In the swinging ’60s, Chevy’s PR team played a game of cat and mouse—or rather, cat and Mustang—with rumors swirling about a rival to Ford’s pony car. Enter the Camaro, a “small vicious animal that eats Mustangs,” unveiled at a cheeky press event in ’66. Fast forward to today, and the classic 1968 Camaro still turns heads, with its 327 Powerglide model fetching $36,995. Thanks to Gateway Classic Cars, we can drool over these images and imagine the feel of wind in our hair and horsepower at our command.
Rumours are running wild through-out automotive media that Chevrolet was about to begin production of a vehicle to compete against Ford’s Mustang starting in early 1965. Smoke and mirrors is the name of the game; but a new model code named “Panther” is indeed on the Chevy Divisions agenda. John L. Cutter, Chevy’s public relations secretary puts out a confusing memo on June 21/66., to all including the media, that there will be a first (and last) meeting of SEPAW (Society for the Eradication of Panthers from the Automotive World) on June 28, 1966; included in the note is: “we hope you will be on hand to help scratch a cat”. .At this meeting/live press conference in Detroit, Chevrolet G.M., Pete Estes reveals the Camaro, defined as a small vicious animal that eats Mustangs,
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