GM Engineer Hints New Camaro May Be Available Within 1 Year

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11-24-2006, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Z/28lover

Im sorry, but i think you are full of ****, you cant even spell. You seem to have all this information that is kind of smelling like bull****.

Im going to need some sort of proof that you work at Oshawa....sorry, otherwise your opinion, facts and talk is just worthless.

I can certainly understand why a person would come up with this idea, since most people that know anything about this car knows it's spelled 'camaro' and most even have a hate for it spelled any other way.

However, I do hope any incoming info is right, as long as it's positive. So I'll just try to give the man the benefit of the doubt.

11-24-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GM OSHAWA

The Oshawa plant continues to run both assembly lines. Zero movement has taken place inside the plant as of Nov15. I'am hoping to get on the pre production team so i can keep you Guys up to date.I will be one of the first to drive the new production Camero either way.

I'll be right beside you, pal.

11-24-2006, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Capn Pete

Ok guys, now we KNOW for SURE he works for GM in Oshawa!!!

That's more concrete than if he scanned his employee ID and a pay-stub for us!

Hi Capn.

11-24-2006, 09:31 PM

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I hope you're not in charge of making the "Camaro" nameplate.

As far a being on the pilot team, in our recent shelf agreement between GM and the CAW, wasn't one of the conditions that GM would use outsourced personnel to do all the pre-work?

12-11-2006, 11:49 AM

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A 40th Anniversary 2007 Camaro is practically a no-brainer

yea

last time I checked there were 35 years of Camaro's produced on the F-body platform no less. The only relation this car will have to that line is the name.

12-11-2006, 11:51 AM

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yea

last time I checked there were 35 years of Camaro's produced on the F-body platform no less. The only relation this car will have to that line is the name.

And that is build in canada... eh!

12-11-2006, 01:18 PM

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yea

last time I checked there were 35 years of Camaro's produced on the F-body platform no less. The only relation this car will have to that line is the name.

36.

12-11-2006, 06:17 PM

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It looks like April '08 before any Camaros are built in Oshawa. With saleable production models rolling out at the beginning of '09.

12-12-2006, 10:17 AM

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~8 months to get the car to the dealerships?!

Say it ain't so!!

(what if I show up in the middle of a night shift in ~April/May of '08 ..... think we can sneak just ONE out the gate??? Promise I won't tell who helped me do it! )

12-12-2006, 12:07 PM

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36.

Yup. 35th anniversary = 36th year.

12-12-2006, 03:05 PM

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yea

last time I checked there were 35 years of Camaro's produced on the F-body platform no less. The only relation this car will have to that line is the name.

not sure I agree with this. What is an F Body? I thought the original was modified from a Nova or another car. Rather than a Nova, the 5th gen shares parts with the Commodore. I know Im a little ignorant on this but wasnt the 1st gen F bod just the name for the Firebird and Camaro because they happened to be those exact dimensions even though they shared many parts with other cars?

12-12-2006, 04:33 PM

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I believe the frame rails, body shells and what not were unique ti anything else in GM. F is the body code unique to the Camaro and Firebird. No matter which generation.

12-12-2006, 04:42 PM

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I believe the frame rails, body shells and what not were unique ti anything else in GM. F is the body code unique to the Camaro and Firebird. No matter which generation.

bingo, the F is the Vin character to ID the Body type(5th diget IIRC)

12-12-2006, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Capn Pete

~8 months to get the car to the dealerships?!

Say it ain't so!!

(what if I show up in the middle of a night shift in ~April/May of '08 ..... think we can sneak just ONE out the gate??? Promise I won't tell who helped me do it! )

Haha We could try, Pete.

12-12-2006, 07:55 PM

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I believe the frame rails, body shells and what not were unique ti anything else in GM. F is the body code unique to the Camaro and Firebird. No matter which generation.

I can tell you F in VIN did not exist in the first Gen.

A 69 VIN would look something like this

124379N(######)

1=Chevrolet
2= CAMARO
4= V8
3= Coupe
7= Fixed Digit
9= 1969
N= Norwood
###### = Sequential number starting from 500000

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Originally Posted by Dave89IROC

bingo, the F is the Vin character to ID the Body type(5th diget IIRC)

Its neat but does it matter? It was not in there through the 1st gen. GM may even put it in come production... I think sharing parts and enginnering costs will be a good thing. I like the idea of borrowing parts from the Vette on the same token. Like the motor!

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