I just bought my daughter a 1997 Rick Hendricks S/E Camaro,all I bought It from a friend of mine,can anybody tell me if there is anything special about it,all I know It has the special floor mats and a 3800 v6,cold air induction,t-top,a logo on each side `RICK HENDRICKS S/E `

Thanks,
Gene

 

Post some pics! Those are fairly rare cars.

 

welcome to the site, this is all the information i could find, but it appears that most were v8 or ss models, making yours even more rare

this information was just copy and pasted from two different people, but they just copy and pasted it also so no need to credit them


The LT1 Hendrick MS package included:

Chrome 17" x 9" Firehawk chrome wheels
Heritage Stripes on hood, roof, and deck lid
Hendrick Custom floor mats
Hendrick Dash Plaque
Hendrick Key Fobs
Hendrick Sail Panel Badges
Hendrick Car Cover
Quaker State Lube Package
Dual Dual Performance Exhaust System
BF Goodrich Comp TA Tires Quote:
After speaking with a guy at SLP (street legal performance) he confirmed that a division of theirs did produce the 1997 Camaro SS Hendrick motor sport special edition for chevorlet.(HMS cars).The production numbers are posted at several web sites on the net. SLP no longer has the production numbers in their data base.



As for all other HMS cars produced in 1997 I contacted several Hendrick's Auto dealerships in the Carolina's. According to all of them a person could by a Camaro off the lot and then choose from several options that were offered in the Hendrick motor sport specail edition package. Ranging from tuned exhaust,performance intake,zr1 wheels,special spoilers,ground effects and so on and so on,depending on how deep your pockets are. The dealership would then install the options that were chose and ofcourse put the HMS badging on the car.Therefore the production numbers are unknown. All three dealerships did say that the cars are rare and safely could agree that there were fewer than 100 made.

• There are nine Hendrick Motorsports LT4 Special Edition Camaro SS's.
• The 1997 30th Anniversary LT4 SS's are SLP car #'s 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16, 23, 43 and 71.
• The #1 SS LT4 was Rick Hendrick's personal car (do not know where this car is).
• The Hendrick Autogroup owns eight Chevrolet dealerships so each dealership sold one of the HMS Camaros to the public.
• Dealerships were: City Chevrolet, Rick Hendrick Chevrolet (Durham, NC), Hendrick Automall, Performance Chevrolet, Colonial Chevrolet, Superior Chevrolet, Rick Hendrick Chevrolet (Charleston, SC) and Quality Automotive.
• My LT4 SS was origianly sold from Performance Chevrolet.
• MSRP was $47,250 - I believe they all sold for over $50,000.
• All nine were delivered at the same time at a gala affair on June 25, 1997 held at Hendrick MS Headquarters.
• Airfare and accomodations included.
• The delivery was to occur at Charlotte Motor Speedway but it was booked.
• Many of the nine cars are signed by SLP members, Hendrick, and some Nascar Drivers.
• Purchasers had lunch with Rick Hendrick and Terry LaBonte
• Jeff Gordon and Ricky Craven were a day late, and very few cars have their signature.
• Matt Murphy was with SLP when this program was run.
• Changes to the car are mostly appearance
• Embroidered LT4 Mats
• Hendrick LT4 Dash Plaque
• Hendrick Key Fobs
• Hendrick LT4 & SS Car Cover
• Hendrick LT4 Special Edition Sail Panel Badges
• Dual Dual Performance Exhaust
• Level III Sport Suspension
• Came with a short video of them being built at SLP

Other Info:

• Only two HMS Camaros have the all white leather, the other seven have the white with houndstooth inserts.
• The Hendricks crew did not like the exhaust, it was too quiet, but could not be changed in time for delivery.
• The dual dual exhaust is interesting, it has extra resonators AFTER the muffler just before of the tail pipes.
• Buyers had photos taken with their new Camaro and Terry Labonte at the HMS "Winners Circle".
• The cars were delivered with a case of Quaker State Syn Quest Oil & other QS, stuff - which I current do not have.
• Three of the nine were sold to mutial friends from Utah, two have been resold, the other is still owned by the original purchaser.
• One car the owner had the outside of the hood signed and clear coated.
• I have made contact with only one other HMS owner #4 of 9.

 

Ours has the special floor mats,and the duel exhaust,I only paid 2500.00 for it and we had to replace the shifter and shifter cable,does`nt have the orignal rims,but would like to find some if possible.And has been painted back silver but the stripes where not put back on.I`ll post a picture soon.
Thanks,
Gene

 

Greetings from Chico, CA.....Just wanted to let you know I am the owner of #7 of 9 ....It has 416 miles on it an it is one of two with all White Leather Interior...It is my understanding Rick Hendrick kept Car #1 of 9 and it had all White Leather Interior....I have fallen on tough times this past year and I am probably going to have to sell it and the rest of my car collection

 

It's very likely the V6 Camaro you purchased just had the floormats for the heck of it. Somewhat of an aftermarket add-on. The dual exhaust might be due to RPO code Y87 if you have that. If not, it was always popular to get rid of the standard V6 exhaust, because it was so puny looking. You hardly even see people refer to it anymore, but everybody used to call it "a brown straw." If you can show me pics of it, I can maybe help answer whether or not this is special edition or not.

Good to see one of the LT4 owners! There's an owner of another one of these on ls1tech that has the member name "Xsta" or something like that. He hangs out occasionally in the Special Editions section. You might send him a message as I'm 100% positive he'd be interested in hearing from another HMS LT4 owner!

I'd like to see pics if possible!