This is the year of the Camaro - the car of today! - Fascinating original promo film for the new Camaro in 1967. Check out our old car print ad gallery www.carsandstripes.com/ads/
@@penboyasgod6103 I agree, but love the '67 almost as much. The '68 was a nice facelift that to me also gives it an edge. Hopefully we can all agree the '67 & '68 are much more preferable to the '69. I get so tired of everyone fawning over that one. The first two models were a little smaller and more sports car like and had stronger styling ties to Corvette the '69 didn't. The first two were also better quality cars, especially on the dash & interior. I had a '69 Camaro when I was 21/22 in 1979 and the dash (top) was cracked and curling. The lower dash was all plastic. The 21 year old me didn't mind. The 63 year old me wants a '67 or 8. If I can't have one of those, I'll take an '87 or '88 3rd generation which large part recaptured the '67 & 8.
A girl friend of my mother had a new 67' Camaro 6 Cyl. I was 10 or 11 when we all piled in the car one day to go to the beach. 3 people in the back 2 in the front. She ran a light or something and we almost got hit. LOL...those were the days.
I bought a 1968 Camero in 1979/80 it had a brand new 6 cylinder engine from a Monte Carlo. That car was my all time favorite car. I loved the power glide floor shift and the 68 model had a lot more chrome on the doors and sides it was red with black racing stripes and a black hardtop so Cool!
@Coogan - LOL !!! That was hilarious how totally WRONG that was! In 1960's I was a GM Engineer at the factory making PowerGlides. I know a 1,000 times more about them than you guys will ever know... BTW, Ford, Chrysler, and AMC also had inefficient slug 2 speed automatics... Plus, just before my time there, Chevy briefly had a 3 speed TurboGlide but they screwed that design up... it can be spotted by the 'Gr'... Grade Retard... on the shifter quadrant... In 1950's, for their big luxurious expensive cars, other automakers bought and installed GM/Olds/Cadillacs' 4 speed Hydramatic invented way back in 1939 and way advanced to what anybody else offered...
The '68 was a gentle refinement of the '67, which I also love. The '69, not nearly as much. It wasn't as sports-car like as the first 2 years. I had a '69 between 1978-'80. It had a lot more plastic on the interior; particularly the dashboard, which was curling up at the top. BUT, I was 21 when I got it, and just thrilled to have a Camaro. It was a 250 straight 6 which some people looked down upon. Well, it still had plenty of "go" and was economical when the price of gas got so high starting in 1979. Chiding about it not being a 350 or higher stopped completely. What a coincidence!
Got my 68 SS 396 in 1974. Still have it. Those "computer designed" mono leafsprings were replaced in 68 with multi leafsprings and staggered shocks to remedy the excessive wheel hop the 67's had.
Man, it must have been a great time to be an engineer. The government was leaving the car companies alone and all the public wanted was fast and reliable cars. Enginners were hard at work making that dream come true. I have to go back
I was there, it wasn't what you're imagining. LA's smog was like present day China, Insurance companies killed the "fast" part of the equation, and quality control/reliability was horrendous. Hitting 100k miles was a very rare accomplishment. All that said, I'd still love to have Leno's garage!
Nope, I went from high school to GM Engineering/Co-op in August 1966... Back then GM had 52% of the market, all the other car companies together split up the remaining 48%... Govt told GM to sell fewer cars or get broken up as a monopoly like they did to AT&T !!! I was walking across the factory floor and stumbled onto a gold '67 Camaro before they had come out... loved it! 327 V8 & 3 on the floor...
I think the 1967 models! Not just chevy but all the brands! Look at ford, Chrysler. And the other gm divisions? The 1967 models from all those brands had their most beautiful line up of car? Have always been a fan of the 1st year camaros 68 and 69! My mom had a 76 camaro but at that time the horse power was down! But, it still handled and drove vey nice? More importantly see love it! Great video thanks
Actually it was named after Earle S. MacPherson. He was chief engineer for the Chevy Cadet, which never saw production. It was during his days at Ford that he developed the famous strut suspension that was first used on the British Consul and Zephyr.
Really fun video to watch. I laughed at how the beginning had a defensive feel, trying to pretend that they weren’t just making a copy of the mustang! It was a better car than the mustang.
9:30 the paper tape computer program. In the Air Force, our simulation exercises were on long looped strips like that in the early 70's. In the 80's an export office I worked in was still using that method for teletypes.
Being a teenager in California in the 80s my dad had 10 SS camaros at any given time. They were cheap and easy to find he used to buy none SS ones and chop them up for parts then we'd go to the pamona swap meet and make a bunch of money.
Because of what's known as "wheel hop" --- Chevy tried to "fix" some of it for the 1968 Camaro by installing the rear shock absorbers opposite each other on each wheel (rear axle).
Personal preference is SUCH a big factor. I felt more comfortable in a Chevelle than the Camero... then and to this day, with contemporary models. Hell, I felt better driving my Vega Kammback.
