1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS Z28 Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 321
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1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS Z28 Muscle Car Of The Week Episode 321
When Chevrolet decided to enter the world of Trans Am racing with the new ‘67 Z/28, the choice was black and white!
The SCCA Trans Am road racing series was a hot competition in the late 1960s, and participating manufacturers were required to sell consumer-level versions of any car allowed to race in Trans Am. Chevrolet’s entrant was the new for 1967 Camaro, aimed straight at the Ford Mustang, which had been the playground bully of Trans Am in ‘66. Chevrolet was technically out of racing at this point, but Chevrolet Promotions Manager Vince Piggins worked closely with the SCCA before the car was available to make sure it would have a place in Trans Am. The rulebook required 1000 streeters needed to be sold to remain legal, but Chevrolet was able to utilize a loophole to qualify 1967 SS350 Camaros in SCCA Group 1 as well as Z28s in Group 2. The result was that only 602 ‘67 Z28s were sold.
When the options were all put together into a package for retail sale, Chevrolet called it Regular Production Option or RPO code Z28, and the code name was cool enough for a car name, so.. it stuck! RPO Z28 added performance goodies all over the car to improve handling, braking, and speed, while reducing luxury items to save weight. That’s one of the reasons why this car is unique, as it has a bit of both personalities.
Z28s were equipped with one of Chevrolet’s most famous V8s, the solid-cam 302 cubic inch V8. Chevrolet didn’t have a V8 that fit within the 305 cube Trans AM limit, so they crossed a 327 4” bore block with the 3” stroke of a 283, upfitted it with 11:1 compression pistons and a high-lift cam, and whammo! Instant high-revving small block fun that fit the rulebook. They were rated at 290 HP, but most agree the high-flow intake and heads and heavy-breathing 800 CFM Holley carb were good for more than that. Z/28s were all backed by a 4-speed Muncie transmission, and a 12-bolt rear axle out back for strength and traction, this one stuffed with 3.73:1 gears.
Don’t let the small displacement 302 fool you, these 11:1 solid cam mighty mice spun to 7000 RPM making full use of the 4-speed and 3.73 gears.
The power team isn’t the only piece of the Z/28 puzzle, as the car was the only Camaro to roll on 15” wheels, although they were only 6” wide. They featured power disc brakes, and the suspension system was tuned with stiffer springs and shocks, and a traction bar system to help reduce rear wheel hop. Although ‘67 Z/28s had to exterior badges, the dual hood and deck stripes were a dead giveaway as to what you were tangling with.
1967 Camaro Z/28s are fascinating cars, and their production and sale allowed Chevrolet to compete in the Trans Am racing series. They are loaded with smart part choices, and this one tops it all off with the Rally Sport option!
The Rally Sport package adds style to the Z, and it consisted of hideaway headlights, and distinctive tail lights with the reverse lights mounted below the bumper. Bright trim outlined the bottom of the car with wheel opening and rocker mouldings. This one also features front and rear bumper guards, a black pinstripe, and a vinyl top… all of which contrast nicely against the Ermine White paint.
Adding even more contrast is the deluxe blue interior, the center 4-speed console loaded with gauges, and a tilt steering wheel to hang on to in the turns. A/C was out of the question on Z28s, as was an automatic trans, so this is a car you drove with both hands!
It’s a stunning car for sure, and this one runs with all it’s born-with, numbers matching parts. It may have been used in some Chevrolet promotional material, but there wasn’t much for the ‘67 Zs, which is partially why they didn’t sell that many.
Love the sound of that solid-cam 302. Lets see here… what can we bring out next time from The Brothers Collection? You’ll have to subscribe to find out for our next episode of Muscle Car Of The Week!
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Love those first generation Camaros. This '67 RS Z/28 is a fine example and is probably worth over $200,000.00.
Please, can you spend about 30s of each episode letting us hear engine sounds, idle and revving?
@robertelmo7736
4 жыл бұрын
And put in the performance numbers from back in the day.
@MuscleCarOfTheWeek
4 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion, we'll do it! Thanks!
@clintwalker6389
4 жыл бұрын
MuscleCarOfTheWeek have you done the AMX?
