1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS
If you plan to give the kids in the neighborhood the scare of a lifetime, park this in your driveway and fire it up. The adults might get spooked too, because, well, we’re pretty sure no one in your fancy Pleasantville has ever seen anything like this up close.
The concept of the American pony car was built on the idea of taking what other countries were doing in Europe and giving it a distinctly American accent, that’s code for making it better. Of course, this attitude doesn’t stop at the border because the car we are talking about took the passion for being the best and applied it to its fellow American competition. Once described as “a small animal that eats Mustangs”. If you haven’t guessed by now, we’re talking about the Chevrolet Camaro. More specifically, this is a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS fully equipped with the RS package.
The monster heart that sits under the hood is a Chevy 7.4-liter V8 engine fitted with a Weiland blower and linked to an automatic transmission, packing in excess of 750 horsepower.
Officially, the build is described as a show car, but it looks ready to race any time. Riding on wheels that are just 15-inches in diameter, but wrapped in massive tires, it sports the proper roll cage on the inside to keep the occupant safe.
On the inside, the car still sports its original interior. The only touches done were to paint the metal parts of the dash itself and around the factory gauge cluster so they would match the outside of the car. Speaking of the gauges, they’re all original and still in fine working order. Finishing everything off are the Camaro’s Rally wheels with center caps.
What you’re looking at is a Camaro of the RS/SS variety, meaning it packs all those nice things Chevy sold back then under the Rally Sport and Super Sport badges, combined. That means you get headlights concealed behind a special grille, chrome trim on the lower bodywork, special wheels, and that special powerplant in displacement.
The 1967 Chevrolet Camaro surprised skeptics who thought that Chevy couldn’t come with an answer to the legendary Ford Mustang. But the Camaro not only matched the Mustang in styling and performance, its Rally Sport (RS), Super Sport (SS) and Z/28 option packages allowed buyers to choose a wide variety of choices to dress up their Camaro.
