"REAL" Numbers Matching 1967 RS/SS 396 Turbo-Jet 4-Speed Convertible

I searched 21 years for this "REAL" NUMBERS MATCHING 1967 RS/SS 396 Turbo-Jet 4-Speed Convertible. 1967 is the First year GM produced the Camaro and the Only year that has "Vent Windows." In my 40 years of being a muscle car enthusiast and collecting the rarest of muscle cars, I have seen a limited number of small block RS/SS convertibles and nearly all of those had automatic transmissions, but I have Never seen another1967 RS/SS "396"4-Speed Convertible that wasn't a Pace Car.

An interesting fact for the Brand New 1967 Camaro SS is that General Motors implemented the "NO 396 RULE," which meant there were to be no 396's put in any Camaro (with the exception of a limited number of Pace Cars.) Rather their High Performance engine wasa special newly designed 350 cubic inch 4 BBL producing 295 HP and was developed specifically for the brand new and very first model year Camaro. It was not until late Novemberof 1966 did GM relax the "NO 396 RULE" and allow dealerships to special order the 396 cubic inch engine in a Camaro, but who knows how many dealerships or their salespeople became aware of that? Perhaps that may be one of the reasons so few 396's were installed in the Camaro.

Fresh out of a high end restoration shop where I had the doors, hood, trunk, fenders, bumpers, grill, windshield, convertible top, cowl vent grille panel, header panel, tail lights, gas filler tube, bright work and badging all removed to have the entire car stripped down to bare metal (but not a rotisserie restoration.) A complete new interior, including dash pad and "Top Show Quality" approved front bucket seat coverswere installed.Some other new parts include a newconvertible top,new gas tank, badging, rubber moldings, windshield chrome, hood louvers, door hinges, door handles, bumpers, window "whiskers," rear deck chrome, and exhaust systemalong withnumerous other parts too many to name.( I believe I had a Stainless Steel exhaust system put on this one.)

The Car V.I.N. is 124677N148682 which matches the block number which is 7148682. The "Block Casting Number" is 3902406 which denotes a 1967 396 cubic inch engine.

Cowl Tag Decoded: "4N" Denotes the car was built with the 396 Turbo-Jet Engine. "L" equals the Z-22 Option which is the "RS" Package. (2LG) The "L" equals 4-Speed Transmission. "G" equals Center Console.

The 396 was totally rebuilt to factory specifications as was the M-20 4-Speed transmission and the factory 12 Bolt Rear-end as well. The Speedometer, Tachometer, Amp Meter Gauge and Temperature Gauges work as they should however the Gas Gauge and Clock still need attention.

This car drives like new and performs as good as it looks. I grade this car as a high quality driver because the underside wasn'tdetailed.I am sure you are aware this IS NOT an inexpensive car and because of how rare it is there probably won't be any "Comps" out there. With that being said, I recently found a 1967 396 Pace Car Convertible with a price of $130,000.....but that was an automatic transmission. I believe my car to be much rarer than the Pace Cars, especially with the 4-Speed Transmission, and in the Collector Car Arena, rarer is better and as you know, more expensive as well. This was the last car I added to my elite collection and have owned it about 15 to 20 years so if there is another one out there you may not see one come on the market for a very long time, perhaps another 21 years.

This may very well be the Rarest Camaro ever built!

PLEASE BID ACCORDINGLY

On Apr-14-18 at 04:27:19 PDT, seller added the following information:

The Interior seat picture was taken Before the "Show Quality Bucket Seat Covers" were installed and Before the Camaro was stripped down to bare metal and restored.