Camaro In The 80s
You might be old enough to remember when the third-generation Chevy Camaro Berlinettas were still being made which began in 1979 and ran through 1986.
Camaro in the 80s. One of my personal favorite hatchbacks and one of the pillars of iconic 80s cars was the third generation also referred to as the F-type body Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac FirebirdTransAm. From 1985 through 1990 the IROC-Z was the top dog in the Chevy Camaro lineup. Its powertrain and suspension availability matched Mustangs also.
Selling my old project car. Has a 350 with headers and 25 exhaust summit dual pla. The first all-new Camaro.
This generation came on the scene in 1982 with the first two TransAms going to NBC for the TV series Knight Rider. When their eyes first opened and their mom was yelling at them to get ready for school many had to choose between looking at the poster of a Z28 Camaro or the one with Farrah Fawcett you know the one. 1980 Z-28 professionally built car features a 572 cid motor 689hp dart block brodix alum heads 1.
And for the first time the Camaro was a hatchback. The final year for the. Like Mustang Capri had optional TRX metric-sized Michelin rollers up through 1984 but 50-liter models.
Turbo fours at the start of the 80s the return of the 5-liter V-8 by 1982 the 210-horsepower four-barrel 50 HO by 1985 and EFI for 86. Truly all new the 1982 Camaro used a full unitized structure a new coil-spring rear suspension and struts in the front. Chevrolet continued to lavish attention on the Z28 after its two-year hiatus in the middle of the 70s.
As if you needed another reason to watch the classic 80s movie Better Off Dead the iconic 67 Camaro from the movie was found and restored to its former glory. The Chevrolet Camaro SS with its 339kW617Nm V8 went on sale in Australia locally in September 2018 while the real beast the supercharged 477kW881Nm Camaro ZL1 hit the streets in the middle of 2019. Since the HSV conversion program began requiring around 130 hours of labour from start to finish the Clayton-based company has.