The Official Sixth Gen Camaro Thread!

[SJ_GTI]

I kind of dig the 3rd gens. My dad had an IROC-Z with T Tops when we were kids.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Berlinetta! 

[giant_mtb]

^ When I first glanced at that picture I was like "wtf why's it lifted."

[12,000 RPM]

Berlinetta! Just like a Ferrari!

[SJ_GTI]

Berlinetta! Just like a Ferrari!

Basically the same thing.

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Yeah I'd like to see it based on the 3rd/4th Gen styling. Low with a long hood!

But if a clean IROC-Z doesn't make your heart swell with patriotism, even just a little, you might be a Communist.

Just needs an LS swap.

Yes they do! Love How well the 4th Gen IROCs have aged myself!

[Eye of the Tiger]

^ When I first glanced at that picture I was like "wtf why's it lifted."

Nope, it just always looks like it's accelerating really fast!

[SJ_GTI]

Yeah I'd like to see it based on the 3rd/4th Gen styling. Low with a long hood!
Yes they do! Love How well the 4th Gen IROCs have aged myself!

Wait, did the 4th gen have an IROC version...? I googled it but don't see anything.

[MX793]

I have a soft spot of the looks of the 3rd gen cars.  The 4th gens were a little too 90s bulbous, but the 3rd gens had great proportions and clean lines.  Way better looking than the Fox Mustangs.

Not sure we'll ever see another liftback coupe like those 80s and 90s Camaros again, though.  Structural rigidity was pretty poor.

[GoCougs]

The IROC-Z could be a looker. Unfortunately GM committed the Ultimate Sin by saddling the 350 w/the auto tragic (because true to form, the Camaro with 350 and M/T was as good or better car than the Corvette):

[Eye of the Tiger]

M/T wasn't strong enough for all that torque, supposedly.

[GoCougs]

Peak Camaro however was absolutely the early 2nd gen - preferably the Z/28 with non-split bumper and low profile rear spoiler (1970):

[GoCougs]

M/T wasn't strong enough for all that torque, supposedly.

They put it into the Corvette . A ridiculous 4+3 but M/T nonetheless.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I know it was kind of crappy, but this is my favourite Camaro. Childhood memories. I can't help it.

[FoMoJo]

Early Z28s were nice...



After 1970, all domestics turned into crap for at least 30 years.  Slow recovery until the last 15 years.

[12,000 RPM]

I have a soft spot of the looks of the 3rd gen cars.  The 4th gens were a little too 90s bulbous, but the 3rd gens had great proportions and clean lines.  Way better looking than the Fox Mustangs.

Not sure we'll ever see another liftback coupe like those 80s and 90s Camaros again, though.  Structural rigidity was pretty poor.

Can't be any worse than a current Camaro convertible. If we're gonna go retro let's do it right

[Laconian]

I have a soft spot of the looks of the 3rd gen cars.  The 4th gens were a little too 90s bulbous, but the 3rd gens had great proportions and clean lines.  Way better looking than the Fox Mustangs.

Not sure we'll ever see another liftback coupe like those 80s and 90s Camaros again, though.  Structural rigidity was pretty poor.

I grew to appreciate the looks of the 3rd gen once enough time had passed that the mullet stigma wore off.

[MX793]

Can't be any worse than a current Camaro convertible. If we're gonna go retro let's do it right

I would wager that a modern Maro vert is more rigid than the 3rd gen liftbacks by quite a large margin.  Drive an old 80s or even 90s liftback.  They aren't nearly as rigid as a notchback of the same era without cargo-space-gobbling strut tower braces.

[12,000 RPM]

I would wager that a modern Maro vert is more rigid than the 3rd gen liftbacks by quite a large margin.  Drive an old 80s or even 90s liftback.  They aren't nearly as rigid as a notchback of the same era without cargo-space-gobbling strut tower braces.

I meant a modern interpretation of the 3rd gen would have to be at least as rigid as the current Camaro vert

3rd gen had a low cowl that I'm not sure the Alpha platform could replicate

[GoCougs]

I know it was kind of crappy, but this is my favourite Camaro. Childhood memories. I can't help it.

I had a '79 - not Z/28 though. Loved it, but it was a pretty awful car.

IMO the best of the later 3rd gen was the '78 Z/28 - no external bumpers (like in your pic), no tacky Trans Am-esque front spoiler and stripes (which started in '79), and curved cockpit-style dash (went to squared-off dash in '79 as well):

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Wait, did the 4th gen have an IROC version...? I googled it but don't see anything.

My bad! I meant 2nd and 3rd Gen styling! and 3rd Gen IROC!

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Peak Camaro however was absolutely the early 2nd gen - preferably the Z/28 with non-split bumper and low profile rear spoiler (1970):

This!!!

[SJ_GTI]

My bad! I meant 2nd and 3rd Gen styling! and 3rd Gen IROC!

Oddly enough, while I like the 3rd gen more I don't mind the weird looking 4th gen. I was really keen to see an IROC version. 

[CaminoRacer]

Here you go Cougs

[giant_mtb]

Sometimes I wish I was better at identifying classic cars.  People say shit like "oh, this is the year with the split bumper and the dual exhaust tips instead of single tips with the tail lights that were slightly oval instead of true circular" and I'm like...okay, damn.

[BimmerM3]

Sometimes I wish I was better at identifying classic cars.  People say shit like "oh, this is the year with the split bumper and the dual exhaust tips instead of single tips with the tail lights that were slightly oval instead of true circular" and I'm like...okay, damn.

Meh, if it's not something that I learned for an actual reason, I don't think it's worth the time to memorize. Like it makes sense to research vehicles you want to buy. That's why I know that E39s have chrome trim around the window unless it has the sport package, which come with black trim instead.



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[12,000 RPM]

Sometimes I wish I was better at identifying classic cars.  People say shit like "oh, this is the year with the split bumper and the dual exhaust tips instead of single tips with the tail lights that were slightly oval instead of true circular" and I'm like...okay, damn.

Such knowledge is called "trivia" for a reason. Absolutely nothing of benefit has come from me knowing that the only 90-93 Accords with dual air bags were the 92-93 SEs. Nothing at all

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Oddly enough, while I like the 3rd gen more I don't mind the weird looking 4th gen. I was really keen to see an IROC version. 

I owned 2 4th Gen Z28s but I think The 3rd Gen IROC has aged better!

[Gotta-Qik-C7]

Sometimes I wish I was better at identifying classic cars.  People say shit like "oh, this is the year with the split bumper and the dual exhaust tips instead of single tips with the tail lights that were slightly oval instead of true circular" and I'm like...okay, damn.

Thats me! My boys be tripping when I can tell them the difference in 70/71/72 Chevelles or the different years of 60s Impalas just from the tail lights! 

[FoMoJo]

Thats me! My boys be tripping when I can tell them the difference in 70/71/72 Chevelles or the different years of 60s Impalas just from the tail lights! 

How do you do with Fords?

I used to be able to look in the rear view mirror at night and tell the make, model and year of the car just by the look of the headlights.