Where the name Z28 comes from
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Where the name Z28 comes from
I was wondering if anyone knew where they came up with the name Z28, is there any technical meaning behind it. Or do American cars just pick numbers and letters out of a hat.
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Re: Where the name Z28 comes from
Its just a code that was used on the first gens for a performance package i believe. Almost like a Z51 equipped corvette. The name just stuck and became associated with performance model camaros.
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Re: Where the name Z28 comes from
Chevrolet wanted a Camaro that could compete in the Trams Am series races. This series had a cubic inch limit of 305, and a factory production quota in order to be considered for TA racing. In 1967, Chevy built 602 Camaro's equipped with the Z/28 performance package with a 302 engine and some changes for road racing. The Z/28 was used as the RPO code to designate this package. So, to answer your question, the Z/28 model was named after the RPO code created for it.
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Re: Where the name Z28 comes from
Originally Posted by shoebox
Well yeah, it's the RPO code, but it has no other real meaning. Just some digits stuck together.
oh, and Schmidt, don't believe it if anyone tells you it means 2 door 8 cylinder. Otherwise a Z06 would have no doors and 6 cylinders
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Re: Where the name Z28 comes from
Originally Posted by TCredTA95
I thought that a camaro was some kind of horse. I could be wrong im not a cowboy.
Camaro means pal, buddy, friend. French origin was it?
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Re: Where the name Z28 comes from
The horse is the Mustang .....
I speak spanish and it doesnt translate to anything in spanish...I asked my moms and pops and they dont know either...
cam-cammed?
aro-fast as an arrow?
I speak spanish and it doesnt translate to anything in spanish...I asked my moms and pops and they dont know either...
cam-cammed?
aro-fast as an arrow?
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Re: Where the name Z28 comes from
An interesting quote from a website you will find with a search for "Camaro definition":
The Chevrolet Camaro was a compact car introduced in North America by the Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors at the start of the 1967 model year as competition for the Ford Mustang. Although it was technically a compact (by the standards of the time), the Camaro, like the entire class of Mustang competitiors, was soon known as a pony car.
Though the car's name was contrived with no meaning, General Motors researchers found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." Ford Motor Company researchers discovered other definitions, including "a shrimp-like creature" and an arcane term for 'loose bowels!" In some automotive periodicals before official release, it went by the name, "Panther".
Though the car's name was contrived with no meaning, General Motors researchers found the word in a French dictionary as a slang term for "friend" or "companion." Ford Motor Company researchers discovered other definitions, including "a shrimp-like creature" and an arcane term for 'loose bowels!" In some automotive periodicals before official release, it went by the name, "Panther".
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Re: Where the name Z28 comes from
Originally Posted by Don't Look Back
oh, and Schmidt, don't believe it if anyone tells you it means 2 door 8 cylinder. Otherwise a Z06 would have no doors and 6 cylinders
