Day 2 67 Camaro restoration

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by 6t7 camaro

This car is awesome. I do have one question though. As a former 67 Camaro owner, the rear bumper bumperettes/saber teeth look too far out from the license plate. I remember mine lined up more with the inside ends of the tail lights. Not meant as criticism, which is correct?

They are closer to the center on an RS, possibly due to the back up lights in the lower tail panel.

[6t7 camaro]

Mine was a non RS car and they were spaced identical to the picture of your RS/SS.

[Chuck_Burg]

I don’t take it as a criticism. This car is a very early built 67, September’66. Could be one oddity of the early cars. When I bought the car, it was mostly original paint and the bumpers and bumper guards were in the same position. In fact the original brackets bolting the bumper guard to the lower valance were originally silver zinc, maybe even flash chrome. The plater did them in black oxide which may be correct for most cars but they weren’t black on this car, I don’t think they were ever removed prior to me removing them.

[1967Z28]

There was a shortage of rear bumper guards when the Camaros first came out and Chevrolet shipped them to the dealers later to be installed when the car was brought in for service. There's a service bulletin about it. The Camaro rear bumpers have a couple of different holes on the bottomside, one for the rear guards in the normal location and one further outboard. I'm not sure why the ones further out were ever put there but they do allow someone the mount the guards further out.

[Chuck_Burg]

Great information! I just put it back together the way it was when I received the car. Oddly enough my bumper does not have any holes closer to the center of the bumper. It does however have holes even further toward the outside of the bumper. It is my assumption that this is the original bumper. The car was never hit in the back nor was it repainted.

[Chuck_Burg]

There are also no other holes in the lower valance.

[Too Many Projects]

Guards must be in the right place then. The holes further out are for the jack load rest. It has a pin that engages the hole.

[6t7 camaro]

That is interesting. So were the bumperettes supposed to be standard equipment on all Camaros and bumper guards the optional alternative?

[6t7 camaro]

My buddy has the optional (extra cost) bumper guards on his 67 pace car.

[Chuck_Burg]

That’s right Mitch, I knew that :Blush:

From my understanding all 67s got the small bumper guards. The larger overriders were optional.