were other braces that went under the gas tank and up to the trunk floor for extra support, but mine did not have those extra parts. I'm just curious if you had the other braces.

[MO]

FWIW, I'd keep the hitch installed on the car. It's a nice characteristic of it.

[Sauron327]

Has the OP been around since 11 months ago?

[boomer632]

The Murphy Mahoney sticker is interesting to me being that MM was a dealer in Denver CO. back in the day.

[bcmiller]

Has the OP been around since 11 months ago?

No. They last posted anything on February 23, 2023.

[Stillwater Camaro]

The 2L 4P is not a dead giveaway that it is an SS. That same designation applied to L30 327, M20 Saginaw 4 speed cars as well. I wouldn't throw this out as doubt except the horn button is 6 months too early for a July built car. The 350 was removed from the button in January, when the 396 was released. The OP would need to verify the location of the speedo cable thru the firewall to be more certain it's an SS with a Muncie trans. He, also, claims there are no numbers on the block... rebuilt and decked that early in it's life, or a 327 in hiding ? Missing the POP and the stamp ink blurred from moisture adds to the mystique.