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Chevy says "your welcome" Ford Mustang

Chevy says "your welcome" Ford Mustang

"180 Out" said:
I think all '67 Shelbys had consoles (and roll bars and shoulder harnesses).
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No to the console and yes to the roll bar and shoulder harness.

fd
 
"180 Out" said:
I think all '67 Shelbys had consoles (and roll bars and shoulder harnesses). The console became an extra cost option in '68. The pic of the classic Camaro is a '69. '67's had vent windows and a totally different dash. The square openings in the dash in the pic are a '69-only design. All Z-28s had the twin "rally" stripes on the hood and deck. Contrary to the what you see with restomodded classic Camaros today, no other Camaros were available with those stripes in '67-'69. The '67 Z-28 was thrown together in January '67 solely to homologate the 302 ci engine for the SCCA Trans Am series. There were only about 600 Z's made in '67, and they weren't supposed to be luxurious. The whole package -- disc brakes, tach, upgraded suspension, solid lifter Holley-carbed forged cranked 2.02 headed engine (really a de-stroked Corvette 365 hp 327) 4-spd -- added only $400 or so to the base price. The Shelby GT500 was a high-end luxury car, and the only pony car in '67 with a dual quad 7-liter. It was an expensive car to make, too, starting with a 390 ci Mustang and doing a complete engine swap at Shelby American's shop at LAX. For all that, the Camaro 375 hp 396 -- the same solid lifter Holley-carbed engine as had been available in the '65 Corvette with a 425 hp rating -- could eat the Shelby's lunch. Also, astute Chevy dealers like Yenko and Nickey learned that you could special order Camaros with a 427 ci, 425 hp, version of the regular production order 396/375. These "COPO" Yenkos and Nickeys obviously were even stronger than the 396/375 version.
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The Ford motors were there in 1967 but they just didn't find the mustang, Usually the Galaxie's gobbled them up 406/405hp-428 also the Mercury Marauder had some mean ones too 410/335hp-475ftlbs. 427 wedge, and don't forget the 427 SOHC...Mustang later dominated at winternationals with the 428 between the bays, I don't think any mustang is meant to be luxurious even the grande/ghia they just look it when compared to a camaro (the main competition) then and today, Chevy just wanted to quickly get some of the $ ford ran into with their pony car and quickly sent out a car that had uglier body lines, fast forward to today and it's the same story mustang went retro got gobs of money, and look who's back again gheymaro backed up by Owebama.
 
You're right. It would have been better for GM to go belly up. Better to have thousands more unemployed. I so agree.
 
"KBMWRS" said:
You're right. It would have been better for GM to go belly up. Better to have thousands more unemployed. I so agree.
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Are we :sarc This morning?

I was not and am not close enough to the issue of why GM and Chrysler needed to get money from the government so I can not comment, but I do wish they had not taken the money and since they did, I will likely never buy either brand of car. Though I like some of the models including the Camaro, I just would rather buy from a company that had the sense to look at what they were doing and how to get better, then make the hard needed changes to turn around.

So, IMHO I think there could have been a better way for GM and Chrysler....

It still doesn't change the facts that the Mustang hammered the Camaro when it fist came out and the Mustang was there first and GM actually played catchup. Yes Ford had to catch up for a year here and there in the past and now, but they have always come out better. As for the looks of the early Camaros and the new ones, I like them both. I don't care for the 69 and some of the late model body styles, but the new one in some colors is nice, just not comfortable!

Mel
 
Mikey hasn't had his Geritol today and is a little cranky.
 
"KBMWRS" said:
Just knowing what Geritol is means you're right there with me. :thu :thu :thu
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Touche' my Geezer friend!
 
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