1966 Camaro Article from GM Canadian Subsidiary Magazine: "The McKinnon People"

Started by SMKZ28, December 12, 2025, 11:47:17 AM

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While searching for something else on the internet I came across this interesting publication entitled The McKinnon People that has a 1967 Camaro SS 350 on the front cover.  This magazine was published by the Public Relations Department of McKinnon Industries Limited which was a subsidiary of General Motors Corporation in St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.  The first two images were posted to the Niagara History and Trivia Facebook page by by Rick Ferron on April 8, 2018.  His post states, "Found this little staff magazine today...though it had been a subsidiary of GM since 1929, General Motors in St. Catharines was called McKinnon Industries until 1969 (I only ever remember my Grandmother, who worked there briefly during WW2 and who died in 1992, referring to GM as "McKinnon's"). This 1966 staff magazine not only covers a number of staff events, and the winners of monetary rewards for innovative ideas, but introduces the new 1967 Camaro. 307, 327 and 350 CID GM engines were made in St. Catharines in the 60s."  https://www.facebook.com/groups/149469265088626/?multi_permalinks=1654764307892440&hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&__cft__
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He mentions that this magazine was from 1966 but did not give the month.  I was able to find a PDF copy of the July/August 1966 issue at the Brock University Archives and Special Collections web site but that is not the one with the Camaro on the cover.  This leads me to believe that it was either the September/October 1966 issue or the November/December 1966 issue.
 
Scott
I don't have a 1st Gen but I have 1971 Z28 RS 4-spd, 1997 Z28 Z4C 6-spd, 2000 SS Convertible, 2010 RS 6-spd

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