Black panther article
 

I have seen a very interesting article about the Black Panther cars in Newpapers.com. It is from the Windsor Star on Tuesday May 16th, 1967 and the piece is titled Autoline. Unfortunately, I am unable to open the article again.
I know there are members on this site that are always posting ads and articles from newspapers. I am hoping someone can gain access and post the article here for all to read.

I have an article at home. I'm not sure if it is the same one. Trying to find it is going to be an issue as someone sent it to me many years ago, when I was interested in seeing whether it was worth pursuing one of these cars.

Thomas. I would be interested in seeing the article you have. It might be the one from several years ago that the Toronto Star posted.

I just noticed there is what appears to be an advertisement with a Black Panther photo in the Friday May 12, 1967 edition of the Windsor Star. I am very frustrated as the site only shows a partial section and it asks if I would like to start a free trial. When I enter my info, it will not allow me access. This is why I am hoping a member can post the article.

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Bad timing as my Newspaper.com account has been inaccessible for weeks and I've been emailing w/ them just today trying to fix it.
One of the other fellas w/ a subscription will surely capture the article and post it here, I'm looking forward to seeing it too!
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~ Pete

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I think that I found the article you're talking about... Let's see if this works.

That's the one Helmet. Thanks very much. The members on this site are always a great help.
Interesting read. According to the article, Gorries licenced the Black Panthers to a few other Ontario dealers.
I also searched under 1967 Camaro Black Panther and an ad came up from May 12. 1967. I am unable to see the full ad as you have to be a member of Newspapers.com to open it. Are you able to see and post this ad as well?

Probably 15 years ago, there was a Canadian guy that showed one of the Black Panther cars at the St Ignace car show near the Mackinac Bridge. He was there several years with it and I remember talking to him about the car. He may have been the original owner and I think he was from Soo Canada. It was a pretty nice car.

I remember the switches they talk about mounted on the console. Not my style, but glad someone is preserving at least some of them.

I’ve gotta say, black with a gold interior looks sharp but I’m not real fond of the gold stripes. He’s very optimistic about his value estimate. 8-|

Ha....that's it and the owner....memory isn't so bad after all!!

that is a great article. I love the color combo.

The name "Black Panther Camaro" may have hurt U.S. sales because of the Black Panther Party that was in the news in 1966 and 1967.

"Black Panther Party, original name Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. The Panthers eventually developed into a Marxist revolutionary group that called for the arming of all African Americans"

Ya that switch bank in the console is kind of goofy.

Thanks for the link Shawn. In addition to the article posted, I found ads for 6 different Black Panthers in various News Papers. Interesting also that the Windsor dealer mentioned in the article had a minimum of 5 Black Panthers and I know of at least 3 other dealers besides Gorries who also franchised them. I post Black Panther info on my Facebook page...1967 Gorries Black Panther Camaro.

BTW...the pic posted above at Cayuga was taken by a local photographer in 1968. I bought a copy from him and scanned it to my website in 1999 and it has found its way around the internet! That car was owned by a fellow in Chatham, Ontario. I love that pic!

6 Black Panthers have been located and survive to-date...

That’s Bob’s car too. Unfortunately, he passed away last year. Those fender emblems are not correct or original. I only know of one BP they has real emblems.

Yes, Bob wanted $250k for his car! Unfortunately, the vast majority of Black Panthers were just 327 cars with an appearance package. I’d value them at 25%-50% more than a similar condition non-BP car. A documented hi-po car would be a lot more in my opinion.

Great thread by Jon Mello over at CRG with pictures and article: www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=12324

So does anyone know what happened to the "George Moss" Black Panther with the "balance & blue-printed, ported and polished" 427 4 sp 4.10's? Now they say it comes in at 3232lbs? Is that right for a steel-headed BB 1967 Camaro?

Mark, how would one authenticate one of these BP Camaro's? I'm sure you can get GM docs that says it's a Gorries car if it was sold there, but what if it went to a different dealer? Or did the other dealers send cars to them to convert or add the BP package?

The link with the George Moss 427 is an obvious dealer installed 427. So even if that car was just found say in a barn, how could one determine it's this 427 car and not just a regular 327 BP car? Or are the Gorries files around to say what VIN #'s got what?

Much like the Conroy 427 Cheetah Beaumonts.

No way to know without invoices. None of the survivors that I know of are RS/SS cars. In fact, most of the ones that I have heard about over the years have been 327 cars - both standard and RS cars. One RS/SS396 sold out of a Montreal Dealer, but not located yet.

3 of the survivors have original paperwork. Two still with the original owners. Shawn's car has "when new" pics which is pretty cool too.

Lance Hill knows a lot about these cars since he was there then. He told me that the vast majority were 327 cars ordered for the lot. I would think that most Black on Gold Gorries 67's were "likely" BPs. I have also heard of one 68 BP that was up in Parry Sound.

It is actually pretty interesting to see how many people from back in the day remember these cars.