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Car of the Day: May 6, 2015; Hot Wheels '69 Chevrolet Camaro
Topic Started: May 6 2015, 01:22 AM (477 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Hot Wheels 1969 Chevrolet Camaro

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The Chevrolet Camaro is an automobile manufactured by General Motors (GM) under the Chevrolet brand, classified as a pony car and some versions also as a muscle car. It went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was designed as a competing model to the Ford Mustang. The car shared its platform and major components with the Pontiac Firebird, also introduced for 1967.


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Like the Jeep CJ-7 shown a few weeks ago, this is also from the final batch of Hot Wheels Flying Customs. The Flying Customs series were hit or miss with more misses than hits early on, but the final batch was almost entirely full of hits. I really like this one with the Zamac treatment and sharp graphics.

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The first-generation Camaro debuted in September 1966, for the 1967 model year, up to 1969 on a new rear-wheel drive GM F-body platform and was available as a two-door coupé or convertible with 2+2 seating, and a choice of 230 cu in (3.8 L), 250 cu in (4.1 L) inline-6 or 302 cu in (4.9 L), 307 cu in (5.0 L), 327 cu in (5.4 L), 350 cu in (5.7 L), 396 cu in (6.5 L) 427 cu in (7.0 L) V8 powerplants. Concerned with the runaway success of the Ford Mustang, Chevrolet executives realized that their compact sporty car, the Corvair, would not be able to generate the sales volume of the Mustang due to its rear-engine design, as well as declining sales, partly due to the negative publicity from Ralph Nader's book, Unsafe at Any Speed. Therefore, the Camaro was touted as having the same conventional rear-drive, front-engine configuration as the Mustang and Chevy II Nova. In addition, the Camaro was designed to fit a variety of power plants in the engine bay. The first-generation Camaro lasted until the 1969 model year and eventually inspired the design of the new retro fifth-generation Camaro.


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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
I missed this one, obviously scooped up quickly by all the collectors. Never saw a single one in any store. I don't think I'll be seeing these later cars in any of the dollar stores, like they had the earlier releases (many "misses").
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It is a nice version of the Camaro. Like so many of the sub-series from Hot Wheels the Flying Colors were very rarely on the pegs of the big box stores in my area.
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I don't care for the bare-metal "Zamac" look, so I don't add them to my collection, generally. I don't remember if I ever came across this one. I do like the casting, but would have passed on this particular variation.
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