1973 Z28 Camaro

[jbsides]

It sure looked like that green '73 LT had factory painted om stripes to me. I bought the car from a woman in 1975 who had done nothing more than drive the car. The only thing that had been changed were the tires (car had 42K miles at two years old).
Either it was the "never say never" freak exception or there were more out there, I'm going to hunt for pics, but barring the tall rear spoiler the black stripes on that LT were absolutely identical to the green '70.5 Z I had in '71.

[al8apex]

There were no 1973 Camaros that came with stripes f<span style="font-weight: bold">rom the FACTORY</span> that were both a Z28 AND a Type LT.

period

many dealers added fluff to cars to move them or to customer requests but the FACTORY did not paint stripes on Type LT cars ...

[TimG]

They were good cars, I never really knew they were Z28's, though. I spent lots of time in a silver/black 4 speed with the RS option. It had the Z28 wheels, and the L82 motor. It was fast for the day.

[firstgenaddict]

Both of my brother's cars were wearing original paint when purchased, neither had any indication of having ever had stripes.

[DarrenX33]

Bill-

How bout posting that great picture of all the 73s lined up in front of the gas station?

Also, love the 200-S. What exhaust were you running at that time? I see no tips at the back. Wondering if you were doing header mufflers.

[Bill Pritchard]

Hey Darren,

Ask and ye shall receive....




For those that haven't seen that photo before, that was taken at the Union 76 gas station in North Aurora, IL where my friends and I all spent countless hours just hangin' out and growin' up. Obviously that does not include all 8 73 Z28's, but 4 of them were there at the time of this picture. You can see that Ron's white Type LT/Z does not have any stripes nor Z28 emblems on the front fender. Just behind Ron's car is Rick's black (that was a special order color in 73) Type LT/RS/Z, the only one of our group of 8 cars to have all three packages combined. Rick special ordered the car that way after he totalled his 70 L78 Nova SS.

Regarding the Day 2 pics of my car, yes I was also very fond of the 200-S wheels on it (the guy who owns it now changed to polished or chrome TT's, and they look nice, too). I did not have header mufflers, but had mufflers hung just forward of the rear axle with turn-down dumps.

In this thread, several people have mentioned having a silver/black 73 Z28. That is exactly what I was after when I wound up buying my Midnight blue 73. The local Aurora IL Chevy dealership, Ed Fanning, had a silver 73 RS/Z with a 4 speed that I really wanted. Couldn't come to terms with them....they were about $200 shy of giving me what I thought was a fair trade-in value for my Cortez silver 70 Z28 that I planned to trade in on the new 73. One of my friends had just bought his new 73 at Fencl-Tufo Chevy in Glendale Heights and suggested that I go up there and talk to them, so I did. Had to wait a while to talk to this particular salesman, but eventually told him of my predicament and he said no problem, we will dealer trade with Ed Fanning and get that car for you. Before we could get talking about price, some salesman walks into the showroom and is asking in a loud voice, &quot;Who owns a silver 70 Camaro out in the parking lot?&quot;. My heart sank, thinking that someone had run into it or something. I told them that I owned it. That salesman said, &quot;Are you buying a car here today?&quot;. I said I didn't know yet, why? He said, &quot;I just sold your 70 Camaro&quot;. I suppose I had a rather surprised look on my face [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif[/img] My salesman goes off and talks to the one that had just sold my 70, comes back and says &quot;We will make you a great deal today&quot;. And they did; gave me exactly what I wanted on trade, and discounted the new Camaro nicely. Well, long story short, they were unable to dealer trade with Ed Fanning because by then they had already sold the silver one I wanted. So I wound up buying my blue 73 - with an automatic and without the RS option that I really wanted - and I regretted it ever after. If I had got that silver one with the 4 speed and the RS package, I would still have it today, as I wound up keeping the blue one for 27 years anyway. Live and learn [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]

[DarrenX33]

I have always loved that picture and I think of it every time I go by there. Thanks for posting.

And look what popped up in your area...

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/2172005285.html

[copo69]

That's not the girl I bought it from...that's a shot taken last fall during a photo shoot for a calendar. I think those boots did in fact belong to Nancy Sinatra at one time...lol. The girl I bought the car from cried when she sold it as her fiance was there pressuring here to sell the car as they were late for dinner with his parents and she was agonizing over my offer. The car was completely the opposite of what I was looking for. I had wanted a black, striped, non RS, 4 speed but really fell for this car when I saw it.

[Dicky]

Guys, When I worked at a Chevy dealer I ordered and owned a '73 Z28 also, and I would like to know what the Craigslist car's air cleaner came off of?? I know the '73 Z's had open element filters on the Qudrajets. It reminds me of the '70 model air cleaner. (by the way, mine was silver w/ black guts)

Dicky [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

[al8apex]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dicky</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Guys, When I worked at a Chevy dealer I ordered and owned a '73 Z28 also, and<span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold"> I would like to know what the Craigslist car's air cleaner came off</span> of</span>?? I know the '73 Z's had open element filters on the Qudrajets. It reminds me of the '70 model air cleaner. (by the way, mine was silver w/ black guts)

Dicky [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img] </div></div>

that is the 74 Z28 air cleaner (another one year only item), smaller diameter and shorter &quot;snouts&quot; than the 70-72 air cleaners

as you state, the 73 had an open element, it was (the base anyway) a one year only item that was designed to clear the EGR valve ...

COOL picture Bill!!!

I have similar picture of 2 73's, a 74 LT Z and my 70 all lined up in my driveway, probably taken in 81 or so. (I need to dig it out and scan it)

2 were mine, my 70 &amp; an a/c black 73 (winter &amp; summer cars). I bought the other 73 (green original paint) for my classmate from GMI (now Kettering) to drive while he and his wife were in Phoenix for the start of their vacation &quot;out west&quot; (they are from MI) I talked my girlfriend into buying the 74 LT Z28 for her car. All 4 speeds, no one I knew ever considered buying an automatic Z28 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]