By the time the Chevy Camaro was introduced in 1967, Ford had already sold nearly 1.3 million copies of the hot new Mustang “pony car”. The Chevrolet would also attract a flock of buyers, although the Mustang continued to be the market leader for years to come. This 1967 Camaro hits the trifecta in that it’s a convertible, has the Super Sport option, and comes with the new 350 cubic inch V8, exclusive to the Camaro that year. This ragtop will need a complete restoration, but the available population is getting harder to find. Located in Peru, Indiana, this ambitious project is available here on eBay. The current bid is $9,600, the reserve is unmet, and the Buy It Now ante is $19,900.
If you do the math, this Camaro may be kind of rare after 57 years of attrition. Out of 220,906 Camaros built in the car’s first year, 25,141 were convertibles. Of those, 19,856 had some sort of V8 engine. And with 27.7% having the new L48 motor, perhaps this car is one of 5,500 or so built as an SS 350 with a canvas top. The 350 would eventually replace the 327 across all Chevy products and would gain 5 more horses (up from 295 hp) by the 1970 model year.
Working in the plus category for this vehicle is that its numbers-matching. And the seller believes that the 47,800 miles on the odometer are correct as it’s been parked since 1971. That’s when it was last registered in Colorado, though the seller retrieved it out of Kansas a few years ago. It may have been the victim of a falling tree branch at one time or another, but rust doesn’t seem to be an issue, an indication it may have been stored indoors for most of the past five decades.
A new fender resides where the tree limb damaged the original one and the seller had to do some repairs on the cowl as well (it may need more). An OEM door will come with the deal and the seller suggests the buyer go on the hunt for a new hood. The car does run, though the engine has a ticking lifter sound. The oil and gasoline are newer and the motor has been tuned up. The water pump is frozen so you shouldn’t run it long before replacing that item. A 2-speed Powerglide automatic rounds out the drivetrain. The brake pedal is locked up, so work will be needed if you want the Chevy to stop.
We’re told the seller has been offered $18,000 for the car as it sits, so the reserve is in that neighborhood if you want to take the Camaro home and give it an extreme makeover. If the car doesn’t sell, the seller will keep it and begin a restoration over the winter months. So it should be back on the road in 2025!
Not only was the 350 unique to the Camaro in 1967, it was unique to the SS-350.
If the seller was offered $18K, and the reserve is in that ballpark, why didn’t he just take the $18K? “Bird in the hand….” yada yada.
Good project. The BIN isn’t inexpensive and doesn’t need to be. The trim tag will verify it’s a real SS, matching numbers is icing on the cake. Built in Van Nuys suggests it probably was a western car. It’s also nice to have the original 12 bolt, it was a 1 year only, with the mono leaf. Compared to many “unrestored” muscle cars featured on this site, this one is pretty nice.
Steve R
I completely agree with you. Given some of the complete junk Camaro’s that have appeared on this site, this one is a creampuff. I think that it is reasonably priced, and the condition is far from bad. I wouldn’t think that the column shifted automatic would be all the common either, particularly on an SS. The one big question I would have is, why was this thing parked when it was only 4 years old?
Don’t be so greedy. Take the 18k and call it a day. You obviously didn’t give a crap about it all this time.
Plus, the market is swooning, plus the cost of redoing a car to the degree this one will need is horrendous.
To have a major hit in the upper cowl area, on a convertible, that’s a pretty dicey situation. Windshield frame alignment to the Convertible top(?) is the floor tweaked at the subframe(?) Will a windshield fit correctly (?) door alignment (?) Could absolutely have been bad enough to total the car at only four years old.
It’s $12,000-$15,000 max, take the money and consider yourself lucky. This car is beyond a money pit but is worth restoring if you can do the majority of the work yourself.