Chevrolet had a long history of naming their car models with words beginning with the letter "C." But at an historic live press conference in June of 1966, the first to connect 14 cities together by phone, executives of Chevy announced a new car that, like others in the stable such as Corvette, Chevelle, and Corvair, would also be a C-name. The moniker? Camaro. When asked what a Camaro was the corporate reply was a vicious creature that eats Mustangs. Yes, the Camaro was going to go head to head with Ford's Mustang.
Starting with the 1967 model year, the Camaro was the Mustang's biggest competition. The GM product never reached the success of the original pony car, it did incredibly well and sold through four generations until Chevy shut it down in 2002. It made a return in 2010 and is once again rolling strong. One of the coolest things, for me at least, about the Camaro is that many were built at the GM plant in Norwood where my uncle worked. Alas, he never got to bring home a weekend test car but he did manage to collect some cool memorabilia.
As could be expected there were plenty of Camaros on hand at this past season's Pumpkin Run Nationals. Here are a few of them.
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