This pretty third-generation Chevrolet Camaro is a final-year model of one of the most recognized forms of Chevy’s muscle car. Even better, it’s a rare manual transmission example that remains in completely stock condition. Throw in the great colors and healthy assortment of options and you have a car that will likely appreciate nicely over the next few years as the Radwood movement pushes iconic cars of the 80s and 90s into the spotlight. This example is listed here on Barn Finds Classifieds with a listed price of $14,900 and recorded mileage of just over 40,000.
The Camaro wears Dark Teal paint over a gray cloth interior, and the body looks quite nice with deep, reflective paint from end to end. The color really is a major selling point (to me, at least) as so many of this generation’s model seem to wear the classic red, white, or black paint scheme. Chevy offered a few alternatives to those traditional colors over the years, including yellow, green, and purple, but we hardly ever see those come up for sale. This blue is a bit more common than those, but still a nice alternative to the usual shades. The alloy wheels appear to be curbage-free as well, and the hatch glass looks mint.
The interior presents in like-new condition, and the seller reports that the long-term previous owner kept the Camaro garaged, and that the owner before him did the same. It’s always enjoyable to find classics like this where consecutive owners have gone through the trouble of preserving a car while still evidently enjoying it every now and again, given the mileage is high enough to indicate the Camaro saw occasional exercise. The gray cloth shows no blemishes of any kind, and the dash no cracks. The manual transmission really is a treat, as so many of these were equipped with an automatic transmission. The A/C has previously been converted and blows cold.
Under hood, the TBI 305 engine has been nicely detailed and shows zero signs of the modifications that are so typical for practically any generation of the Camaro. The seller notes the Camaro benefits from recent tires, and the only outstanding mechanical issue is the emergency brake needs adjusting. Otherwise, this is a turnkey example that you can still enjoy the fair weather drive in with the comfort of knowing its value will only increase as supply dries up even further of well-preserved third generation Camaros. Throw in the color and the transmission and you have a borderline unicorn. Wish I had the room.
15 Grand? I don’t see it.
I doubt the seller will either..but who knows
I didn’t think you could still get a Camaro with a TBI motor in 1992 but it appears I was mistaken!
A Fox-body Mustang from the same year with similar mileage would probably fetch $15K. Why not this?
Because it’s an RS with an L03 V-8. These F-bodies don’t tend to push much past 10k unless they’re a very low mile performance model with the manual LB9 TPI 305 or L98 TPI 350.
Believe it or not, 40k miles doesn’t put it in an exclusive low mile tier for one of these. Couple that with it being a base model and this price is simply too high. It’s a nice vehicle, and the manual is appealing, but it isn’t worth near the ask.
I love the color. It is too bad things have become so boring with new cars.
Even the “so today” grey “color” interior? I would prefer a blue interior, which i believe was already discontinued – forever, tho oddly red was not – yet.
Thought I preferred the IROC rims, I remember As a teen feeling like these RS’ were special when they were new because of the different rims and “metallic” paint as I called it then, plus the spoiler.
A friends brother in law had an RS in this color he bought used in 94 or 95. He had trouble making the payments so he had his wife drop him off at the mall and he reported it stolen. Meanwhile it was parked in a garage while he removed the engine and sold it off. He then cut the rest of the car up and slowly brought it to the dump with construction demolition materials…
Poor car didn’t deserve that.
Loved these cars. I would be allowed to test drive them home from the plant.
It might fetch that much in the tri-State area (NY, NJ, CT) with the right buyer. Seen several with slightly more and less mileage selling in the same range over the past couple years. The stick is a benefit. The negation of ttops is a negative with the current engine option. I had a few clean 3rd gens over the years…. from Z28’s to WS6 T/A’s. Nice cars. Handle decent. The 305’s are slugs, even with bolt ons. The Fox body Mustang was definitely an all around better car during that generation. This was better looking in my opinion though. I would love to own it….. but the temptation to tear apart the drivetrain would get the better of me
Beautiful car, rite colors, wrong motor
Fun fact; Dk. Teal outsold Red on these Camaros in ’91 & ’92. It was a very trendy color.