@sugarX1
3 жыл бұрын
@@MuscleCarOfTheWeek yes.. and maybe the name of the mufflers being used on these cars...some of these cars sound so good, I'd like to try to replicate the sounds. Tired of Flowmaster on everything
@ThatLoud3v
3 жыл бұрын
@@sugarX1 because they sound good bro well at least on foxbody, 2v's mustangs etc i have a 2v with bbk longtubes headers bbk O/R H-pipe and flowmasters super 44 mufflers sounds awesome🔥 IT JUST SOUNDS PURE AMERICAN MUSCLE COMEING OUT OF THOSE TAILPIPES!!!!!💪🏼
Love everything about this Z28👍, thanks for sharing Kevin
Many years back I was interested in a 69 Z for sale the owner took me out for a test drive we were barely out of his drive way and we were almost sideways the only thing in the rearview was smoke from the tires.... what a thrill. This 67 is a beautiful example of when cars weren't made by cookie cutters
@kmoss9521
4 жыл бұрын
scootosan it wasn’t a Z it was a base model with some upgrades and badges
Anyone from back in the day can tell you that drifting started back when everyone had big cube engines and 14" biased ply tires. You couldn't get anywhere in a hurry without the car being sideways most of the way ! LOL
@CallMeMrX
4 жыл бұрын
The good old days!
Sad that cars like this are now so valuable that you seldom see them being driven. Thanks for showing this.
@rockzhard2009
4 жыл бұрын
it's beyond sad, it's down right sacrilegious to shelf a car like this instead of driving it.
@GlassTopRX7
4 жыл бұрын
Not really it's easy to make a clone and with even subtle mods will vastly out perform a real one. You can pick up nice V8 driver today starting around $20k today, granted a real SS or Z/28 with documentation will cost double that easily. Plus modifying a random V8 or I6 car is guilt free, and many already have been swapped to a 350 which is a way better street engine with decent torque.
@rockzhard2009
4 жыл бұрын
@@GlassTopRX7 dude, you kinda didn't get the point of what was said. point was, drive these cars, numbers matching one off or home built hot rod. just don't waste them settin' on a shelf somewhere.
@stevejordan8262
4 жыл бұрын
it's a shame chevy didn't make a better looking camaro instead of that thing that looks like a Cadillac in the front and corvette in the rear and the fact you can't see to good, I would buy a mustang GT if anything!!!
@rockzhard2009
4 жыл бұрын
@@stevejordan8262 well you are certainly entitled to that remarkably wrong construct. good luck with that and enjoy 3rd place.
A very distinct car the "67 Camaro", body design and engine power. This particular version is not in any way out of place for everyday usage. A credit to the restorers and owners!!!!
I was lucky enough to get a 69 427 copo for a high school graduation presentlots of stories to tell about all the early model Camaros great video God bless and keep up the good work
@chareshorton2956
4 жыл бұрын
Damn your parents loves you
A white '67 Z28 shell sat in the woods about 10 miles from my house for many years until someone hauled it off for scrap metal. A friend of mine cut the VIN out of it and another friend has the title. The 12 bolt and front disc brakes were installed in a '67 base Camaro and that car was sold. The original block was still in the area around 20 years ago, but I don't know where it is now. The original owner went to prison for killing a man and while he was there someone stole most of his stuff.
I owned one back in 1969-70....Gold/black stripes and standard interior....Perfect Circle in Hagerstown, IN. had used it for a test car for some of their products....din't realize at the time what I had and they weren't considered rare back then so I sold it....it is in the 67 Z/28 registry today but has been made into a dragrace car and totally different drivetrain....in other words, destroyed.
Born in 67. A 67 Camaro is my dream car. Drove a 69 in high school! When I win the lottery!!!!!l
Really nice car, but I don't like the blue interior in a white car with a black vinyl roof and black stripes. Seems that either the interior should be black or the roof/stripes should be blue. Guess I'm just weird that way :). Keep up the good work; can't wait for the next video!
There's someone riding around my town in an original Marina Blue 67' Z28 right now, and it is stunning to see at the stoplights.
I'm a Mopar guy but I love the first gen Z28. Beautiful car. Love the 70 1/2 too but the 69 Z is my favorite. That Chevy 302 was an awesome small block and they were a very good looking and handling car too
@lukewalker1051
Жыл бұрын
The '70 Z had the LT1 motor with 50 more cubic inches and was a very special car as well. Would be a hard choice between the '69 and '70 but my heart is still with the '69.
Enjoyed this episode. That is one beautiful car!!
I watch several car channels. Yours is the best. Thanks
@MuscleCarOfTheWeek
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Rick!
.373 gears 11.1 compression 7000rpm red line and a 4 speed, I am in love.Shame I was 6 yrs old in 1967.
@GlassTopRX7
4 жыл бұрын
The red line was 6500 actually, the peak power was at 6700 and it could safely rev to about 7000.
The matte black on black T/A stripe at 0:27 is just so damn cool.
Masterpiece. I grew up in that era, father was an automotive engineer for Chevrolet and I followed in his footsteps. There was something really special about the Z28. I remember when it came out and the buzz about the car. To me, the '69 Z was the pinnacle but that car you showcased is an extraordinary, unmolested example. Thanks for the review and brought back many memories of street racing on Woodward Ave.
