Stunning 1967 Camaro SS396 375 HP Convertible

V8TV marked the Camaro’s 50th anniversary in 2017 by pulling a genuinely rare example out of the private Brothers Collection: a Granada Gold 1967 Camaro SS396 convertible carrying the top 375-horsepower engine option. Every layer of specification, body style, engine output, and color, makes this a harder car to find than a standard SS396. See exactly what earned it an episode of Muscle Car of the Week.

Fifty years is a long time for any car to hold its value, let alone gain a devoted following, but 2017 marked the Chevrolet Camaro’s half-century mark, and V8TV marked the occasion by pulling one of the more striking examples out of a private collection most enthusiasts will never get to walk through in person. This is not a Camaro that has been chased down at an auction or restored from a barn find. It comes straight from what the show calls The Brothers Collection, and the specific engine and color combination underneath its Granada Gold paint explains exactly why it earned an episode of its own.

A 50th Anniversary Feature, By Design

V8TV built this episode, number 212 in its long-running Muscle Car of the Week series, around the Camaro’s 2017 anniversary, using the opportunity to showcase a first-generation example rather than one of the more commonly featured later restomods the channel also covers. Producer Kevin Oeste and the V8 Speed and Resto Shop team, who run the series, have built a reputation for pulling cars from private, less publicly documented collections rather than relying solely on cars already well known on the show circuit.

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Granada Gold: A Color Choice That Still Turns Heads

The Granada Gold paint is one of the less common color choices offered on the 1967 Camaro, a lineup better remembered today for red, blue, and the various Rally Sport-specific color combinations that show up more frequently at car shows. A convertible in Granada Gold stands out precisely because it was never the default, popular choice, and surviving examples in this color are less commonly seen than the same car in more mainstream 1967 Camaro colors.

What SS396 Actually Meant in 1967

SS396 denoted Chevrolet’s Super Sport package built around the 396-cubic-inch big-block V8, introduced for the Camaro in its 1967 launch year specifically to give the new pony car a genuine big-block option against the Mustang and emerging Barracuda competition. The package included specific badging, a distinctive hood, and suspension upgrades beyond the standard Camaro, positioning it as the performance flagship of the first-generation lineup rather than an aftermarket add-on.

375 Horsepower, the High-Output Version of the 396

Within the SS396 package, Chevrolet offered two distinct horsepower ratings, and this car carries the higher 375-horsepower version, achieved through a higher compression ratio and a more aggressive camshaft than the base 396 option. That distinction matters to collectors specifically because the 375-horsepower cars are meaningfully rarer than the standard-output version, making horsepower rating as important a spec to verify as the engine displacement itself when evaluating an SS396’s authenticity.

Convertible Rarity Within an Already Collectible Package

Convertibles represented a minority of total 1967 Camaro production relative to the hardtop coupe, and that gap widens further once you narrow the search specifically to SS396 375-horsepower convertibles in a less common color like Granada Gold. Each additional layer of specificity, body style, engine option, horsepower rating, and paint color, narrows the surviving population considerably, which is exactly the kind of rarity V8TV’s format is built to highlight one car at a time.

Why an Anniversary Year Made This the Right Car to Feature

Choosing a first-generation SS396 convertible for a 50th anniversary episode was very much a deliberate curatorial choice rather than a coincidence, since it lets viewers see exactly where the modern Camaro’s reputation started, decades before six generations of redesigns and a name that briefly disappeared from production entirely in the early 2000s before returning. Framing the anniversary around a car this specific, rather than a generic first-generation Camaro, gives the episode a stronger reason to exist than simply marking a round number on a calendar.

Inside the Brothers Collection

The Brothers Collection, as V8TV refers to it, has supplied multiple cars to the Muscle Car of the Week series over the years, suggesting a private collection substantial enough to support recurring feature episodes rather than a single notable car. Access to a collection like this is part of what has let V8TV sustain a weekly format for well over 200 episodes without repeating the same handful of well-known show cars every time.

How This Convertible Compares to Other SS396 Feature Cars

V8TV has built its channel around exactly this kind of recurring access, treating each Muscle Car of the Week less as a one-off discovery and more as an ongoing relationship with collectors willing to let cameras into private collections. A Granada Gold, 375-horsepower SS396 convertible landing an anniversary-year episode is a good example of why that access matters: it is the kind of car that would otherwise stay parked in a private garage, unseen by anyone outside the collection.

Why Muscle Car of the Week Keeps Returning to Camaros

V8TV has featured numerous SS396 Camaros across its run, spanning multiple model years, colors, and equipment levels, which makes direct comparison possible in a way that is rare for a niche muscle car variant. Coupes generally outnumber convertibles significantly among the SS396 cars the show has covered, and among convertibles specifically, cars finished in the more common factory colors appear more frequently than a Granada Gold example like this one. That comparative rarity gives this particular car a stronger claim to a standalone feature than a more commonly seen configuration would, even setting aside the anniversary-year timing. It also means that longtime viewers of the series, the kind who have watched enough episodes to recognize repeat patterns in body style, color, and equipment, are more likely to recognize this car as something genuinely uncommon within the show’s own back catalog rather than simply another SS396 example added to a growing list. That kind of viewer literacy, built up over hundreds of weekly episodes, is part of what makes a recurring format like Muscle Car of the Week rewarding for its regular audience specifically, since context from earlier episodes deepens the appreciation for what makes any single car worth a full segment. That is exactly the kind of long-form audience V8TV has built over the years, one that notices when a car breaks the pattern.

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