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camaro Archive
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1980 Chevrolet Camaro and Camaro RS: The Object Of High-School Dreams
Posted on October 27, 2025 | 48 Comments(Updated 10/27/2025) Here it is, the car to which most of my male peers aspired during my 1980s teenagerhood: the second-generation Camaro. The Colonnade Cutlass Supreme may have been the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1967 Camaro Convertible – Perfect Patina
Posted on September 12, 2024 | 88 Comments(first posted 4/3/2014) I’ve seen this Camaro running around town for a couple of months, and last week I caught up with it in the parking lot of a local community […] -
Car Show Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro – With Turbo Thrift Six-Cylinder Power!
Posted on July 7, 2024 | 147 Comments(first posted 2/8/2013) As you might have guessed from my previous posts on the 1957 Packard and 1964 Studebaker Cruiser, the annual car show in Geneseo is one of the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro – Learning To Love The Camaro
Posted on August 21, 2023 | 12 CommentsI believe most families have minor friendly ongoing spats. Someone may prefer to watch CSI over Law & Order. Others may prefer Tony Bennet over Sinatra, and so on. You […] -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 8, 1980-84)
Posted on May 27, 2023 | 56 Comments(Originally published May 24, 2013) As we accelerate into “Turn One” of Race Weekend, we continue our look back at previous Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars. We have reached a point […] -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 5 1965-1969)
Posted on May 24, 2023 | 39 Comments(Originally published May 3, 2013) It is May in Indianapolis (again). Last year, we featured a retrospective look at some of the Official Pace Cars used at the annual Indianapolis […] -
Car Carrier Of The Day: 2007 Sterling LT9500 – Night Covers A Sterling Load Of Covered Corvettes And A Naked Camaro
Posted on July 8, 2021 | 11 CommentsUsually Paul regales us with older car transporters but here’s a newer one I came across recently. I was somewhat surprised to see this one sitting outside a hotel near […] -
Curbside Capsule: 1976 Chevy Camaro – Narrowing Down Your Choices
Posted on March 29, 2021 | 53 CommentsI caught this nice, original Camaro outside my doctor’s office a couple of months ago. The parking job limited my camera angles, but this shot captures the essence of the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1970 Camaro – GM’s Greatest Hit #1 – Even Pininfarina Praised It
Posted on March 8, 2021 | 49 Comments(first posted 3/8/2011. I’m a bit reluctant to re-run it, as it really deserves a major do-over) After being trapped six weeks in a 1971 time warp, I had the […] -
Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Camaro – Rising To The Challenge
Posted on January 12, 2021 | 26 CommentsPossibly one of a person’s more telling character traits is their willingness to be challenged. Some enjoy it; some need prodding; some need neither. An unwillingness to be challenged, in […] -
CC Capsule: 1990 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Spoiler Alert
Posted on June 18, 2020 | 32 CommentsCamaros of this generation were common and cliché for a long, long time. But after 30 years, they’ve finally become uncommon. It was a pleasant surprise to find this one […] -
Curbside Tech: Electric Power Mirrors
Posted on September 3, 2019 | 20 CommentsThis week’s post is rather brief, but that’s because things flowed very smoothly, and I didn’t encounter a single hiccup. So it can happen. For those keeping score, it’s happened […]
![1980 Chevrolet Camaro and Camaro RS: The Object Of High-School Dreams (Updated 10/27/2025) Here it is, the car to which most of my male peers aspired during my 1980s teenagerhood: the second-generation Camaro. The Colonnade Cutlass Supreme may have been the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/80ChevyCamaro1jg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1967 Camaro Convertible – Perfect Patina (first posted 4/3/2014) I’ve seen this Camaro running around town for a couple of months, and last week I caught up with it in the parking lot of a local community […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/67-Camaro-side-view.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1970 Chevrolet Camaro – With Turbo Thrift Six-Cylinder Power! (first posted 2/8/2013) As you might have guessed from my previous posts on the 1957 Packard and 1964 Studebaker Cruiser, the annual car show in Geneseo is one of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/09-08-2012-165-e1357512632336.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: Some Unusual Or Unexpected Police Cars From The United States And Canada (first posted 6/21/2018) The police vehicle. It’s something we’ve talked about here sporadically and while most people don’t want to encounter one under self-detrimental circumstances, they serve a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/1971-patrol-cars.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside TV – The Cars Of Mannix (first posted 12/22/2017) I have always been a sucker for a good detective show on television. One of my favorites from my youth is a show that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/68Dart-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1969 Chevrolet Camaro – Learning To Love The Camaro I believe most families have minor friendly ongoing spats. Someone may prefer to watch CSI over Law & Order. Others may prefer Tony Bennet over Sinatra, and so on. You […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/WP_20190626_16_04_14_Pro.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 8, 1980-84) (Originally published May 24, 2013) As we accelerate into “Turn One” of Race Weekend, we continue our look back at previous Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars. We have reached a point […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1980TransAmPaceCar02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 5 1965-1969) (Originally published May 3, 2013) It is May in Indianapolis (again). Last year, we featured a retrospective look at some of the Official Pace Cars used at the annual Indianapolis […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/1969CamaroPaceCar06-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Dodge Challenger – The Life Of The Party (first posted 4/4/2011) 1970 was quite the party indeed, the grand blowout of the sixties muscle car explosion before the drugs were suddenly yanked away. There were plenty of reasons […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Dodge-challenger-1970.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Carrier Of The Day: 2007 Sterling LT9500 – Night Covers A Sterling Load Of Covered Corvettes And A Naked Camaro Usually Paul regales us with older car transporters but here’s a newer one I came across recently. I was somewhat surprised to see this one sitting outside a hotel near […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/IMG_2953.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Capsule: 1976 Chevy Camaro – Narrowing Down Your Choices I caught this nice, original Camaro outside my doctor’s office a couple of months ago. The parking job limited my camera angles, but this shot captures the essence of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/76-Camaro-Beauty.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1970 Camaro – GM’s Greatest Hit #1 – Even Pininfarina Praised It (first posted 3/8/2011. I’m a bit reluctant to re-run it, as it really deserves a major do-over) After being trapped six weeks in a 1971 time warp, I had the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-37-068-801.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Classic: 1975 Chevrolet Camaro – Rising To The Challenge Possibly one of a person’s more telling character traits is their willingness to be challenged. Some enjoy it; some need prodding; some need neither. An unwillingness to be challenged, in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_0176.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Capsule: 1990 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 – Spoiler Alert Camaros of this generation were common and cliché for a long, long time. But after 30 years, they’ve finally become uncommon. It was a pleasant surprise to find this one […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/90CamaroAjg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Tech: Electric Power Mirrors This week’s post is rather brief, but that’s because things flowed very smoothly, and I didn’t encounter a single hiccup. So it can happen. For those keeping score, it’s happened […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Mirror-dfferences.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


