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Gorries Black Panther Camaro
Jon Mello:
Gorries Black Panther Camaro road test from the May '67 issue of Canada's Track & Traffic magazine, courtesy of Mike Scott (group/7).
The Black Panther package was available on any V-8 model, although I'm not sure about a convertible. There were even two '67 Z-28s
converted into Black Panthers. The car in the article is 427-powered although, for some odd reason, the engine shown is a small block.
Jon Mello:
Craig Fisher raced one of the Gorries Black Panther Z-28s in the Trans-Am series. This one came with a gold interior. The other car was
Craig Fisher's street Z-28 and it had a black interior. Craig sold it to Hugh Dibley over in England and Hugh turned it into a road racer.
It was sold to Pierre Du Plessis, who I have heard wrecked it in South Africa. If it was rebuilt, I don't know.
Jon Mello:
An article on Bob Simonen's Black Panther Camaro. He's the original owner!
http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-12-28/in-search-of-the-elusive-black-panther
vtfb68:
Jon,
business week 's story claims ZL-1 427 in 1967, what is the story on that? Would you know what kind of " Mag" wheels they used?
Victor
Jon Mello:
The reference to a ZL-1 engine for 1967 is not correct. Somehow the author got some bogus information. An L-72 engine is what should have been mentioned.
As for mag wheels, the only ones I've seen on them were Magnum 500 "mag-style" wheels except for the two road racers, which used American mags.
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