@musclecarcampy9922 talks about why the Z/28 was so great and how it dominated the SCCA series Trans-Am series in only its second year.
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@mattgause31785 ай бұрын
Product specialist Vince Piggins got the Z28 program on its feet in 1967 at a time when Chevrolet had pulled out of all racing......and the best part is that GM packaging was all demoted in the "Z" packaging.....Z27 is the Camaro SS and Z28 was the Trans Am packaging, which stuck as the actual name of the car......a true legend, and Larry Shinoda was involved as the designer, specifically, the 69 Z28 model, before going over to Ford to develop the Boss 302 that won in 70. Trans Am series was a defining moment for all the manufacturers and also for car collectors today! Beautiful 68 you featured today 😎💯🏁
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
Shinoda designed the front and rear spoilers on the ‘69 Boss 302, which were instrumental in improving the cars lap times.
@DanEBoyd5 ай бұрын
And Trans Am paved the way for the Pontiac Trans Am. An early second generation TA in white with the blue stripe is such a pure looking car - like the early GT350.
@mattgause31785 ай бұрын
Yes DaneBoyd, the white with blue stripes is among the very best looking TA cars you're going to get...... I saw a real one at Auburn auction Indiana, and it did large 💵💵💵💯🏁
@jeffebinger12185 ай бұрын
Love the DZ and 68 with this trim level.
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
The ‘68 was not a DZ. DZ was the ‘69-only engine code.
@p13155 ай бұрын
Chevy 302 MO better than any Furd 302.@@musclecarcampy9922 😉
@JohnDoe-wy2py5 ай бұрын
There are more first generation Z/28’s now than ever left the factory
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
That may be true, but this one has a full book of documentation.
@DanEBoyd5 ай бұрын
And even more Cowl Induction hoods...
@p13155 ай бұрын
Yup...pretty much every Fox body has one. @@DanEBoyd 🤣🤣🤣
@rajcam805 ай бұрын
Very unique Camaro!
@p13155 ай бұрын
Fun fact...a 1967 Z28 set the NHRA C/Stock record at 10.09 @ 130 MPH in 2021.
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
1968 Super Stock World Champ, too (Dave Strickler).
@p13155 ай бұрын
Dave Lyall...Furd dyno room operator and company racer...was present when Furd dynoed one of Smokey Yunick's Trans Am Chevy 302 engines. Made over 500 HP on Furd's own dyno. (So more like 450 on a regular dyno lol)
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
Furd? C’mon. You can do better than that!
@p13155 ай бұрын
Furd...cause it rhymes with turd. 🤣🤣🤣@@musclecarcampy9922
@zxtenn5 ай бұрын
14.8 sounds correct and thats SLOW being realistic and honest. In 1975 i built a 67 RS Yenko clone, 427/425 with 456 gears and a 4 speed, 12.7 at 110 like nothing with 25 inch slicks and i only made 3 runs
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
To be fair, that was without powershifting and with two aboard, plus test gear. Easy low 14-second car. That was enough to take down many stock big-block muscle cars.
@micahcastillo91133 ай бұрын
My old Z/28 ran 12.70 @ 108 with 4.88’s and slicks.
@musclecarcampy99223 ай бұрын
@@micahcastillo9113 That is what they needed to really wake up, that and open headers.
@kennydemartini216918 күн бұрын
@@micahcastillo9113 My DZ ran a best of 12.56 @109 with 4.88, slicks, single plane intake, open headers and leaving the line at 5000 rpm and shifting at 7500.
@micahcastillo911318 күн бұрын
@@kennydemartini2169 Mine had the factory intake on it with a 750 double pumper, and 1 3/4” headers.
@timothyrobinson8943 ай бұрын
I'd love to see an actual MO code 1968 302 get strapped to a dyno, tuned and see what it really makes!
@musclecarcampy99223 ай бұрын
Great idea. I have chassis dyno tested several vintage muscle cars. Problem is the drivelines are super inefficient, even with manual gearboxes. Add in V-belts and factory exhaust and the numbers can be horrifyingly bad.
@bruceh925 ай бұрын
Awesome car. Great job.
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
Thanks! 👍
@jedjohnson67815 ай бұрын
I had 2- 69’s; one new, one used in ‘75. I don’t remember them having a rear sway bar. The ‘72 I bought new did have a rear sway bar. When tuned they were a hoot to drive! However, the ‘69s seemed to eat spark plugs for lunch. After 500 street miles on a new set the engine would start to miss at 4000 rpm. All three were rust buckets which turned me against GM vehicles of that era. I especially miss the ‘69s.😢
@p13155 ай бұрын
Nice! 🙂
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
Thx.
@DanEBoyd5 ай бұрын
Is that straight rocker molding a Z28 thing? I ask because I see that the car is apparently equipped with the Z21 trim package, which got you bright drip-rail moldings, those fat bright moldings under the side-glass, bright wheel opening trim, and the angled rocker trim which followed the angled skeg-line slightly above the rocker area. My understanding was that only non-Z21 cars got the straight rocker molding. The RS/Z28 in Car Life @4:40 shows the angled rocker moldings. But the SS shown at 4:47 has the straight moldings with the Z21 package - so maybe the angled ones are a Rally Sport (Z22) thing. SS had the rockers, under that straight molding, blacked out. You know an early Z28 is an honest car when you see one with the flat hood. So if my maths are right, Joel is 79-80 years old! He could pass for 55-60!!! Well done sir!
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
I am not familiar with the vagaries of first-gen Camaro trim. I’d only be guessing.
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
Believe it or not, Joel is 80!
@DanEBoyd5 ай бұрын
@@musclecarcampy9922 But you were wearing a Chevrolet hat!😁 Those big bright belt-line/greenhouse moldings are the quickest way to spot a Z21 equipped '68 Camaro. Quickest way to spot Z21 on a '69 is the chrome 'gill' molding on the rear quarter panel. '69 got bright headlight and tail light trim, and drip rail, wheel opening, and rocker trim. When they talk about X11 and X33 on '69 Norwood Camaros, the difference between them is Z21, but without looking it up, I forget which is which.🙄
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
@@DanEBoydThanks for smartening me up. That is a difficult task! LOL.
@johndillinger84825 ай бұрын
this is the most overrated musclecar made but i do like the 67 & 68. .its absolutely ridiculous the nut hugging people do to this car. the engine is basically a destroked L76 Vette engine.i seriously doubt it could outrun many big blocks
@musclecarcampy99225 ай бұрын
All it did in 1968 was win the NHRA Super Stock world championship and 10 of 13 Trans-Am races to give Chevy its first title in that series. It was a beast on the street and was indeed quicker in road tests that year than many big-block muscle cars that year. I have a vast library to back up this claim.