1967 Chevrolet Camaro Cherokee show car

[bcmiller]

Scott has posted some pics before in another thread, but this will be a thread specifically for pics of this car.  (My apologies - because I might have had your name wrong previously)

Credit for pics to GM. Date on these pics is 02/20/1967 and the location is listed as GM Design Center.

Enjoy

[bcmiller]

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Credit for pics to GM. Date on these pics is 02/20/1967 and the location is listed as GM Design Center.

[bcmiller]

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Credit for pics to GM. Date on these pics is 02/20/1967 and the location is listed as GM Design Center.

[bcmiller]

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Credit for pics to GM. Date on these pics is 02/20/1967 and the location is listed as GM Design Center.

[bcmiller]

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Credit for pics to GM. Date on the top pic is 02/20/1967 and the location is listed as GM Design Center.

Location and date of second pic is unknown.

More pics over on the SYC page at this link.
https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthread.php?t=135780&page=51

[bcmiller]

The Cherokee shown here with the 1967 Chevrolet Golden Cameo show truck and another car that I can't remember the name of at the moment.  I will fix this post if I remember or find the name.

[69Z28-RS]

That might be an 'aerovette'....?

Re the 'cameo pickup'...  What information do you have on Chevy's use of the Cameo nameplate in 1967?   Chevrolet produced a special Cameo pickup model from 1955-1958, but I've never heard of even a 'show' truck with the name any other year...

[bcmiller]

Gary, let me do some checking on your questions and I will get back to you.

Jon M. reminded me what the name of the other car was the Corvair powered Astro I.
http://www.carstyling.ru/en/car/1967_chevrolet_astro_i/

[bcmiller]

That might be an 'aerovette'....?

Re the 'cameo pickup'...  What information do you have on Chevy's use of the Cameo nameplate in 1967?   Chevrolet produced a special Cameo pickup model from 1955-1958, but I've never heard of even a 'show' truck with the name any other year...

Some links...

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=176718

[69Z28-RS]

Thanks Bryon for the additional information on the '67 'golden cameo' show truck...  I'd never heard of that one before...

[SMKZ28]

For more pictures and information on the Golden Cameo and Californian Camaro see the following portions of my thread on 1966/1967 Auto Shows:

Replies #32 and #33 on page 3: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.30

Replies #48 and #57 on page 4: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.45

Reply #73 on page 5: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.60

Replies #75 and #82 on page 6: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.75


Bryon, are you going to make a thread on the Californian Camaro?  I hope your GM contacts have some more pictures of this car.

[SMKZ28]

Thanks for posting these photos of what is most likely the first of two Cherokee show cars.  There are several photos that I have never seen before.  Love it!  I'm really glad you posted the interior shot confirming that this early car was in fact equipped with a 4-speed manual transmission and roll-up windows.  I am also intrigued to see that in all of the shots of the car inside the GM Design Center there is no mention of the name "Cherokee" anywhere on the car or on the front or back license plates.  Interesting that it just says "1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396".  Five days after these pictures were taken this concept Camaro would be shown to the public at the Chicago Auto Show which was held Saturday, February 25th through Sunday, March 5th, 1967.  At this show the car would be wearing a different set of license plates which are not the same as the one's in your photos dated 2/20/67 nor do they mention the name "Cherokee".  Unfortunately I have yet to decipher just what name the car was given for this appearance.  It wasn't until the New York Auto Show which took place Saturday, April 1st through Sunday, April 9th, 1967 that the name "Cherokee" is displayed on the Camaro.

Please check out other questions, pictures and information concerning this Camaro concept/show car (Cherokee #1) in my thread on 1966/1967 Auto Shows. 

Replies #51 through 56 on page 4: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.45

Reply #74 on page 5: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.60

Replies #76 and #82 on page 6: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.75

Replies #93 and #94 on page 7: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.90


These are the photos that show the undecipherable name given to the car at the Chicago Auto Show. Can anyone figure it out??  As I stated in my other thread, I initially thought it said "Carnival" but I can not be sure because of the cursive writing.  It certainly does not say Cherokee.

[SMKZ28]

Bryon, did your contacts at GM have any pictures or information on the 2nd Camaro Cherokee Concept/Show car?  This is the car that was used to pace the Can Am races and still exists today.  It differed from the one in your pictures by having a black interior, hood mounted tachometer, different wheels, soft boot, automatic transmission, gold pin striping, lack of white nose/side stripe, rear license plate light and a different size & shaped gas cap at the rear.  This 2nd Cherokee was produced sometime between June and August of 1967.

You can see pictures and information on this 2nd Camaro Cherokee in my thread on 1966/1967 Auto Shows:

Replies #98-104 on page 7: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.90

Replies #105-107, #111-117, and #119 on page 8: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.105

Reply #120 on page 9: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=16296.120


It also made an appearance at the 1968 Meadowdale Trans Am race.  See pictures/video in the Trans Am pace car thread here:

Reply #260 on page 18: http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=8318.255

[SMKZ28]

Bryon, was there a label on the pictures taken inside the GM Design Center on 2/20/67 giving the title/name of the Camaro?  In a past thread you mentioned that the pictures of the Lilac Camaro did have the label "Berlinetta" on them.  I was wondering what these photos were labeled?

Also do you happen to know what the sticker on the passenger side of the windshield says in your picture showing the frontal view of the car in the Design Center in reply #1?

[KurtS]

Could the plate say Camaro Custom?