Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Legend of Muscle Car 1968 Camaro

1968 Camaro Muscle Car- Front Right View

The sales literature since 1968, said the Camaro was the second year for "fun crowd" and that it was a "husky performer and looks it." Marketing Chevrolet

The second year of production Camaro has been little changed. These minor changes were to the front and rear of the car. The 1967 Camaro has square headlights were replaced by rectangular. Markers were added and the side openings of the windows were removed. All minor things, which says that in general the designers got it right the first time. Pony Car fans were well satisfied with the car too. Chevrolet sold about 221,000 Camaros In 1967. Then sales were over 235,000 in 1968. The car was well received.


1968 Camaro Black - Muscle Car- Front Right View

The base Camaro emphasized that the car looks on the performance. The largest engine available in the baseline block was the 327ci small. It was a good engine, but could not compete with the high performance which found in Z/28s or big block 302ci. The Super Sport or SS remained the groups ground pounder. It was a quarter mile machine. OZ/28 continued to show his roots road racing. While the SS may have been the power lifter Z/28 was the tri-athlete group.
 

1968 Camaro Muscle Car- Front Left View
 
1968 Camaro Yellow Muscle Car- Left View