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General Discussion / Re: HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD YOUR CAR AND WHAT DID YOU PAY FOR IT ?

« on: December 06, 2009, 04:31:31 AM »

I purchased my 1967 Camaro RS convertible in June of 1978 for $750 Canadian. It has a 327/210 hp engine, 2 speed powerglide, power steering, power brakes, power top, power windows and 12 bolt positraction rear end. Most of my friends and relatives thought I paid too much for it. It was drivable but needed a lot of work.

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General Discussion / Re: Blog compares 1st gens to the new 5th gen and is somewhat unkind...

« on: November 30, 2009, 04:37:53 AM »

Why does an icon have to be manufactured in a particular country? Look at the Statue of Liberty. It is a huge American icon but it was designed and manufactured in France. I have always liked the fourth generation Camaro better than the second and third. If nobody cares about the fourth generation then why is it so popular on some forums. At http://www.camaroforums.com the fourth gen forums have more posts and threads than all other generations combined.

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General Discussion / Re: Blog compares 1st gens to the new 5th gen and is somewhat unkind...

« on: November 29, 2009, 05:21:05 AM »

The Camaro is a Canadian icon. Actually why can’t we just say that it is a North American icon. That is why I have owned 5 different first generations, including my current 1967 RS convertible for more than 30 years, and it doesn’t bother me that it was assembled in the USA. The Camaro has not been assembled in the USA since the 1992 model year. The fourth generation Camaro was assembled in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec Canada from 1993 to 2002. The 2010 Camaro is assembled in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, about a half hour drive from where I live.

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General Discussion / Re: Blog compares 1st gens to the new 5th gen and is somewhat unkind...

« on: November 29, 2009, 02:30:15 AM »

still should have been built in the USA for me to own one.if we all dont start thinking that way some of us will have to beg president Hu Jintao for our dinner plate.

I don’t understand your thinking. Many Canadians have always considered cars from Canada or the USA as being North American. With comments like yours I may have to change my thinking. Do you realize that Canada has always produced 15 to 20 % of all North American vehicles from the big 3? GM has been producing cars in Canada ever since they were formed. In fact Buick was producing Cars in Canada before GM even existed. Both the Canadian federal government and the Ontario Provincial government have put billions of dollars into bailing out both GM and Chrysler. Canadian Governments, or should I say the Canadian people, own about 12% of the new restructured GM. We definitely deserve some vehicle assembly plants in Canada.

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Maintenance / Re: Low Fuel light fixed

« on: October 19, 2009, 01:44:21 PM »

There are many different types of fuses. Some look like bulbs. Does yours look anything like the ones at:

http://www.littelfuse.com/part/272.015.html

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Maintenance / Re: Low Fuel light fixed

« on: October 19, 2009, 01:06:55 AM »

What you call a “low fuel module bulb” sounds more like a fuse.

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General Discussion / Re: RE: PBS MOTORWEEK TV

« on: October 13, 2009, 04:32:03 PM »

I was away for the weekend so I set my PVR to record Motorweek. I have Rogers cable TV here in Toronto and they provide PBS out of Buffalo NY. When I watched it they had a brief description at the beginning of the show about each story they had. There was no mention about Camaros. I fast forward it until I saw a Camaro near the end of the show. It was a preview of next weeks show. I guess I’ll have to set the PVR for this Saturday and see it then.

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General Discussion / Re: RE: PBS MOTORWEEK TV

« on: October 08, 2009, 04:53:22 PM »

You can read a little about the Mortorweek interview with Jerry at:

http://www.pbs.org/mpt/motorweek/highroad.shtml

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General Discussion / Re: I'm taking a vote on which insturment cluster to go with.

« on: March 25, 2008, 06:49:15 PM »

In the fall of 1989 I purchased a 1990 Beretta and paid $300 extra for a digital dash. Besides the numbers for the speed and tack it also had digital barcodes for everything including temperature, oil pressure and battery.  I owned that car for 15 years and 358,000 km before I sent it to the scrap yard. I really loved that digital dash. My wife’s 2001 Grand Prix has regular analogue gauges and a head up display (HUD) with digital information reflected off the windshield. I love driving that car. Have you looked into HUD displays? They can give you the best of both. It is a very personal decision but I prefer a digital dash.

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General Discussion / Re: How Much Do You Drive?

« on: March 13, 2008, 01:08:20 AM »

Mine has been stripped down and parts are sitting in boxes for about the last 29 years. I tell everyone that it is going to be my retirement project in another 8 years.

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Originality / Re: molded hood pads

« on: February 14, 2008, 05:27:37 PM »

I believe the hood insulation was available only as part of RPO Z87, Custom Interior Package.

Check out the following:

http://www.camaros.org/pdf/options-rpo23feb00.pdf

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General Discussion / Re: Judging criteria for 1st Gen Camaro

« on: January 24, 2008, 07:36:39 PM »

I can’t believe a car would be deducted points because of a safety recall. If a care is recalled it means the manufacturer made a mistake and it must be corrected. Just because the correction is done at the dealer shouldn’t matter. It is not the same as a dealer installed option. It is the manufacturer that issues the recall. In fact I believe that if a car was recalled it should have points deducted if the modification was not implemented.

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General Discussion / First Camaro TV commercial, October 1966

« on: December 07, 2007, 02:05:31 AM »

I was searching the net for information on the new Concept Camaro and I stumbled upon the fist ever Camaro TV commercial released in October 1966. I thought you guys might be interested in it. Because of the way the website is setup I can’t give you a direct link. Just follow the following instructions. Go to the website at:

http://chevynation.com/

Click on “CHEVY CLUBHOUSE” and wait for the different Chevy models to appear. Place your curser over the new Concept Camaro and click. At the bottom of the Menu on the left side click on “Time Capsule: 1967 Ad”. Play the video and enjoy.

That is one HOT Camaro.

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General Discussion / Re: Should I restore 67 RS conv to original factory condition?

« on: December 05, 2007, 02:12:21 AM »

Thanks Phillip, that is what I thought. How did you know I was thinking of painting it red? If I had the original engine I probably would restore it to factory original condition but because I don’t, I’m thinking of adding as many options as I can but making sure I keep it in a condition it could have been ordered as. The engine I rebuilt and most of the extra option I have came from another 67 convertible that I owned 25 years ago. I bought it as a daily driver shortly after I started restoring my RS. Less then a month after I bought it I was rear ended and the car was totalled. In a 5 year period starting over 30 years ago I had owned 5 1967 Camaros, 2 coupes and 3 convertibles. I sent 3 of them to the scrap yard and kept many spare parts.

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General Discussion / Re: Should I restore 67 RS conv to original factory condition?

« on: December 03, 2007, 05:41:23 PM »

It looks like it is unanimous to keep it original. Maybe I should have reworded the question. How much difference in actual dollars would the changes I suggested affect the resale value of the car considering I have good verifiable documentation showing all the original options.