New Zealand Classic Car

ALMOST ONE IN A MILLION

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In 1969, General Motors made almost a quarter of a million Camaros, but they made only 33 others like this one. The Camaro had been around only two years when they released this stunner and it provided huge competitio­n for the Mustang.

This Camaro, a genuine Jerry Macneish Certified 1969 Camaro RPO-Z11 396 Pace Car RS/SS four-speed convertibl­e, is something to behold. It will instantly transform you back to the days of Woodstock, or maybe more heavy metal than that. At a time when cars were naturally

aspirated, V8s ruled, and bigger was always better, as in 396ci and 375bhp, no one really wanted a turbo to dull the exhaust thunder. Twin clutches didn’t exist, so you hefted the lever and changed gear in that Muncie 660 box yourself. If you trod on the accelerato­r too hard you could still light up the tyres because there was no computer to dial it down. A true American muscle car — and it even has Mario Andretti’s signature on it to prove that.

This car had a frame-off, very high dollar nut-and-bolt restoratio­n in 2016 and has only had limited use (1500 miles) since then.

It comes with Jerry Macneish and Mike Kaiser (certified USA Camaro judges) Certificat­es of Authentici­ty “Factory Z-11 396” 4 speed Pacecar and NCRS docs.

The car comes with two sets of tyres as well, original Polyglass Goodyears for shows or Goodrich Radial T/AS for road use here.

Contact Murray Jepson 027 222 1742 or email muzzarov@gmail.com.

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1969 Chev Camaro RPO Z11 Pacecar $135,000

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