1967 – Pacing the Race

Aimed right at the popular Ford Mustang, the 1967 Chevrolet Camaro mustered more than 220,000 sales in its debut year. Chevrolet offered the Camaro as a hardtop coupe or a soft-top convertible, in standard, Rally Sport (RS), Super Sport (SS), and Z28 trims. The standard engine was a 140-horsepower, 230 cubic-inch inline six-cylinder engine, and an upgrade V8 motor made 210 horsepower from 327 cubes. Optional engines included a 155-horse 250 inline six, a 275-horse 327 V8, a 290-horse 302 V8 for the limited-production Z28 (rumored to actually make more like 400 horsepower), a 295-horse 350 V8 (the venerable small-block Chevy V8 engine), a 325-horse 396 V8, and a 375-horse 396 V8. Ah, the good old days. A three-speed manual was standard, a four-speed manual was optional, and the six-cylinder model could be paired with a two-speed Powerglide automatic. An automatic transmission was also offered with the 396 cid V8 making 325 hp. The ’67 Chevy Camaro paced the Indianapolis 500 race that year, and just 100 replicas like the car shown above were built.