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General Discussion / Unusual 1968 Camaro?
« on: September 27, 2016, 05:48:53 PM »
I'm new to the Forum and offer a minor story :
In 1968 my father purchased a '68 Camero 'Plant Car' from Fischer Body; +2,500 miles on the odometer. He was employed as a Tool & Die Maker in Detroit for +15 years. I took ownership from him in 1974 and began a rebuilding as necessary.
Three interesting details of this ride :
1) it had a 327ci small block but with a custom fit Turbo-Hydramatic three-speed (I don't have a picture of the housing tag)
2) it had custom fit electric windows; removing the door panels showed the weld/cuts necessary to allow the push lever controls to fit
3) the paint was Sapphire Blue with a black vinyl top; the tone was between Fathom Blue and Bright Blue
In June of '74 I had the 327 block bored to 331ci and installed new cams at 87,000 miles. The trans was rebuilt by AAMCO around 75,000 miles. I had window issues with the control contacts so I had to pull apart the interior and found the steel cuts. I kept the Camero running for about three years. The second trans failure doomed my investment. I sold off the block for about $350 and sent the remaining body to the auto dump.
My research on the CRG site caused me to ask if there were many of these GM customized Ponycars?
Paul
In 1968 my father purchased a '68 Camero 'Plant Car' from Fischer Body; +2,500 miles on the odometer. He was employed as a Tool & Die Maker in Detroit for +15 years. I took ownership from him in 1974 and began a rebuilding as necessary.
Three interesting details of this ride :
1) it had a 327ci small block but with a custom fit Turbo-Hydramatic three-speed (I don't have a picture of the housing tag)
2) it had custom fit electric windows; removing the door panels showed the weld/cuts necessary to allow the push lever controls to fit
3) the paint was Sapphire Blue with a black vinyl top; the tone was between Fathom Blue and Bright Blue
In June of '74 I had the 327 block bored to 331ci and installed new cams at 87,000 miles. The trans was rebuilt by AAMCO around 75,000 miles. I had window issues with the control contacts so I had to pull apart the interior and found the steel cuts. I kept the Camero running for about three years. The second trans failure doomed my investment. I sold off the block for about $350 and sent the remaining body to the auto dump.
My research on the CRG site caused me to ask if there were many of these GM customized Ponycars?
Paul