Any love for late 70's, early 80's Camaro's?

[fastfredracing]

I had a bunch of these, it is pretty much what I cut my teeth on when I was in my teens -early 20's. My last one was a really nice black on black 81 4 speed car. I got offered a project today that I passed on, but it did intrigue me for a minute. I think they were pretty sexy in a time where most cars were bland.
Wonder if they will be worth anything in the future?

[Christien]

Might be a generational thing, but I think they're fugly. They were all over the road just as I was getting old enough to get interested in cars (born in 75) and falling in love with 911s. Put that next to an SC, and it can't hold a candle to it. I can appreciate the first generation, but nothing after that.

[VINMAN]

That was the last generation of Camaros that I liked. Great looking car.

[porsche4life]

Did the project come with a mullet?

[VaSteve]

Those things remind me of growing up. They were EVERYWHERE. Mullets included.

I liked the next version with the black cut outs on the hood. I saw a photo of a couple racing in Grassroots Motorsports and it took me back.

I gotta agree, they just look dated now.

[fastfredracing]

I think the average mullet head was more likely to be seen driving a camaro like this

You were more likely to find a guy like this in the vintage I am talking about

[VINMAN]

Yep, those Camaros were pre-mullet.

[jcommin]

Any love for late 70's, early 80's Camaro's? - not me. The last good 70's Camaro was the first year, the best looking one IMO.

[herr_oberst]

"70's are definitely the best looking of the 'seventies' cars but.....
'71's are great looking too.

[mikesride]

69 was the last good looking Camaro. Sorry guys those things are gross to look at.

[Adam]

A friend of mine has one of these Cascade Edition Camaros in his collection. He's trying to sell it.



It drives real nice, but the late '70s 350 V8s are pretty breathless.

[911Freak]

I hear yah FastFred, my buddy Walter in HS (late 80's) had a white Z28 with glass T-Tops, man that car was fun for bunch of teenagers to cruise on the weekends. Not the performance of my 68 327 but Walter got more tail in that White Zcar.... Heck his last GF that I knew was named Honey... Nuff said!

They were pretty much plastic/vinyl coffins inside, like they made the whole interior out of the same shrinky-dink! Nasty on hot days with SC performing a/c...

But the memories are cool as hell... Few babes, Judas Priest on the deck with few 4-packs of Bartel & James wine coolers for the ladies and Mickeys for the guys... Headed down to the river on a hot summer evening hoping to get lucky...
Yep, that car suited us just fine!

Ps. I've seen some pretty cool 1/4 milers made from those tubs. 9sec all day long with huge wheel stands!
Good for something eh?!

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[Schrup]

When I was stationed in Germany in the late eighties, there was a younger gentleman that owned a small hotel down the street from my home that owned several very nice cars. It was the first time I'd seen a Aston Martin. His pride & joy was a blue 77 camaro Z-28 jacked way up in the rear. There was a bunch of locals that had them, they looked ridiculous & I'm not sure how they got them through TUF.

[creaturecat]

scrapheaps. more or less.
better left in the 70's or 80's.
: )

[livi]

Absolutely. The Z28 from late 70´are beautiful.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

I had a '77 Camaro and a '78 Firebird back in HS. Both were BAD cars. I mean insufferably bad. Terrible handling, terrible ergonomics, terrible visibility and terrible build quality. I think they came from GM pre-rusted. I wouldn't wish a late '70s F-body on my worst mortal enemy. They are just plain BAD cars.

The only redeeming quality I can think of is I was able to sell the Camaro for more than 3x what I paid for it to the town drug dealer because be thought it was "b1tch1n'". If you like rust, leaks, rattles and noise, go right ahead. They suck to own and aren't anything special IMHO.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by jcommin

Any love for late 70's, early 80's Camaro's? - not me.

ditto.

[Eric 951]

Always liked them. A buddy in HS had a brown 79 Z28 4 speed with gold stripes and T-Tops. My favorite are white with orange or lime green stripes.

[fastfredracing]

Wow, tough crowd. While I agree that they were somewhat short of spectacular, so was everything else back then. If you were shopping the showroom floor for a hot domestic car in 1980, what were your choices?
The corvette had the looks, but drove like an f 350, and the fox body mustang was butt ugly. Nothing else comes to mind. Maybe a nice concord, or lebaron?
What domestic car had better performance, looks, and handling than a z 28 in 1980?
I can remember taking a test ride in a Yenko Turbo Camaro with my dad, I think it was 1979. Turbocharger pushing air through a rochester q jet. Interesting times .
Carry on .

[Jim Richards]

Those were the Dark Ages in Detroit, Fred. I don't think I'll ever warm up to American cars from that era.