I wish all barn finds looked this good! This 1971 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 is listed here on eBay as an unrestored barn find. It has obviously been cleaned up a little. The car is green with a black interior and is located in Ontario, New York. With two days left in the auction, the car is bid to $23,200. The odometer indicates that the car has been driven less than 60,000 miles.
The heart of this beast is the famous LT1 350 cubic inch V8 engine. The motor is said to be numbers matching and is mated to the original Muncie M21 4 speed manual transmission. The horsepower rating for the LT1 engine declined from 360 gross horsepower in 1970 to 330 gross horsepower in 1971. This was primarily attributable to the decline in compression ratio from 11.0 to 1 to 10.3 to 1. This was the only engine available in the Z28.
The interior looks to be in good shape and the car still has its original steering wheel. The stitching on the seats may be on their last legs but the dash looks immaculate. The car is said to start, run and stop well. The original chambered exhaust is still mounted under the car and the seller states that the red oxide primer can be seen through the undercoating on the bottom of the car.
The seller states that the car has been repainted once in its original Antique Green which looks great with the black stripes up the hood. There is some rust showing on the front passenger fender and there is a dent in this panel also. Good this be an authentic Camaro Z28 that has been hiding in a barn all these years?
The compression drop was from 11.0:1 to 9.0:1 , not 10.3
Second time in a month BF has had a non split bumper 2nd gen Z28. I have always preferred it over the Rally sport split bumper version Love the color. Upstate New York car that has probably seen it share of lake effect snow and the huge amount of road salt they throw around up there. It has rusted through in spots even though it was repainted. Stripping the paint could reveal some ugly surprises. I have to have a good laugh at myself every time I see those purely for show JC Whitney hood pins. I put some on my car when I was 16. God I thought I was cool.
Why do so many folks make the assumption that Winter regions equals cars driven through snow and salt. Look at that car again and think about whether it was driven in snow. Driving that car in a western New York pre-global warming, 1970’s winter would have been a suicide mission.
Pretty sure hood pins came installed on my 1970 340 challenger.
The hood pins installation is a bit close to the edge, yes?
Summit or JEGS is the new JC Whitney. I bought hood pins for an MG in 2015 to hold the hood down because the anti-burst latch no longer worked. I think they cost less than $10 for the pair.
Authentic Z or not, it’s a beauty.
My favorite body style Camaro. I think the price is good, and this thing would be a hoot to row through the gears. Replace, don’t repair that front fender. and if that is the extent of the rust, you have one fine Hotrod.
But…. I suspect more rust issues below the surface. Hope I’m wrong
Why restore or repaint it? If there hasn’t been shoddy rust repair previously, just drive and enjoy it.
Steve R
Wow, gorgeous car. Great color combo, LT1 and a 4spd. Great that it has original steering wheel but I’d still swap it out immediately. Looks like the same one you would find in grandma’s nova.
On March 17 1971 I drove home the clone to this great looking. For the next 5 years I enjoyed every drive I ever took. Sure wished I could have kept that car. I loved the color as it always looked sharp and ready to go out again
My dad drove home a clone of this one too, but in model year 1973 and with an automatic. Otherwise looked just like this. By 73 at least the steering wheels had more of a sporty spoke look to them.
If “Bullet” drove a Chevy.
Take a second look at the exhaust system, that is not a chambered system. Looks like there might a leaking pinion seal.
No way this Camaro has a chambered pipe exhaust from the factory. That option was discontinued in 69. It may have that exhaust but the UAW members didn’t install it.
Pretty car. I owned a ’71 Rally Sport split bumper in “War Bonnet Yellow”. 350 automatic 350 turbo trans. Got married and sold it to buy a ’78 Cougar.
Steve R is right. It’s solid and ready to roll. If you are addicted to working long hours fix whatever you like as you have fun with it.
The shoddy and failing rust “repair” on the RF fender reveals this car is no virgin. An in person inspection would be advised.
This also appears to have a 1970 rear spoiler. 1971 Z28s used the larger spoiler.
Great car! True barn find? Doesn’t matter. Desirable and decent. I’d snatch it up in a second! 👍👍👍
Why the orange painted drive shaft and bell housing? Were they all that way??
Must of been early build. Didn’t the 3 piece rear spoiler start in 71
i had a 71 Z28 it was totally stock when i bought it and it had the short spoiler on it
I had ordered a 71 z from the factory..the tall spoiler was an option. I loved that car. Antique green also.
Chambered pipes gone after 69. Ed Cole, then GM prez, ordered across the board compression ratio cuts for 1971 to make way for unleaded gas. Gee, in 71, Ford’s awesome Boss 351 had 11.7:1 compression. GM hasn’t been the same since. Great Camaro here. Even if it is rusty, so what. 1000 times better looking and sounding than the butt ugly POS they call Camaro.
Nice Z, the green paint job is a nice change. Sharp interior, clean engine which never got modified surprisingly. And the wheels top it all of.
60 thousand miles, I dont know, depends on how it was driven and maintained, car like this could’ve been abused into rubbish by 60,000.
No chambered pipes, as stated above, after ’69. Almost all the hot Camaros and some pretenders I remember or drove had true dual turbo mufflers with dumps, from what I’ve learned the chambered exhaust sounded really tough but actually was restrictive. They make better mufflers nowadays as well as tires.
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Sorry Hackjackett, but 1970-71 Z’s had the short spoiler, not the tall one.
mid-year change?
Looks sharpe-but looks can fool you. Rust on the trunk hinges .Better raise the trunk mat and have a really good look and behind the quarter panel . The year–time to replace all the sealing around the windows in behind the front fenders on the upper inside and outer trunk. Raise the carpet and check for any SMALL amount of rust. Small leaks can and will rust out a vehicle real quick. It takes time and money to correct these issues. Would I pay the price they are asking ? I,d have to see the car first before I would pay anything. The saler is quick and changes subjects about it. He,s a fast talker–better slow down and look real carefully before you buy. The car does look good-but it can fool you. Would he let you try it out? What is the oil pressure after it get warmed up?
Auction ended at 8:45 am cdt with a winning bid of $25,300.00. There were 32 bids.