Berlinetta
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I believe the name(option) change was from LT to Berlinetta. Frankly I dont like them. I get a funny feeling when Im around one.
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Luxury package. Replaced Type LT for the 1979 model year, and was discontinued in 1986 if I remember correctly.
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Anyone remember the one year only funky stereo unit on a pod in the console? The 1984 Camaro Berlinetta 
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The '84 Berlinetta was my first car. Goofy pod stereo and all. Tape deck wouldn't open. Had buttons for everything - blinkers wouldn't work. T-tops that leaked. v8 and nothing more than bike tires. It would shine up though. I think the color was copper? that rusty red looking color. Holy crap i was cool.
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How the hell did Chevy even stay in business?
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70-73, Iirc
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1970-1972 Camaros had BBC options
I have yet to see in person a 1970 L78 Camaro - GM had only 600 roll off the line
Also,
I remember a friend of mine in Sacramento in the 80's had a 68 Camaro, 327 with a Pwer glide.
This car had a very 'stock' look to the engine. He said that it had an 'rv' cam. (????)
Anyway, he street raced it a lot and was never beaten. This thing just had a fightin gear or something because it took off with a real good hole shot and accelerated pretty hard.
He'd just leave it in 1st and hit the gas. The race was over by 50mph, not enough room in downtown Sac to go more than 1 light to light or two.
I never had the nerve with my 69 Firebird then, I would have been immediately caught. I roasted my tires for a curbside burnout contest once and was caught by Jon law. I won the money but the ticket was for more than I won.
He never brought it to the track despite my insists, I really wanted to see what sort of times it would make. I don't even think it had headers.
RV cam?
I wish he could have been more specific. It did have a slight lope to it but that's it. Still, that car pulled really well for a SBC.
Was the 327 and pwer glide a common package in the day?
I remember a friend of mine in Sacramento in the 80's had a 68 Camaro, 327 with a Pwer glide.
This car had a very 'stock' look to the engine. He said that it had an 'rv' cam. (????)
Anyway, he street raced it a lot and was never beaten. This thing just had a fightin gear or something because it took off with a real good hole shot and accelerated pretty hard.
He'd just leave it in 1st and hit the gas. The race was over by 50mph, not enough room in downtown Sac to go more than 1 light to light or two.
I never had the nerve with my 69 Firebird then, I would have been immediately caught. I roasted my tires for a curbside burnout contest once and was caught by Jon law. I won the money but the ticket was for more than I won.
He never brought it to the track despite my insists, I really wanted to see what sort of times it would make. I don't even think it had headers.
RV cam?
I wish he could have been more specific. It did have a slight lope to it but that's it. Still, that car pulled really well for a SBC.
Was the 327 and pwer glide a common package in the day?
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yep, the Chevy II is also known as a Nova. It was called the Chevy II until 1969 or so, then they switched it to Nova.
I ran an RV cam in my semi-built 283 all through the 80's. Before the days of chevy performance at every dealership...you could buy a cam that was put in the motors that came stock in the RV's of the day...you know the vans with a camper body. Chevy put a beefier cam in them to get the horsepower up so that landbarge could actually run at highway speeds. By the time I bought one they had all kinds,I ran a "b" phase RV cam...little lope but didnt affect vacuum so the pwr breaks worked well etc. The biggest thing was they had all kinds phase A,B,C etc...each one was good at one thing or another good mileage,horsepower gain etc.If you were looking for a cam that would mesh well with stock parts,valve springs and the like it was the way to go.They have died out as the RV has...and chevy has gone much more high-tech with the stuff they offer over the counter now...
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Jeff H has one. It's bad ***.1970-1972 Camaros had BBC options
I have yet to see in person a 1970 L78 Camaro - GM had only 600 roll off the line
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the berlinetta was the caddilac of camros hahaha... in 1979 gm sold 67, 236 berlinettas.. the total number of camaros sold in 79 was 282,571, the most theyve ever sold in one year
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Oh man, my good buddy in high school had an 84 Red Berlinetta. Damn, that was the hottest car on the school grounds at the time. The year was 1988 and i loooved that car. The dash looked like the space shuttle to me.
Now i see them and think...Damn, that thing is UGLY.
Now i see them and think...Damn, that thing is UGLY.
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