Still have my '77 Pontiac Astre FORMULA (Kammback) Safari Station Wagon! Iron Duke 4 and 5 speed manual... posi... Mid size '64 A-bodies like Chevelle with body on frame construction rode exceptionally smooth and quiet like full size cars in a handier, less expensive size...
The basic idea to build this car came in early 1964. I wonder why? Umm... Mustang maybe since it was unveiled at the 1964 World's Fair and there was no other car like it. Kudos to GM, they made a decent competitor. 4:15
It's seriously too bad we have to rely on such crappy quality video-tapes of these classic commercials (and others.) GM/[all their divisions] should release videos like this one into the public domain (it's been *way over 28 years for copyright* ) so we can have much better quality to enjoy.
MMMMM, guess they must have FORGOTTEN to give the hideaway lights an extensive test along with the motor mounts--hehe. I had 3 1st gen. Camaro's miss #2 the most, Yenko clone, 427/425 with 456 12 bolt and a 4 speed, hideaways, L-88 hood, etc
@@BuzzLOLOL I knew a racer that used the SOLID mounts but not good for street use, i used a turnbuckle on the drivers side of the block to the hole in the crossmember, was CHEAP and effective
@@BuzzLOLOL When i was about 15-16 i had an older friend who was a Marine and he bought a new SS 396 Camaro with the standard 325 and a 4 speed, he had the cable so i think failure happened or could happen when new not just upon rubber deterioration, regardless proper updates took care of it.
@@zxtenn - We had '67 Impala 283 2 bbl. carb. powerglide, when preventative recall letter came, we thought we were getting the new safety mounts, were pissed to find the hokey cable!
10:51 Prototypes that do run are next... No. All prototypes run. The fiberglass car that won't run from earlier isn't a prototype. Mockup - A realistic simulation that doesn't operate. Prototype - An early version of the vehicle that does operate.
The second gen corvair inspired the camaro to me they look a bit similar in m y oppinion. Too bad they did not do the spyder style dash for the camaro with the gauges etc etc. It would have been a lot cooler
Junior got his feels hurt by Ferrari and spend MILLIONS to compensate for his embarrassment. The GT40 wasn't even available commercially for nearly 40 years and was an enormous financial loss to Ford. But, you know, Ford II got his sweet, sweet small man's syndrome revenge.
around 1964 they started noticing ford had the mustang. in true Chevy fashion they reacted to the market instead of creating the market this is why I'm no longer a big fan of GM anymore
Actually, they: GM, specifically Pontiac, *did create a market* --- when they created the *GTO* --- it was putting a large block engine into a mid-size model. The original "ban" was overcome in the *1964* model year by inserting a *389 cu. in. into the Pontiac Tempest LeMans.* Before this the largest in all GM was 330 cu. in. [for mid-size]. The *GTO was the "first" true [mid-size] muscle car* --- big engine in a smaller car. And they allowed either *4-bbl or 3x2-bbl* carburators for this 389.
Auto makers will always respond to the market and because of competition they are never really happy. I’m a Ford guy, but Chevy came up with a winner in the Camaro. It’s obvious the design team worked their asses off to come up with a completely different animal than the Mustang. I respect the fact that they didn’t just rush something out there not properly thought out to compete with the Mustang or the Barracuda, lol, which still looked like a modified Valiant in those days.
@@Johnnycdrums lol! It [Barracuda] "still looks like a modified Valiant" *because that's exactly what it was.* All they did to the Valiant's body was to give it a [nearly-all] glass fastback. If you like the 65 Barracuda, you should look up: *Car Craft's **_Hemi Under Glass_* -- it's that gorgeous light brown [whatever Plymouth called that color] with a 426 Hemi directly under that glass fastback. You'll recognize it immediately --- the photo shows it doing a near vertical wheelie on a drag strip. This was one of the most famous mods sponsored by a national Magazine.
🤔 🇺🇸 That's when car's looked like REAL car's that really was a beautiful car and still is a beautiful car .cars NOW DAYS REALLY are so ugly I would NEVER buy a new car now DAYS car's NOW DAYS REALLY are way too ugly for me and lots of other folks I know said NOW DAYS car's REALLY are way too ugly for any of them NOW DAYS ALSO car's NOW DAYS you got to drop almost all car's engine's to change any spark plugs way too many electronics on any automobiles NOW DAYS the old cars work just as good if NOT much better then any car's NOW DAYS yes I REALLY DO KNOW I am a real ASE certified master Auto technician with over 60 year's of real experience or a real ASE certified Master Auto Mechanic old car's were much better car's and just as cheap on any ⛽ GAS if NOT cheaper on any ⛽ GAS and a lot less problems for any customer ALSO for any auto mechanic car's NOW DAYS are computers to KEEP up with every human being on this Earth to track of ALL of them wherever they go and everything they really DO that's what real automobiles REALLY DO these DAY'S