This 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS 396 convertible was special ordered at Rancho Chevrolet in Reseda, California with 22 extra-cost options including an SS 396ci Turbo-Jet V8 engine, a Turbo Hydramatic automatic transmission, Rally Sport package, Interior Decor package, Deluxe Interior package, Special Instrumentation package, and more as described below. The car spent time in California and Arizona before being purchased by the selling dealer and relocated to Pennsylvania in May 2019. The dealer reportedly has since added new tires, rebuilt the brake calipers, changed the fluids, and replaced the battery. This Camaro is now offered with a 1981 Super Chevy article about the car, service records, the original Protect-O-Plate, owner’s manuals, an accessory brochure, an NCRS shipping-data report, and a clean Pennsylvania title.
The Bolero Red paint is contrasted by white pinstriping and is shown up close in gallery photographs below. The seller notes that the center of the right door and the forward section of the right quarter panel appear to have been refinished, and there is an area that is discolored on the hood. A factory luggage rack is fitted to the trunk lid, and the rear panel is painted black. Early California registration paperwork viewable in the gallery shows that the installed black license plates are original to the car.
The Super Sport package added non-functional hood vents, nose striping, and exterior badging on the fenders, grille, and center-mount fuel cap. New Firestone Super Sport Wide Oval whitewall tires were recently mounted on steel wheels with mag-style covers and match the tire on the factory spare wheel. The white soft top is shown in both the raised and lowered positions in the gallery.
The interior is upholstered in Parchment vinyl with black trim. A previous owner added a wood-rimmed steering wheel as well as factory 1967 headrests to the Strato bucket front seats. The car was factory optioned with the Interior Decor package, the Deluxe Interior package, a center console, fold-down rear seats, power windows, and deluxe seatbelts.
Additional equipment includes the Special Instrumentation package, which added a trio of gauges to the center console. The AM/FM push-button radio is accompanied by a four-knob control panel under the dash and a rear-seat speaker. A 120-mph speedometer with optional speed-warning indicator hosts a five-digit odometer showing 25k miles. The odometer is said to have rolled over once, and the 1981 Super Chevy article indicated that the car had 113k miles at the time.
The Turbo-Jet 396ci V8 is backed with a Turbo Hydramatic automatic transmission. Output was factory rated at 325 horsepower, and the car came equipped with a 12-bolt differential, a heavy-duty radiator and alternator, dual exhaust system, and an optional GM Air Injection Reactor smog pump, which supplied supplementary air to the exhaust system. Red overspray can be seen on the top of the firewall.
The seller recently serviced the car with a brake caliper rebuild, fluid changes, and replacement of the battery. Additional photographs of the underside can be seen in the gallery below.
The trim tag on the firewall decodes as follows:
- 03A – Built in first week of March 1967
- 67 – 1967 model year
- 12667 – Convertible with custom interior
- LOS – Final assembly at Van Nuys plant in California
- 1596 – Fisher body number
- 797 – Parchment interior trim with custom bucket seats
- R-1 – Bolero Red paint with white top
- WXL – Optional tinted windshield, power windows, fold-down rear seat
- 2GR – Optional center console, rear seat speaker
- 3SL – Optional RPO Z23 interior decor, RPO Z22 Rally Sport equipment
- 4N – Optional 396/325HP V8 engine
- 5Y – Optional deluxe seatbelts
The original GM warranty Protect-O-Plate is pictured above, and the owner’s manuals, convertible-top supplement manual, accessory brochure, and a recently obtained National Corvette Restorers Society shipping-data report are shown in the gallery. Partial service records also come with the car.
This Camaro was the subject of a cover story for the July 1981 issue of Super Chevy magazine, when it was presented as one of the highest-optioned 1967 Camaro convertibles built by Chevrolet. The magazine also shows a photo of the window sticker, which is shown in the gallery and indicates an original retail price of $4,506.
