Author Topic: The 1967 Camaro as Seen at Auto Shows & Unique Promotional Exhibits in 1966/1967  (Read 61769 times)

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September 1967 Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin continued

Here are pictures of the 2nd Cherokee performing its pace car duties at Road America.  Ex Formula One driver Stirling Moss was a spokesman for the series and he drove the pace cars among other official duties.

1st picture: color pace lap (http://www.deansgarage.com/2016/1967-canam-road-america/)

2nd picture: color pace lap (http://rideswithchuck.blogspot.com/2012/12/canam-1967-few-amateur-photos.html)
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September 1967 Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin continued

More pictures of the 2nd Cherokee on its pace lap at Road America.

1st picture: B&W pace lap Friedman: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/7159649641/in/album-72157630002940569/

2nd picture: A DVD movie put together exclusively from original Can-Am motion picture archival footage entitled "Can-Am: The Speed Odyssey" includes a few brief appearances of the 2nd Cherokee during the opening pace laps at Road America. 
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September 1967 Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin continued

The first two pictures can be found at the Revs Institute Digital Library.  Click on the link in order to use the magnifying tools on each picture.

1st picture: http://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/collection/p17257coll1/id/184767/rec/117

2nd picture: http://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/collection/p17257coll1/id/185100/rec/107

3rd picture: Program Cover from the 1968 Road America Can Am featuring a picture of the 2nd Cherokee in pit lane from the prior year, 1967  (www.ebay.com
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September 1967 Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin continued

Pictures of the driver introduction parade do not include images of the entire convertible used.  Camaro convertibles were not used at this race for this purpose.  Instead, private owners and their Corvettes were used to chauffer the drivers around the track.  Speaking of Corvettes, a picture from the Dave Friedman Collection demonstrates that the 1965 Corvette Mako Shark 2 made another appearance at this event. 

picture: Mako Shark 2 and Firebird: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/7344849644/sizes/l
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September 1967 Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin continued

The Dave Friedman picture posted above also shows a 1967 Firebird convertible parked in front of the Mako Shark 2.  I’m not exactly sure, but proximity to the Mako Shark 2 might identify this Firebird as another special General Motors “Dream” car called the Skydiver.  If it is, the Skydiver made its debut at the Chicago Auto Show in February 1967.  A caption in the book entitled, “The Definitive Firebird and Trans Am Guide: 1967-1969” by Rocky Rotella states that it, “featured pearlescent orange paint and a similar interior treatment.  It was intended to attract youth interested in the sport of skydiving.”  The July 2017 edition of Smoke Signals: The Official Publication of the Pontiac-Oakland Club International has an article on page 8 entitled “Skydiver: 1967 Firebird 400 Show Car Found!”  In it author Mike Noun points out that “when the Skydiver made its debut at the 1967 Chicago Auto Show, Pontiac went all out and presented the car on a large display floor that appeared like an open parachute.  To make the display that much more visible from across the show hall, a couple of additional, vertical orange-and-white parachutes were presented off one side.”

1st picture: Firebird Skydiver at Chicago Auto Show: https://www.highdefforum.com/car-forum/115098-muscle-cars-1962-1972-a-384.html

2nd picture: Color Firebird Skydiver: https://www.highdefforum.com/car-forum/115098-muscle-cars-1962-1972-a-384.html
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1967 Firebird Skydiver

Apparently the 1967 Firebird Skydiver is another General Motors “Dream” car that escaped the crusher and still survives today.  At some time the car was painted blue but the original orange is still visible in the trunk.  In addition, the special interior was never altered.  The car has a VIN # that ends in 00004 and the word “SHOW” appears on the cowl panel trim tag.  Click on the following link to a PDF of the article.  A vintage color picture of the car at the New York International Automobile Show in April 1967 and current pictures of the car appear in the article.   Read it here starting on page 8: https://secure.poci.org/Docs/Smoke_Signals/7-2017_Smoke_Signals-262.PDF
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September 1967, Bridgehampton, New York

The 2nd Cherokee was also used as the pace car for the second event of the SCCA Can-Am Championship.  This race was called the Chevron Grand Prix and it was held on Sunday, September 17, 1967 at Bridgehampton Raceway in Bridgehampton, New York.  Denny Hulme won the event in his Chevrolet powered McLaren M6A. 

The driver introduction parade for this event occurred in privately owned antique cars, not Camaros.

Click on the link in order to use the magnifying tools on each picture.

1st picture: http://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/collection/p17257coll1/id/247702/rec/361

2nd picture: http://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/collection/p17257coll1/id/244297/rec/203

3rd picture: http://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/collection/p17257coll1/id/265435/rec/211

4th picture: http://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/collection/p17257coll1/id/265830/rec/218
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September 1967, Bridgehampton, New York continued

Additional pictures from Bridgehampton.

1st picture: http://library.revsinstitute.org/digital/collection/p17257coll1/id/249238/rec/362

2nd picture: page 168 of “Chaparral: Can-Am and Prototype Race Cars” by Dave Friedman

3rd picture: DVD movie: "Can-Am: The Speed Odyssey"
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September 1967, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada

The next race where the 2nd Cherokee was used as a pace car was the third event of the SCCA Can-Am Championship called the Player’s 200.  This event was held Saturday, September 13, 1967 at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada.  Denny Hulme won for the third time in a row in his Chevrolet powered McLaren M6A. 

These three color shots were captured from the DVD movie entitled "Can-Am: The Speed Odyssey"

Note that the white convertible top is up on the 2nd Cherokee parked in front of the VW Microbus.
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September 1967, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada continued

These two pictures came from the Dave Friedman Collection on Flickr.

1st picture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/7156085949/in/album-72157629995123277/

2nd picture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/7341296220/in/album-72157629995123277/
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September 1967, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada continued

Another Dave Friedman Collection shot from Mosport with the 2nd Cherokee in pit lane.

picture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/7341296578/in/album-72157629995123277/
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September 1967, Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada continued

The drivers were chauffeured around the track at Mosport Park during the driver introduction parade in brand new 1968 Camaro convertibles.  These were used since the race took place after the 1968 Camaro models were introduced to the public on Friday, September 15, 1967.

These three pictures also came from the Dave Friedman Collection on Flickr.

1st picture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/7156075707/in/album-72157629995123277/

2nd picture: Drivers: Mike Spence, John Surtees and Peter Revson https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/7156075769/in/album-72157629995123277/

3rd picture: Drivers: Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme https://www.flickr.com/photos/thehenryford/7156075875/in/album-72157629995123277/
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Chevrolet produced this brochure to capitalize on the fact that Chevrolet engines powered the winning cars in the first three events of the 1967 SCCA Can-Am Championship.  It was meant to inform dealership salesmen about the series and how Chevrolet engines had been so successful.  The brochure was not supposed to be handed out.  As you can see the 2nd Cherokee is featured prominently on the front page.  The pictures of the 2nd Cherokee and the Chaparral 2G were both taken at the Bridgehampton event.

I found these pictures at www.ebay.com
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