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Last Call: The greatest Camaro ever made?

Jeff Glucker

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Yes. The answer is yes.

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Jeff Glucker

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Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff

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11 responses to “Last Call: The greatest Camaro ever made?”

  1. mdharrell Avatar
    mdharrell

    When pigs fly…

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    1. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      I love it

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    2. Sjalabais Avatar
      Sjalabais

      Almost-ly relevant, but this is Last Call anyway:

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  2. Maymar Avatar
    Maymar

    I was first going to say that Sunoco-Penske is the correct livery for a Camaro, citing the early Trans Am cars, but I grew up reading magazines that usually had a bunch of articles on Player’s Challenge races. A field full of 3rd gen F-bodies is already pretty cool, but also apparently if you ordered the requisite Camaro 1LE (hardtop, big brakes, right powertrain, and no A/C), you’d get a phone call from John Heinricy just to verify you knew exactly what you ordered. So yes, a 3rd gen Sunoco-livery Camaro might be peak cool for me.

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    1. Slow Joe Crow Avatar
      Slow Joe Crow

      That reminds me of a letter to Hot Rod or Car Craft in the 80s where the guy ordered a very basic Firebird Formula and it was delivered with rear disk brakes he hadn’t ordered because the system saw maximum engine/minimum options and assumed race car.

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  3. Batshitbox Avatar
    Batshitbox

    I think Helge Meyer’s Ghost Car still wins as the greatest Camaro ever.
    https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/armored-camaro-kept-civilians-alive-in-war-torn-bosnia/

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    1. Sjalabaffled Avatar
      Sjalabaffled

      Meyer’s exploits still defy belief

      That is one of the more bizarre things I have read, completely new to me. A Mad Max style car, a bullet lodged in his helmet, presenting himself as “Meyer, US Army” and writing a book called “God’s Rambo”? Sounds like a metric bucket full of crazy, that ended up doing a lot of good nonetheless.

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    2. GTXcellent Avatar
      GTXcellent

      Wow! What an incredible badass!

      I had never heard of Helge Meyer and his Ghost Camaro before, but I’ve now spent the last hour reading everything I can find about this truly heroic humanitarian.

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  4. Salguod Avatar
    Salguod

    No.

    I’m sure it’s a fantastic race car, but there’s not much Camaro there. The Penske Sunoco Camaros of the 60s or any number of IMSA Camaros are actually Camaro based.

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  5. bill Avatar
    bill

    The “Greatest Camaro” is the one that just came out of the crusher.

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  6. Wayward Avatar
    Wayward

    This should be a shoo-in for HCOTY in any year.

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