This 1974 Camaro Z28 is located in Gray, Georgia just outside of Macon and looks to be in great condition. You don’t see many Z28’s from 1974 and this one is equipped with a 4 speed transmission. It is painted a beautiful silver color with black interior. The car is listed for sale here on eBay with a little more than 1 day remaining in the auction. Currently, the car is bid to $18,311 after only 9 bids.
The black interior looks really nice from this angle. Aftermarket gauges have been added to the console. The 4 speed shifter sticking out of the console between the bucket seats looks pretty inviting. Other pictures of the interior indicate that the seats have some wear but overall the car is in great condition. The car is well optioned with air conditioning, power windows, tilt steering and rear defrost. The air conditioning is not in working order but the car recently had new brakes installed.
The car was originally equipped with a 350 cubic inch V8 engine. The stock L82 engine was rated at 245 horsepower (net) from the factory. Chevrolet produced almost 14,000 Z28’s were in 1974 with another 136,000 Camaros being produced in varying options packages other than the top of line performance Z28. However, Pontiac was still producing Trans Ams which outperformed the Camaro in both straight line acceleration and handling. The Chevrolet 350 engine was easy to work on and could be modified to produce significantly more horsepower. This car looks to have headers and Corvette valve covers added to the engine.
The odometer indicates that mileage on this Z28 to be 68,000 miles. Government safety regulations resulted in Chevrolet adding 5 mph bumpers to the 1974 Camaro which increased the length of the Camaro by 7 inches in 1974. The car appears to have its original rally wheels. This car deserves the attention that it is getting and would really stand out at any car show.
I have always liked 1974 Z28’s even with the big bumpers. Nice car
My favorite year for the Z!
Bruce, those valve covers came stock on 1969-1974 Z28s. Like the dual snorkel air cleaner they are worth some serious coin.
Still have the valve covers off my brothers 74 Z
This has an air pump but no air cleaner pre heater tubes from the exh manifolds? While with the firebird v8s, it’s the reverse.
I don’t get it.
Seat belt interlock reset under the hood on driver’s inner fender has been removed.
Might as well add cruise control, if it was avail with the manual trans.
That steerin wheel should not need a cover after 68k miles. Nor should a repaint be nec – since the orig seats & dash are good – this car must have been kept out of the sun for the latter to be true.
Those steering wheels are notorious for becoming sticky messes that are difficult or impossible to fix. Besides, you are wrong about covers, they were a popular addition in the 69’s and 70’s, my dad would put one on every one of their cars. I can’t tell you how many nice, uncracked steering wheels I found at the local Pick Your Part junk yards in the mid-80’s. I made a ton of money selling them at local swapmeets.
Steve R
I’m surprised that an older nova type plastic wheel from say a ’70 z28 or even a sportwheel from a corvette was not more commonly substituted.
Didn’t that stock ’74 4 spoke wheel block some of the gages? That & the crazy HVAC controls on the LEFT side of the driver may have been enough to send many buyers to the Firebird dealer to ck out it’s much better designed dash.
Had a 74 that I loved! Drove it till the rust (Utah car) got to bad. One of my favorite cars I have owned. It was reliable, fun to drive and I looked good in it.
That interior sure looks brown to me,or is that the way the sun’s shining on it. Either way that is a beautiful Z28,,I remember wen they came out in 1974, even wit the big bumpers,you couldnt help but love em! If I knew then wat I’m seeing ñow
And let me add that the L-82 was an excellent engine. I always considered it to be the low-compression version of the L-46 350 with 350 HP offered in 1969 and ’70. These made almost as much horsepower as the LT-1 but didn’t require the constant valve-lash adjustment they did.
I owned a ’74 and ’80 L-82 Corvettes and both had great power compared to the standard L-48 considering how things were then.
some nice ones out there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHO15ZWUu5g
Sold on a no reserve auction $21,600.
Steve R
My sources say,that from 1974-76,they were type LT,not z-28s,also the bumpers are ugly,and that corny z-28 across the front of the hood….yuck,I like camaros,but not this one,but if it was plain jane,I would respect it more,but in 82,they really became ugly turds!
If you think the ’82 camaro is ugly, i wonder what your reaction is to the latest one or the tall rear end of the new vette. Or even the ’79 “fairmont” mustang with window frames & too MUCH glass – when IT came out.
’74 was my last Z. Got a bargain from the dealer when gas was skyrocketing. Loved the L-82. I thought the car had enough juice, a beautiful exhaust tone and handled very well. (especially after I put radials on it) wasn’t an LT, because in those days “A/C impacted the HP” . My bud bought the LT version. Yes, more creature comforts, but lacked the performance. I had those gawd-awful stripes removed before delivery. His actually ordered his with the stripes. Now that I think of it, maybe it was the stripes that slowed his up. ;). The 1974 was last great one after that, just decal- laden throw aways.