The incredible success of the Ford Mustang took the competition by surprise, including Chevrolet. In little more than two years, they came up with the Camaro (as did Pontiac with the Firebird) to do battle in the newly created “pony car” space. The Chevy folks had going racing on their minds, too, and added the Z/28 with a potent 302 V8 in 1967 to run the SCCA Trans-Am series. The car returned in 1968 and saw few changes, accounting for just 3% of production that year, including the seller’s car. We’re told it’s in running condition and a numbers-matching car with a Muncie 4-speed manual. Located in Buffalo, New York, the Camaro is going to need some cosmetic work after being stored since 1974. Available here on Facebook Marketplace, the seller’s asking price is $37,500.
The Z/28 turned in some very credible performances in SCCA. With its 290-hp, DZ302 high-compression V8, team owner Roger Penske, and driver Mark Donohue won three times in 1967 and 10 out of 13 the following year. Chevy built 235,147 Camaro’s in 1968 and only 7,199 were Z/28’s so anyone who bought one new would find themselves in limited company – and even more so today.
We’re told this 1968 Camaro Z/28 left the factory in Rallye Green paint with white stripes, although faded red primer seems to dominate the scene now. At under 60,000 miles, the car has been off the road for 47 years (in a barn?). The seller says that “almost all” of the sheet metal is original and the same can be said of the interior. Which means there should be plenty of good bones here to work with.
The engine, tranny, and the 4.10 rear-end are all born-with pieces, which makes the car even more desirable. And the Cragar mag wheels with a wider profile on the back are a nice plus, although the ones up front may need to be re-chromed. Online sources say these cars can be worth twice the asking price of this one, but how much will it take to bring this one back to as-new condition? Maybe not as much as you might think.
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Yeah it’s a Z28 but it’s a 68, non RS.
so? most 67-69 Z28’s WEREN’T RS cars …
this has two nice options that I can see, the RARE AS2 headrest seats (2,24 made) and the N34 (5,649 built) steering wheel
depending on the body this might actually be a decent buy … but as pointed out, you’d have to like the 68’s …
Not enough validated pics ( engine code ) and non Z pieces on this car to get hyped about. 68 Z’ s need some real proof here
Now this is a barn find! Certainly worthy of a full resto.
I question the seats with the headrest. Although available as an option, very rare to see on pre 69 Camaro.
as I pointed out previously, the AS2 option IS rare, less than 3,000 built.
I believe that the seller, a “Camaro specialist”, has swapped out the real 68 headrests with the early 69 style, as if I recall correctly, the 68 headrests do not have that pronounced seam around them. He probably sold off the 68’s for $1000 to somebody and simply substituted some more common, yet early, 69F body headrests
This car is also missing the rear bumper guards
All the other major components, rear axle, transmission, engine, intake manifold, our matching and correct for this 1968 Z28 Camaro
I love the description going to need some cosmetic work. Best laugh I had today,especially after I saw the asking price. Whatever the seller is smoking, it must be good.
I would buy it just to listen to that engine idle!
Due to global warming, I can no longer consider any first generation Camaro or Firebird without factory air. Even though I would immediately upgrade to a VintageAire unit for more efficiency. My family owned more without air conditioning than with…but this ol’ boy gets sweaty driving my current vintage rides! The headrests look potentially bogus but the steering wheel is nice. Appears the rear window and tail light openings (!) were duct taped in the 1970s knowing that the trunks of these cars were basins for the tin worm to work their magic?
The one main reason that make this car worthy of the asking price is it a real DZ 302 motor with under 60k miles on it and will it turn at all . I feel the headrest and the wood steering wheel are legit options . The most important thing any seller can do do is show the cowl tag if they have any intension on selling the car along with some matching numbers of the block and heads , VIN numbers, M-21 4 speed numbers . Just a little work to show thousands of dollars difference in the real deal price or not . The car with only the few weak pictures it shows looks like a lot of potential if legit . 1968 Z/28 ps, pdb , DZ 302 60k miles , 4 speed , standard interior ,head rest , wood steering wheel , probably all factory glass . I would put it back Rally green w/ white stripes and junk them cragars and put 15 inch rally’s or torque thrusts .
The suffix code for 68 Z/28’s (and 67’s too) is MO, not DZ. The DZ code was only used in 69. The engine and trans stampings are shown in the ad, as well as the trim tag, though the trim tag is useless for identifying 68 Z/28’s.
This car looks like it has potential to me, and I don’t think the price is out of line. I found a 68 Z/28 project for a customer about 5 years ago, that was a lot rougher than this one, and he paid $50K for it. It was an RS, with the Custom Interior, vinyl top, it’s original rally’s and included the very rare cowl air cleaner, but also had a fair amount of rust. That customer has a collection of 67-69 Z/28’s, and I’ve forwarded the Facebook link for this car to him, as I think he could be interested in it.
As far as I know, only 69 was a DZ block. The 68 was an MO block, large journal 2 bolt mains.
Seems a little pricey given the condition. Pass.
oops , I typed the wrong suffix code it is MO for 1968 ‘s . The VIN numbers along with the cowl tag help tell what the car came with from the factory . Color of the car , vinyl top or not and what color ,Interior color codes, 1968’s are identified by the block casting numbers and the suffix code MO and block casting # 3914660 #3914678 with the suffix code after it . And yes DZ is for 1969 with different block casting numbers .
James, there is NO useful info on a 1968 Z28 Fisher Body cowl tag to differentiate it from a plain jane V8 coupe or a Z28, or anything else
The only useful information on the cowl tag is the week of production, interior trim and the exterior color, or colors if it was a two-tone or a vinyl top car. This is not a vinyl top car, so there are no other, secondary, codes for the color
Also on 1968 there is nothing to show engine or transmission stampings on the cowl tag or in this case the ad . That’s why GM should of left a good thing alone ,1967 was the easy way to Identify the Camaro with what it had from the factory . 1967 cowl tags actually keep people from switching out non- factory options and saying this is what it came with from the factory . 1968 and 1969 are the more easier to do this because of this reason . 1969 show’s the Z/28 code X-33 . 1967’s are more easy to read and verifiable than 68-69’s are . No info on 68-69 cowl tags show engine or trans info they only show paint code ,interior code ,vinyl top . The production codes (68-69) only show /identify the year , where made and production number of Camaro . You have to dig deeper on these years to get correct info like engine codes, suffix codes (together) options are mostly in paperwork ,protect- o – plate , (pop) and most people don’t have when selling the car . And if the car has been molested to the point it is usually a rolling clown show with factory options missing or added wrong or rigged up junk . That’s why if you don’t know cowl tags ,codes, vin numbers and other ID forms like ,glass , production date , correct paint / year codes you could end up with a Heintz 57 , like a lot of sellers try to sell and jack up the price . I have owned many Camaro’s and have 40 years of knowledge and many books on this issue .
al8apex ,Yeah I already said that . JB That’s why GM should of used 1967 style cowl tags on all years so it would be easy . On 1967’s you could Identify just about everything of major options and Engines transmissions . They should of left well enough alone . They only kept the week of production date to ID the year and where built, paint and vinyl top if ordered . Showing a cowl tags HELPS ID the other info to tell what the car had when it left the factory . It’s a puzzle for all of it . Never said only the 68 cowl tag shows whether or not it is a Z/28 .The only way to prove that is the block numbers if you have the correct block ,heads , other identifiable casting numbers ,items . 68&69’s are harder to authenticate . 1967 ‘s are simply easier to see right away .