Go to any vintage car show or cruise-in of any size, and you’re guaranteed to see multiple early Camaros tweaked to various degrees. But think about how often you see a first-gen Camaro that’s absolutely showroom stock. They’re damn near as rare as Barracudas and Javelins of the same vintage. This 1968 example is striking not just for it’s black and white on red color scheme, but for it’s time-capsule appearance. It’s a one-family car that was purchased new in the fall of 1967. Driven in high school by it’s current owner, then stored for 30 years. When the owner “dropped the bombshell” on her then fiancee that the car existed and would he help her restore it, his answer was an enthusiastic “I will”. The one stipulation was that when finished, it had to be as close as possible to how it was when her father purchased it. The only variance is the set of redline tires, which I think are a nice fit to the color scheme.
I'm not gonna lie. I’m not a big Camaro fan, but when I see an early example as it was when new, I can really appreciate how folks fall for these cars. They really are beautiful designs.