I saw my first '67 Z/28 in the spring of 1967 in the small town my grandparents lived in. I was smitten by it. It was orange with black stripes. Fast forward to 1970 and the owner, who had a gas station, had it for sale. It was under a tarp. I was 18. I had the money to buy it as I had worked my tail off at a factory. I informed my dad of my plans. He sold insurance. When I told him about the car, he started yelling about a high performance surcharge and underwriters. He told me that there was no way I was going to buy it if I planned on living at home anymore. I didn't have the money to buy it and move out as I was paying for my own college. So, I had to pass. Even now, I still think about it.
Stunning example with lots of extras.... love the bumperettes front and back... especially the front! Thanks for sharing!!
@MuscleCarOfTheWeek
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
My Uncle used to drag race alot back in the late 1960s and in the 1970s and he used to tell me that those cars were very quick on the track. His 1969 Dodge Dart GTS had trouble keeping up with the Z28s.
Liked the 1st generation of Camaros. Nice style and sporty.
Beautiful car and respectful review. I suggest that providing stock performance numbers (0-60, Quarter mile, top speed, curb weight) will make for a better and more informative video. My next door neighbor bought one in 1967 to go with his 1967 427 Sting Ray. His dad bought a 1966 Hemi Charger. I was just a jealous 14 year old gearhead.
It was always my understanding that all the 67 were base models, with Z\28 performance parts. Was the RS package dealer added? The MO 302 really was the Corvette L76 with a 283 crank. The early 68's used the same engine the later ones got a different M casting, I forget the letter but it uses a 350 larger journal 4 bolt main block and aside from the casting number identical to the DZ used in 69'. The Duntov 30-30 cam is not the same cam used in the race cars which used an off road race cam, though the OTC cross ram used on the race cars will add a few ponies up top. Hot Rod magazine tested the DZ and made 356@6700 and a underwhelming 333lb-ft@4400. Tested back in the day that was good for mid to high 14's, not really any quicker than the base SS 350. With the cross ram installed they could run high 13's suggesting it added about about 50hp at the engine. Just adding a set of headers with the cross ram would likely get one into the mid 13's and putting HP around 450. The 302's are the only GM engines that made more HP past the 6500 red line in stock form. So it made about the same HP as the L76 327 by spinning faster but less torque do to the shorter stroke. For those wondering Hot Rod also tested the Boss 302 and it made 372hp@6800 and 325lb-ft@4200, the SBC heads just didn't flow as well as the Cleveland type heads which flow about the same as rectangle port BBC heads.
@DoudD
4 жыл бұрын
"It was always my understanding that all the 67 were base models, with Z\28 performance parts. Was the RS package dealer added? " You could order the Z28 package together with the usual trim/appearance/comfort options, including the RS appearance package. A/C was a notable exception. I'll wager that not many were as well-optioned as this particular example
By today's standards a 302 is a pretty big V8 since most cars have 6 cylinders
@dragoonTT
4 жыл бұрын
Anything with 8+ cylinders is large by today's standards. Even smaller displacement V8's are quite the rare luxury in cars.
I thought Mercury Cougars were also T/A cars?
@rickcline4583
4 жыл бұрын
It was, the Dan Gurney Special
@jeremythompson9122
4 жыл бұрын
They did make a BOSS 302 Cougar Eliminator in 1969-70 but they're much more rare than the BOSS 302 Mustang's.
I was today years old when I realized the headlight covers opened up sideways. Thas sick
How about a Chrysler 300 Hurst?
Amazing how many cars these guys have!
Thanks for another great video
I Absolutely Love It.
Those tires were skinney! lol. Neat video!
@DoudD
4 жыл бұрын
Skinny, yes. They were 7.35x15.
Just a beautiful example
Now these are real muscle cars.
Vary nice!
Damn, Kevin
It's amazing how much these muscle cars coast 60s 70s cars...hell the rich invest them now...they even today other then any car amaze people in a trance....
This is the body style Chevy should have went with,retro looks great I think.
@phantomstratocaster
4 жыл бұрын
or 1970 z 28
@jeremythompson9122
4 жыл бұрын
Definitely. Or the 70 1/2 body style
@robertpoudrette4483
4 жыл бұрын
In a way, that's pretty much what Chevy did for 2010-thru 2013 Camaro. If you look at most lines on the car they mimmic the 67-68, with the front end hinting more at the 69. They did a pretty terrific job on these cars without going all out on the retro them and making another Challenger.
