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Apr 20, 2005 · One of the “old school“ cars he drives is a replica of a 1969 Yenko 427 Camaro. Nine similar Yenko replicas were prepared by Ted Moser's shop in California for use in this movie. They're all LeMans Blue with white Yenko graphics and aluminum Cragar S/S wheels.
- The 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS in Better Off Dead. While other Camaros on this list might indicate more gruff power, action, and noise, ironically, the one in the 1985 dark comedy "Better Off Dead" represents hope, growth, and a lot of wholesome, good feeling that you might say is uncharacteristic of a muscle car.
- The 1969 Yenko Chevrolet Camaro SYC in 2 Fast 2 Furious. When Don Yenko, a car dealership owner, took advantage of the COPO program to custom order the 1969 Camaro, one has to wonder if he knew the mark these vehicles would make on the Camaro brand and the muscle car world as a whole.
- The 1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 in 21 Jump Street. It might not be a stretch to say "21 Jump Street" helped Channing Tatum win People magazine's 2012 award for sexiest man alive.
- The 1977 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 in Transformers. Bumblebee has long been a household name, and while many will remember our favorite alien robot as a 2010 Camaro SS, let's not forget that we first met him in 2007, in the first "Transformers" movie, as a beat-up yellow 1977 Chevrolet Camaro.
- Charlie’s Angels
- Gumball Rally
- Black Dog
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- Transformers
- 2 Fast 2 Furious
- Eat My Dust
- Aloha, Bobby and Rose
- Better Off Dead
In this comedic big-screen version of the 1970s TV drama, cars played as much a role as the film’s beautiful stars—Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, and Lucy Liu. Barrymore’s character drives a rare 1969 Camaro convertible Indy Pace Car Edition, one of just 3,675 built with RPO Z11 the package. All were Dover White with Hugger Orange stripes and an ora...
Gumball Rallyis a cross-country race movie modeled after the real-life Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, invented by Brock Yates in 1971. The real stars of this film are the real Ferrari Daytona Spyder and 427 Shelby Cobra that race wheel-to-wheel from New York City to Long Beach, California. This yellow 1972 Camaro is also ...
Someone on the production of this 1998 trucker flick starring Patrick Swayze was into ‘80s muscle cars. The movie’s action sequence stars a Monte Carlo SS and a 1987 IROC Camaro with T-tops and optional 220-horsepower 5.7-liter V-8. The vast majority of IROCs were 305 powered. We need to thank director Kevin Hooks for including a quick shot of the ...
Remember when surfer Spicoli, played by Sean Penn, wrecks the 1979 Camaro Z/28 owned by his high school’s football star? It’s one of the classic scenes in the history of teen comedies. “Relax,” he tells his passenger. “My old man is a television repair man. He’s got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.” More Camaros were built in 1979 than any...
Chevrolet wrote a big check and what would become the 2010 Camaro (actually rebodied Pontiac GTOs) played Bumblebee, the main Autobot warrior in this sci-fi action blockbuster. But the coolest Camaro in 2007’s Transformers is Bumblebee’s original alternate mode, a jacked-up, big-bumper 1976 model. With primer spots, questionable modifications, and ...
In 2003, for the second installment of the endless Fast and Furiousfranchise, the production team dialed up the American muscle with a Hemi-powered 1970 Dodge Challenger and this 1969 Yenko Camaro. Several Le Mans Blue Camaros were used for production, all were, of course, Yenko clones and replicas, and most were small-block powered with automatic ...
Now he’s one of Hollywood’s biggest directors, but in 1976 Ron Howard was a teenage TV star making his movie debut in Eat My Dust. Howard’s character, Hoover, steals the hottest Camaro in his one-horse town to take the local beauty queen for a joyride. The car is a 1968 circle track racer owned by local racing hero Big Bubba Jones. Mods include a b...
Paul Le Mat is famous for playing John Milner in 1973’s American Graffiti, but two years later he appeared in Aloha, Bobby and Rose, driving a very cool period-correct 1968 Camaro. Mods include black side pipes, flares, polished slot mags, a black cowl induction hood, and missing front bumper. Under the hood is a small-block 327 backed by a four-sp...
In this teen romance, John Cusack is Lane Meyer, a teenager who needs a break. Something to boost his confidence. That something turns out to be a derelict 1967 Camaro RS/SS, which has been rotting in his parents driveway. Lane and his pretty French neighbor transform his Camaro from driveway junk to dynamite and dramatically reveal it to the blues...
Mar 15, 2012 · The 25 Best Movie Camaros. Spicoli totalled Forest Whitaker's Z28. This and other silver screen gems depicting the classic Chevy of American muscle. By Stirling Matheson.
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Carb. Note: L-89 differed from L-78 in having aluminum heads, larger valves, a specific Holley carburetor, different transmission, etc. LF-3 was superseded by 307 V-8 as 1969's base V-8. Only 50 ZL-1's, the aluminum-block 427, were installed in Camaros by the factory.
Feb 10, 2020 · Introduction. The 1969 Camaro was chosen as the Official Pace Car for the 1969 running of the Indianapolis 500 and as the Official Car of the ‘500’ Festival. This was a repeat performance for Camaro since it had also been chosen as the 1967 Pace Car.
Nov 22, 2023 · Whether or not they entered the theater as car buffs, moviegoers from around the world were introduced to Chevrolet’s take on the classic pony car, and its muscular roles in many movies often stole the show. So let’s dig into five such movies where the Camaro took center stage.
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