The Chevrolet Camaro is the only 1960s pony car still in production besides the Mustang that inspired it. There have been ups and downs over the years, and even a lengthy hiatus between 2002 and 2009, but you can still walk into a Chevy dealer today and buy one.
Rumors abound that GM is poised to axe the slow selling model, though, so you might want to get in there while you still can. Or you could buy one of the estimated 5 million sold over the last 55 years. Here’s are five kick-ass Camaros currently for sale that you could grab the keys to this weekend.
1969 Chevrolet Camaro Watkins Glen Pace Car ($269,995)
We know what you’re thinking: $270k looks like big money for one of those stickered-up commemorative pace car replicas. But you’d be wrong. This 44,000-mile Camaro for sale in Quebec is the actual car that paced the 1969 U.S. Grand Prix in Watkins Glen. Chevy did build and sell replicas of the Camaro that paced the Indy that year, but not of the GP car.
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To ensure it had enough muscle to keep ahead of the F1 cars, this matching numbers car was optioned with an aluminum-head L78-code 396-cube (6.5-liter) big block V8 making 375 hp.
1974 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 ($34,000)
Nineteen-seventy-four was a watershed moment for Camaro muscle. The 350 cu.inch (5.7-liter) small block’s 245 hp might have looked mild next to previous Zs efforts, but it would be 1990 before Chevy fans could again buy a regular production Camaro with this much grunt.
Chevy restyled the Camaro’s nose for ’74 then actually retired the Z28 badged for the three years after, meaning this car’s wicked hood graphics are pretty rare. Throw in a factory four-speed manual transmission and we’re already reaching for the Visa card for this one at Napoli Classics, CT.
1987 Chevrolet Camaro IROC Z Convertible ($29,987)
The Camaro’s two big bits of news for ’87 were the return of the 350 (5.7 liter) V8 and a convertible option. The 350 had only been MIA since ’81, but Chevy fans hadn’t been able to buy a fully roofless Camaro since way back in 1969.
The convertibles were built by the American Sunroof Company and available on Sport Coupe, luxury LT, and performance-focused IROCs like this one in Florida.
2002 Chevrolet Camaro GMMG ZL1 ($105,000)
The 1969 original aluminum-engined ZL1 Camaros built for drag racing in 1969 sit right at the top of any list of collectible Chevy pony cars. And Chevy of course resurrected the name for a high-performance supercharged Camaro in 2011.
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But less well known outside of fourth-gen fan communities is the fourth-gen ZL1 built by GMMG Inc. in the early 2000s. This one at Carolina Muscle Cars, NC, has the base 400 hp version of the 5.7-liter LS6 (still 75 hp up on the most powerful factory ’02 Camaro), but a 475 hp version, and even a 600 hp Phase III with 7.0-liters of muscle, were just an option tick away.
2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 ($62,595)
As if the 650-hp ZL1 version of the six-generation Camaro introduced in 2017 wasn’t sufficiently testosterone-infused, Chevy went the extra quarter mile and added a 1LE variant. But unlike its 1960s namesake, this ZL1’s natural home wasn’t drag strip straights, but circuits. Weighing 60 lbs (27 kg) less than a stock ZL1, kitted out with trick dampers from Multimatic, the people who supply shocks to F1 cars, and covered in aero devices, it’s a riot on a race track – and pretty hard work on the street.