@robertpoudrette4483
4 жыл бұрын
@cv 67 That's ok, I love the 1st gens, but I couldn't buy a decent one if I wanted it. So i bought a 2013 SS. That's the closest I could get as far as looks are concerned. I've owned it for 4 years now, I still turn around to look at it when I park it and I'll be damned if it doesn't make me smile each time!
I had a 67 when I was in high school. Had a 6 cylinder motor and 3 speed transmission. It was blue with white stripes wish I still had it.
@geraldboykin6159
4 жыл бұрын
Automobiles today are Walt Disney Productions!
Love that sound for sure...
I... will never understand why vinyl roofs have any business being on cars like this.
@80sCompaqPC
3 жыл бұрын
Because it looks great! White car, black stripes and a black vinyl roof. What’s not to like?
That is Nice.
I have been in arguments with people that Chevy never made a 302, that always burned me up.
@slyny1403
4 жыл бұрын
I just restored a 68 Z28 last winter with a 500 hp 302 I've had guys at car shows say no it must be a 305 chevy never made a 302 Ford made 302s it gets VERY annoying. I feel your pain.
@E.T.GARAGE
4 жыл бұрын
@@slyny1403 Very annoying.
@wysetech2000
4 жыл бұрын
@RS That's correct but it was marketed as a 302 cu in.
@slyny1403
3 жыл бұрын
@Jeremy Thompson Hey idiot I said I built a 302 I never said I built a 305. Read the comment again. I said guys tell me it must be a 305 because they don't think chevy built a 302. YOU MUST BE ONE OF THOSE GUYS!
I want a solid lifter heart :)
Awesome Z-28!
Chevy,as with Pontiac,had this F-car bodystyle new for '67.Pontiac,however,didn't have the correct size engine,so when they first entered Trans Am,they used Canadian camaro's,disguised to look like Pontiac's!
Is this the "Riverside" Z/28?
Who are “the brothers”?
I wonder if it was true that some of the front end parts we're some of the same corvare s had?
Very sweet car. The chrome air cleaner is ugly though.
My dad’s friend sold his a couple years ago and it went for over $60,000
FIRST GEN CAMARO JUST BEAUTIFUL
Smoke the wheels next time to please
Grow up when they all came out in the 60s we all had fast cars I like them all!!
Something sounds wrong, but maybe it’s just the exhaust sound (or solid lifters?)
@bgh70
4 жыл бұрын
Chambered exhaust system.
@wysetech2000
4 жыл бұрын
Chuck Hursch Cheap muffler.
What exhaust is that? I want my 283 to sound like that!
@sugarX1
3 жыл бұрын
@Jeremy Thompson yes for sure. I have a cam in my 283.. but I'm more interested in the exhaust components to get that sound/tone.. like what kind of muffler and dia. pipe?
muscle car of the when ever we get to it is more like it
@MuscleCarOfTheWeek
4 жыл бұрын
Uh, we've released a video every single week since 2006, not sure what you mean!
Skinny tires back then.
Ford came out with the Mustang, it was a hit. GM: "We gotta cash in on THAT sh*t". I'd take a Shelby Mustang any day of the week over the "best" (if there is one) Camaro.
FIRST GEN CAMARO R BEAUTIFUL
How do they not know about the z28 coming out in 1969.....Duh!!!!!
@DoudD
4 жыл бұрын
How do you not know that the Z28 option was available in 1967?
@toddholldorf9494
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, who told you that lie, there were 602 z28s in 67 like the video said.
Chevy ferenza can am 😂😂 and falcon xy gt do you have those
lawyers can fax any hole.
The RS SS. Was not known as z28. Z28 was a code. They only made 602. RS SS. Not z28 period. I bought one. I know for a fact
780 CFM*
Don't do it. No matter what anyone says, just ignore them. Whatever you do, don't open any of the trunks on those muscle cars.
409 put henrys flathead to shame.
fords were built with woman in mind .girly stuff.
@timothylines3867
4 жыл бұрын
@James Marquis here[1963 chevy 409 cid 409 hp] against your shit .better than Nazi fords flat head.
I don't buy all this bullshit when people claim these cars put out more horsepower than what was said they were. Put the shit on a dyno and bring it and quit singing it.
@JackF99
3 ай бұрын
Back then horsepower ratings were made up by the marketing department and could be higher or lower than reality. Other problem is it's near impossible to find a truly stock 1960s muscle car today to get a dyno reading. All the engines are at least balanced and blueprinted if not otherwise internally improved and so put out more power and than they did off the assembly line. Same with quarter mile times which somehow are better today than they were back then.
The z/28 didn't come out until 1969
@toddholldorf9494
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t know who told you that lie. Like the video said 602 were made in 67.
the most overrated musclecar ever.