Other classic cars
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Mr. Cricket
Committee Member
That Sub may be more suitable on snow than the split I posted but I'd rather have the split ex hire car or not 
Nassau65
CCCUK Member
A good friend had one in about 1979 ish, it was in white but heavily custom painted with wolfrace wheels and Thrush outsiders. I think it was called born in a barn. Lovely car. Tried to prise it away from him a few times, then he sold it when he got a new shape T/A in 1982. Pity he got a horrible beige colour one, bloody awful.
Mr. Cricket
Committee Member
Guy at a show brought this 396 SS last year. His first Yank and an impulse buy on e b a y from the states. Stunning in every way
Nassau65
CCCUK Member
Those first generation camaro’s are real nice. The 1967/68 models for years were unloved and lived in the Mustangs shadow. The 1969 however was always a little bit special especially in RS, SS or RS/SS versions. Saw a old episode of minder the other day, he had a 1968 convertible on the lot, same colour blue as the picture, white interior and top. It was used in a couple of driving sequences, looked real nice.
Roscobbc
Moderator
Didn't realise this was ever an option!
Nassau65
CCCUK Member
It’s very very rare. Dad had a Caprice estate with hideaways as his own car for a while, we always had a wagon as we had dogs. Both my sister and me thought it was soo cool to have a car with eyelids.
CaptainK
CCCUK Member
I love the 1st gen Camaro too. When I originally started looking for my first Yank car I wanted to get a 1st gen Camaro and found a lovely black 396 4 speed manual for sale. Didn't get to see it for real though as was only casually looking at the time and still deciding on what options were out there. Obviously at some point my Vette drew me in and I bought that. Still would love a 1st gen Camaro though. Fab looking things, and like Chuffer said I never massively understood the appeal of the Mustangs as they were too common and too "obvious" as a Yank car to own. Every car show in the southwest I'd been too had Mustangs galore, but I'd never seen a C3 Vette for real until I got mine, and only seen a 1st gen Camaro once I think.
Roscobbc
Moderator
Early (even late) Camaro's are a relatively rare sight in the UK and even though I'm 'historically' a 'Ford' kinda person (er' was) Mustangs for me are a bit boring. Yes I had a '71 429 SCJ Mach 1, but in truth it was an ugly b'stard of a car, although far better at putting its power down to the road than my favourite 67/70 year 'Stang. Really like the intermediate sized Fairlane and Torino. Even Chevelles are a rare sight in the UK.
Chuffer
CCCUK Member
You might like this then ? Spotted at American Car Day at Billing Aquadrome in 2016 a few months before I got my C3 .
James Vette
CCCUK Member
I see that's in Fareham James, local to us then, can't say I've ever seen it, I thought I recognised the location in the photos as HMS Daedalus at Lee on Solent.