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Scoutch
10/24/09

In reply to 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS Convertible

Ref QOTD thread. The only car of my birth year I want is my mom's '68 Camaro Convertible. When anyone says the word 'car' the image of that car, red, ragtop, slushbox, replaced 327, cartoon drawing of Broom Hilda on the hood, and rear windows that won't go down (went down the road like a couple of shark fins), is what pops into my head. I'm sure psychologists have a term for that association, other than Oedipus-complex-for-a-car. #1967
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Novaload
10/24/09

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That's so nice. Unlike other people here who apparently see several of these a day, I can't remember when I saw a snow white drop-top. White really sets off the contours/lines. Understated beauty. #1967
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Ford Tempo Fanatic
10/24/09

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I know I am completely alone here, but I'm tired of Camaros. They as boring as the Mustang, or Camry, or Corolla. Probably because they're as common as the two latter.

Give me something I don't see every damn day. #1967
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Novaload
10/24/09

@Ford Tempo Fanatic: You see near mint 67 Camaros running errands every day? #1967
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Ford Tempo Fanatic
10/24/09

@Novaload: I can count on it. Not just '67 Camaros. Any year, any trim. Corvettes and Mustangs are just as common.

Actually, no joke, in my town, the ratio of classic Camaro to Camry is 10:1. Seeing a current model Camry is more out of the ordinary then a first generation Camaro.

Its not just the fact they're as common as Moose, but everybody wants one. Everyone. Come on people, stop following the crowd. I'd rather have seen a DOTS page on that shit brown Crown Victoria in the background. #1967
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PotatoeMasher
10/24/09

@Ford Tempo Fanatic: Spoken like a true Tempo fan. I wish my town was like that. The ratio of Camrys to first gen Camaros on the road here is at least 1000 to 1. I see less first gen Camaros than Lambos or Ferraris. #1967
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Novaload
10/24/09

@Ford Tempo Fanatic: Where are you?! #1967
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Ford Tempo Fanatic
10/25/09

@Novaload: Nikiski, AK. On the Kenai Peninsula. There are three kinds of people who inhabit these regions; Angry Natives, Rednecks, and Rich Ass Lower 49ers who have the money to have '67 Camaros in their AK summer homes. Alternatively, there is the lower class of the Rich Ass Lower 49ers who live year round in AK, but use HUMMERs in the winter and '67 Camaros in the summer.

Either way, Camaros are boring. #1967
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pauljones
10/25/09

@Ford Tempo Fanatic: Dude, I live in SoCal less than a mile away from the beach, and even I don't see too many of these around, even on a warm, breezy saturday afternoon.

And yet, in bumf*ck frigid Alaska, there are more Camaros than Camrys?

The universe amazes me. #1967
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
10/24/09

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It's beautiful. Pity the new Camaro's RS package doesn't add hidden headlights. #1967
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paulmer hates electric cars
10/24/09

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Awesome. My old man has a restored '67 with the original manual gearbox...I hate the gear pattern on that thing, it's real awkward.

That and the power steering.

Did all Camaros have PS? #1967
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10/24/09

@paulmer hates electric cars: Very, very few car lines from the cheap brands (Chevy, Ford, Plymouth and AMC) came with standard power steering (or power brakes, for that matter) back then. #1967
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Novaload
10/24/09

@Tomsk sez so long Ash78, and thanks for all the fish!: And even into the early 70s, twas thus. #1967
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
10/24/09

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Looks like it just rolled through a rift in the fabric of time. Beautiful ride. #1967
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Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
10/24/09

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tired of looking at it already.

Only because I've seen Camaros just like it day in and day out-- it's quite a nice example though

i probably sold that guy his parts #1967
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MushyHeirloom
10/24/09

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Behold, the perfect first-generation Camaro. #1967
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tonyola
10/24/09

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Hidden headlights, gauge package, 327, five speed, nice wheels, gorgeous white, and a convertible. Just about perfect. I don't normally go for stripe packages, but I'd even leave on the nose stripes. Even the lip spoiler can stay. #1967
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87CapriceEstate
10/24/09

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Interesting how there are more first generation Mustangs in Alameda. Very nice car indeed and great to see it being driven around. What are those strange looking licenese plates? #1967
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10/24/09

@87CapriceEstate: If my source is correct, they are specialized plates which fund the California Art Council. Sales and renewals of the plate enable the development of arts' education and local arts' programs throughout the state.

