Nearly 9 months after their appearance at the Detroit Auto Show, an article on the “Dream” truck/car duo in the September 1967 edition of Hot Rod Magazine mentioned that the Golden Cameo was equipped with an “SS’ed egg-crate grill, deep-pile interior where you sink into super luxurious black vinyl buckets and a padded, simulated leather top. Then there’s the race car—a Camaro 350. But you don’t have to do a darned thing to this one. It’s got slicks and mags and a 4-speed. And a trailer, too. Not just an ordinary trailer mind you, one that you can drive the car right up on with no sweat and then tow to the meet at speed because it follows properly and the electric brakes are good enough to stop the Chaparral at the end of the Mousanne (sic) Straight. The Camaro could probably fall off the trailer and win its class at the Nationals with low 12’s at 110 or so. Well, ok, 112. And knowing the way they do things at Estes-land, the Cameo will run 90 on command in case the Camaro driver gets bored sitting in the pits and telling all the guys that his outfit just isn’t for sale…..”
The article did not mention the appearance of the stacked hood louvers on the Golden Cameo that previewed the hood used on 1968-1969 Camaro SS’s. Nor did it mention the clear Plexiglas bubble hood, the different size tires front and back, the wrap around nose stripe, the pinstripe below the doors and around the wheel wells, the engine size “350” painted on the front fenders between the stripes, the lack of a front bumper and the possibility of a custom roll cage in the cockpit.
1st picture: Color Close up of just truck and Camaro (Hot Rod Magazine, September 1967) (courtesy of CRG member Jon Mello)
2nd picture: Notice the Californian is on the trailer behind the truck. Black & White of truck and Camaro (Chevy Truckin’ Magazine, April 1993) (
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