1967 Camaro Pace Car

[Speedrx]

Matt,

Good information, thanks for the response.

Gary

[JoeC]

Matt, do you know anything about the dash on the trim tag on some 67 pace cars? I was told it is on some trim tags but not others?

[427TJ]

Could those last '67 Camaro convertibles (and coupes) built with blue interiors and black nose and pinstripes have been part of the "Pacesetter" sale? I've seen a few Pacesetter cars and they are usually plain-Jane 6-cylinders with a bumblebee stripe. No doubt a few of them got converted into Pace Car look-alikes.

[matt murphy]

JoeC,

Yes, the dash ( - ) is found in the 4th or 5th group depending on if there is a 5th group on the trim tag. It is ironically on all Pace cars built in March and April and only on the Canadian cars in June. I have seen quite a few '67 Camaros built in May, June, and July that were identical to the Pace Cars but none of them had the ( - ). I have researched these pace cars for years and I never say never, but I still have not seen any later than April with the dash. I believe that the dash is a special Paint code for the Blue striping. I saw a white ext. on red int. '67 SS conv. with a dash in the fifth group and the car was original paint and it had a red bumble bee stripe and pin stripe. Weird why they would put that dash on the trim plate, but it is there as well as some festival and dealer cars with the fleet codes (050A, 061A, 062A, and 070A), also no cars had the fleet codes after April and the Canadian cars had no fleet codes.

As far as the pacesetter sale cars, I am not sure, but bet a lot of them were. I had a dealer tell me that his rep asked him in Dec or Jan if he wanted to get a Pace Car, and he said no. When he saw the photos of one, he called his rep and said order me one. He was told that it was too late. He told me that he ordered a White RS/SS with deluxe blue interior. Figuring it would be a pace car he said that it came in with a black nose and pin stripe and no decals. I have a picture of me next to a Pace setter sale Camaro, V-6 conv with a blue top that my dad had in '67. I was a year old and it had a black nose and pin stripe. I bet a lot of dealers ordered that color combination late after Chevy released the photos of the car. Sears did a Pace Car give away and it was a v-6 pace setter car with the 500 decals on it. The dealer told me that he ordered a set of the pace car decals for his car and sold it as one. He said he told another dealer friend of his to order one with the stripe delete and he did and he painted a blue stripe on it and ordered the decals through parts and also sold it as a pace car. It would be hard to explain that one today if that car turned up by the original owner. The dealer did say that it was last known to be in TX.

[olredalert]

Matt,

------Pretty sure its just a minor brain fart,but I dont think there were any V-6s put in any 67 Camaros.......Bill S

[matt murphy]

Bill,

There were some 60,000 V-6 Camaros built in 1967 . . . I guess that most of the Pace Setter cars were V-6's, but then again, I'm sure they were V-8's as well. Must have been a bad brain fart . . .

[Jeff H]

Maybe a 6 cyl, but not a V-6!

[MotownMadman]

In the sixties I believe the only V-6 engines GM had were a small 231? aluminum buick, and a iron GMC truck engine.
Motown

[Musclecarkid]

I believe the aluminum engine you are refering to was a V6 213 Buick that came in some Skylarks in the 60's. The Camaros used the L6-230 and L6-250 engines for 6-cyl applications.

[olredalert]

-----Guess thats what I was getting at........Bill S