Chevrolet Camaro 1967 images

This modern pro-street build wears the body of a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro, the first-year pony car GM rushed out more than two years after Ford’s Mustang had already sold over a million copies. The factory SS 396 option available that year, with the L78 variant’s 375 horsepower, gave the new Camaro real credibility from day one. Decades later, builders are still starting with that same body to create cars like this supercharged, 472-cube street machine.

This ’67 Camaro is deemed “pro-street” and is street legal in many States but may not be in yours. If you have a lead foot or want to arrive at cruising speed quick this Camaro may be just what an adrenaline junky like you needs. The 472 CID V8 with the blower is eye catching withÂ exhaust sounds Â that are mistakable-you can here it coming long before you see it. The body is solid, the paint is flawless and with the fat (28×12,5/15) Mickey Thompson tires looking sooo fine from the rear-it’s the last thing they all see as this Camaro pulls away from the pack

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Chevrolet didn’t have a pony car to compete with the Mustang until 1967 — and when the Camaro finally arrived, it came out swinging with an engine lineup that ranged from mild to genuinely unhinged. The pro-street build pictured here takes that original spirit and pushes it somewhere Chevrolet’s engineers never officially sanctioned, with a supercharged 472 cubic inches doing the talking. But before this Camaro became a blower-equipped street brawler, its factory ancestor was already earning a reputation as one of the meanest first-year cars GM ever built. Here’s what made the original worth building on top of.

Two Years Late, Still Ready to Fight

GM launched the Camaro for the 1967 model year, more than two years after Ford had already sold nearly 1.3 million Mustangs. Built on a brand-new rear-wheel-drive F-body platform, the Camaro was Chevrolet’s answer to a pony car segment Ford had largely defined on its own.

The SS 396 Option That Started It All

The SS package added firmer springs and shocks, wide-oval tires, and a distinctive hood, but the real story was under the hood: the L78 396 cubic-inch big-block made 375 horsepower at 5,600 rpm and 415 lb-ft of torque, good for a 0-60 sprint around 5.6 seconds and a quarter-mile in the low 13s. That kind of factory performance is exactly why builders still reach for a 1967 Camaro body six decades later.

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