Finding cars like this is getting more difficult, the auctions out there have really changed the market and every shop was grabbing anything to build in a hot market.

Really not a bad vehicle to resto-mod, a new frame, LT4 supercharged 700 hp LS, 6 speed or 8 speed. That's where the money is, restored factory originals have to be big block 4 speeds with rare options to hit the big money...

Having the rear quarter off for damage/rust repair is fairly common, on TV it only takes about 15 minutes to cut, fit, and weld an AMD replacement panel!

I might stand corrected, looking at the three letter suffix that could be an “I” and not a “T”, I had to blow the picture up. So it could be a legit 327 block, just keep in mind both 327 and 350 share a 4” bore.

The Fisher Body tag, agree with YooperSigs, those rivets were tampered with. And as Patrick-SP2022 said, the rivers for the VIN plate should be rosette rivets, round rivets with half round notches in the outer edges, they were make like the VIN plate out of stainless steel. The plate will say “Chevrolet” and below will be the VIN, should be something like 124677N100001.

Breakdown of the VIN numbers:
1967-1969 Camaro VIN Interpretation
12ebbYPxxxxxx e.g. 124379N506070
where
1 = Chevrolet
2 = Camaro
e = 3 for 6-cylinder engine, or
4 for 8-cylinder engine
bb = 37 for coupe body, or
67 for convertible body
Y = 7 for 1967 model,
8 for 1968 model, or
9 for 1969 model
P = N for Norwood, OH assembly plant, or
L for Los Angeles, CA assembly plant
xxxxxx = vehicle serial number sequence

At each plant, the vehicle serial number
started the year at the following number:

100001 for 1967 models
300001 for 1968 models
500001 for 1969 models

The Muncie four speed, well the case is a 68-70 by the casting number with the 1” cluster shaft, the good case design. But internals are easily swapped around and have been over the years as Muncies used to get blown up, broken, patched together, etc pretty often

I see he’s dropped the price 2k. I’d be going for more of a price reduction if it were me but that’s just my opinion. At least around here body shops are more interested in turn and burn work than longer term restoration work.

The VIN tag is not displayed in any of the pictures. What is displayed is the data plate that is attached to the firewall. The data plate was NOT attached with rosette rivets and is different from the VIN plate.

ETA: Ah, I see shovelhead pointed this out on page 1. I didn't see his reply initially.

Here's the Fisher plate from my 67.

quote:

1967 Camaro RS Convertible Rare L30/M20

Is it worth restoring?
Maybe... Probably... but that thing looks rough.
It's gonna take a LOT of work.

I had a 67 Camaro convertible, same color but it originally had a V6. It wasn’t in great shape, but wow, it was a cream puff compared to that one.

I have to think just the body and frame work and repaint would be well over $25,000, maybe $40-$50,000. Hell I paid $3,400 for very minor repair on my Ridgeline's rear quarter panel, rocker panel, and new wheel.

The only way that thing is worth restoring is if somebody else is paying you to do it.

Maybe a hardcore Camaro collector or specifically a 67 collector of all possible variations would go for it. Otherwise there is not much for return potential seeing how far gone it is already. That would be a very expensive restoration back to original.

-Jeff

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Originally posted by bigwagon:
The only way that thing is worth restoring is if somebody else is paying you to do it.

I believe you're right.

quote:

Originally posted by bigwagon:
The only way that thing is worth restoring is if somebody else is paying you to do it.

It just takes time and care.

And a little money.

I got shipment from LMC trucks the other day. A hand signed note inside the box read "Thanks for keeping them on the road". Amen.

"This vehicle has no significant damage or problems."

How can the guy say that with a straight face? I will not argue damage (sure looks like you could) but how does he define "no problems"?

"It appears that all the parts are there, ..."
So no guarantee it's all there. Even if it is, unless the parts are all labeled, it looks like it would be like assembling "a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone."

I have a distant memory of driving a friend's 67 Camaro. If I am not mistaken it had a push button transmission system that you would activate on the left hand side of the dash. It was a nice car! At the same time I had a 65 Chevy Impala 396. That was a nice car too!! This was in 1967.

It would have had to have been some aftermarket installation. No Camaro ever had a "push button" option.

Chrysler had several.
Ford, AMC and Packard also had some models.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
It would have had to have been some aftermarket installation. No Camaro ever had a "push button" option.

Chrysler had several.
Ford, AMC and Packard also had some models.

In that case I must have remembered it wrong. I could have sworn that it had some kind of push button configuration on the dash but I doubt that it would have been an aftermarket installation back then.

^^^^^^^^
Art Carr was the “go to” guy in the 60’s and 70’s for Chrysler Torqueflite transmissions.

They used to market a pedestal that mounted on the floor between the seats to mount the push buttons (aka the typewriter back then) on the floor instead of the dashboard. Easier to manually change the gears in drag or street racing.

Useless trivial knowledge, I had a 54 Chevrolet that I swapped in a 383 Chrysler and four speed into it in 1970. I was planning on changing it to an automatic and was going to use that pedestal to mount the typewriter but never got to it, kept the four speed.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

No Camaro ever had a "push button" option.

Chrysler had several. Ford, AMC and Packard also had some models.

Edsel?

On top of that, I remember the Camaro being a darker greenish color. When I looked at the colors available, I couldn't find anything that looked like that color for 1967. In 1968 they had a color called Grecian Green. His car looked something like that. So now I think the Camaro was a 1968 or 1969 model. So much for my normally good memory.

Of all the cars I had over my life span my 67 RS SS is the one I wish I never sold