BTW, super sweet Camaro!! #1967
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Elhigh
10/04/09

In reply to 1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!
I did a fair amount of growing up in the back seat of a '67 Kadett. Even today I still like the look of it.

But if you crossed your eyes and thought angry thoughts in its general direction, a new dent would form.
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GTBruiser
10/04/09

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Opel Kadett: The flimsiest car ever paperclipped together by GM, but, was it ever a cutie.
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10/04/09

@GTBruiser: and, in the right hands, a competitive rally carl
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tonyola
10/04/09

@GTBruiser: The old Kadett might not have been the greatest car GM ever made, but there were worse, like the late-'80s FWD Isuzu Gemini/Chevrolet Spectrum/whatever. Nasty little bottom-of-the-barrel GM econoboxes that lacked even the roach-like toughness of a Chevette.
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Uncle Bo
10/04/09

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OOLLLLLIIIVVVEEEEERRRRRRR

Sorry, had to do it.

/hamster
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JDickson87
10/04/09

@Uncle Bo: That's exactly what I thought of. Thank you.
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AustinMiniMan
10/04/09

@JDickson87:

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......rrrrrrrrrrarrrr.

"Oliver! You've got a cold!"
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Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
10/04/09

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Buick's Opel Kadett...just odd. Appealing to Tarzan fans, odder, yet.

If I'm not mistaken, he was an Olympic swimmer, too. OK, I'll look it up.
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Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
10/04/09

@Timtoolman, still looking for work.: From Wiki: "Johnny Weissmuller (Born as Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American swimmer and actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Dozens of other actors have also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller is by far the best known. His character's distinctive, ululating Tarzan yell is still often used in films."

[en.wikipedia.org]
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tonyola
10/04/09

@Timtoolman, still looking for work.: In my hometown of Titusville, Florida, Wessimuller lent his name to a tourist attraction known as Tarzan's Jungleland that opened around 1970 or so. After a flurry of interest, including an opening attended by Johnny himself, the tourist trap struggled along for a couple years before closing. Johnny quickly withdrew his name and support when he found out that the animals there weren't treated well, and the place was renamed Tropical Wonderland. I remember having school yearbook pictures taken there in front of a very smelly farting elephant. The crumbling remains of the attraction are still there, and can be seen on Google Street View on the west side of US 1 just south of the Walgreens at the intersection with SR 50. It was intended to be razed for residential development, but the real estate bust took care of that idea.
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skaycog was here
10/04/09

@Timtoolman, still looking for work.: Wiki goes on to say that Weissmuller was married five times. I'm not surprised. He was quite a swinger.
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Alfisted
10/04/09

@skaycog: Yes, the ladies went ape for ol' Johnny.
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Timtoolman, sporadically speaking
10/05/09

@skaycog: How'd I miss this yesterday?
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skaycog was here
10/05/09

@Timtoolman, still looking for work.: Dunno. You must have been busy?
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UDMan
10/04/09

In reply to 1967 Opel Kadett Was Such A Mini-Brute, It Had To Be Washed By Elephants!
Well Murilee, you seem to have missed the entire point of this commercial. The Buick Opel was advertised as the "Brute" but did you notice who the person was at the beginning of the commercial.

That was none other than Johnny Weissmuller, Olympic Swimmer, and more famous because he was the lead in almost all of the Tarzan movies from the 40's to early 50's. It tied in with the Tarzan movies that were being played on the afternoon or evening television channels during the time this Opel was introduced.

So, it was a rather clever marketing scheme at that time.
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scroggzilla raids again
10/04/09

@UDMan: Ungawa!
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