The second generation of the Chevy Camaro would enjoy a 12-year run and account for nearly two million cars. The Camaro would see two big changes in ’75. First, because buyers had complained about rear visibility, the back window was designed to be a wrap-around design. Second, catalytic convertors were new that year and the floorboards were changed to accommodate them. This ’75 Camaro was last registered in ‘89 and out of circulation for ages. With rust at a minimum, it might not be a tough project to get going again. Located in Great Bend, Kansas, the car is offered here on Facebook Marketplace for $10,000 (but that’s subject to negotiation).
In 1975, leisure suits were popular, Jaws was in the movie theaters, and Chevrolet built just over 145,000 Camaros. In an unusual move, the Z28 would not be offered that year and the 350 cubic inch V8 was the largest engine you could get in Chevy’s pony car. One plus was that HEI became standard on all Camaro’s. The odometer on the seller’s car reads under 16,000 miles, but that must be 116,000 even though it was only on the road for 14 years. It has the 2-barrel version of the 350 V8 and a floor-shifted Turbo-Hydramatic.
Though covered with years of dirt and grime, the body on this Camaro looks pretty good. The seller says there is no rust other than surface, so if you took it home and washed and waxed the car, it might look decent, especially for a car with a grey/silver finish. The interior, other than also being dirty, looks nice from what we can see. Of course, all sorts of rubber parts will need to be changed, like tires, and you could stick with the Cragar aftermarket wheels or look for something stock from the era.
Mechanically, the car is a mystery. Why was it parked to begin with? Because of something minor or major? And what might it take to get the old Chevy to start purring again? Hagerty says a ’75 Camaro in Fair condition is worth $7,000 and you could hope to get close to $20,000 when turned into a museum piece. So, the seller looks to be optimistic about his starting point.
I bet it has a bad trans. Expensive to fix in those days. Good looking cars.
Overpriced for a run of the mill mid-70’s project Camaro with unknown problems. The seller is basically asking $10,000 for a roller. The seller might get close, depending on its condition, if he detailed the car and took better pictures.
Steve R
Agreed, Steve R. The seller should have cleaned the car up, in and out, and while there are a lot of pictures, the lighting is poor. I mean, how hard would it have been to hose the car off and hit the interior with a vacuum and wipe it down? Presentation is everything when selling a car.
I think the point in all these dusty relics to authenticate visually that they are somehow true romantic barnfinds
I’ll never understand why sellers won’t clean the car. An ‘as found’ pic is fine but 30 minutes with a hose is apparently too much to ask,
Russ- In 1975 Hagar sold polyester leisure suits. Cragar sold wheels.
Same old story. $2500 car that needs $2000 of work to make it a $3000 car.
Note to seller: If you can’t be bothered to move and hose off a car you are trying to sell, I wonder about your attitude on maintaining the car when it was on the road.
GM certainly got their money’s worth out of that Vega steering wheel tooling. Those must have cost them less then a buck apiece to make.
It has the Rally Sport package, blacked out hood and roof. Trim package that was nothing more than stripes and paint. Had a 77 that looked exactly like this one, bought new in Oct 76. Car was a tank! Ran great, nothing stopped it. 305 TH auto.
This one looks to have Crager SS wheels which I also had.
I have 7k cash
There was a nice driving running 75, electric blue white stripes cragars,new tires, rebuilt 350 automatic also in ks sold last month 5500,oh I forgot the paint was recent
Wonder if this is a Ralley Sport Camaro since that usually was the typical paint job on them.
I thought we might actually get through one day of BF with no Camaros or Firebirds. So close!
Tomorrow is “Grand National Buick Day” and Friday will be “!978 Corvette Pace Cars With Negative Actual Miles Day” Get the popcorn ready!
Keep the Camaro barn finds coming barn finds, love seeing them!
I wonder if the top of the dash is all sticky??? All those years did it!
It’s suppossed to be a barn find.. not a show / car lot find. He took pictures of it as it was found. That way you could see where it came from…as found. “Barn Find”
Gateway gets ahold of this they’ll clean it, wax it, and throw 22 inch wheels on it and have it for sale in a month for $22000.00