1971 Chevrolet Camaro

Coupe

350 cid

Automatic

Clear

Gasoline

You can read the whole Listing or save time, confidently accept the fact that it's a GREAT CAR, because it is and simply Buy it for a FAIR PRICE. I added 9 NEW Photos Oct. 15. 2013 (Date Stamped). REDUCED by MORE than $10,000.00. Now it's a RIDICULOUS Bargain............ Someone is going to score a REALLY GOOD SOLID Car here........................... I've been driving it around a bit recently and when you rev it a little and hear it; it will put that I have to own this, smile on anyone's face. It is EXTREMELY POWERFUL and RESPONSIVE, with the increase in horsepower. Whether it's for personal use and enjoyment or refinish and flip (resale), this is the perfect candidate. I bought this Camaro 7 years ago, from the Original Owner's son-in-law, making it a "one family" owned car, prior to my purchase. It is disgustingly original, with a few key exceptions, none of which I faulted it for, even though I tend to be a 100% purist, when it comes to car collecting. It was manufactured in California, travelled a few miles from the factory to the dealer showroom, was purchased by a local woman and resided in the same town as the dealership, until December of 2005. It is TOTALLY RUST FREE, as a result of this heritage. Some may like the color scheme and obviously the woman who bought it new did, but I had the intention of changing it. It appears that regardless of the paint and upholstery colors chosen, dealers in warm climates lean toward white roofs, to aid in heat reduction. It is Placer Gold with a brown vinyl interior and a white vinyl top. I think it needs to be reduced from three colors to two, for it to look right. It does have a relatively rare, or lesser seen brown interior, so the options as to color are diminished, unless you remove the top from the formula. I have had it to numerous body shops and the opinions vary greatly. One said, "Leave it alone" and do nothing, because they are only original once. Others said keep the top and change the body color, while others said remove the top totally. One even said change the interior, remove the top and start from scratch, making it any color you choose. I in 7 years have yet to do any of the above. I finally arrived at the conclusion, that I have too many cars and should let a new owner decide what they might like to do with it. I truly don't have room for it, or the time for it. So, buy it from me while I am a bit confused, on all counts. It is a VERY worthwhile piece. Primed and painted, with wheels and tires, this is a $40,000.00 example of a perfect second generation camaro. That's why I purchased it in the first place; HUGE POTENTIAL ! Your decision should be made already, based on two simple facts; ROCK SOLID " Factory Straight" BODY and a powerful PERFECT MOTOR. The cosmetics are up to you, whether you stay close to original or go crazy with something new and radical. It sounds very cliche, but this is TRULY A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH. Now for more of the nitty-gritty. The system jerked me around for a decent length of time loading photos and seemed to cut me off at 15 total. The only ones missing are of a small dent on the outer rim of the left headlight and a two inch crease in the right rear fender. There is slight paint spider-webbing evidence of body work done at some point in time, to the left rear fender, but that's all on that score. One headliner seam has let go. A friend retired from the auto upholstery business says it can be repaired and remain original, but a new one is only $60.00, so it hardly seems worth the trouble to attempt saving it. The roof has a one inch cut in it on the left side, that was caulked to seal it closed, so regardless, the top has to be removed and replaced, or done away with. There are NO bubbles in the vinyl top to date and it appears to be the original, making the roof very solid underneath. It has 80K + original miles on it. I don't have the original rims. It has some mid-80s Z28 rims on it. It has a grant rallye steering wheel. It has a tilt steering wheel, which is handy. Some performance gauges were added under the radio. There is some warping of the dash cover under the carpeted protector, but this is SO common with warm climate cars. I have friends with textbook perfect examples and the one flaw they complain of, is the dashes all want to lift at the front edge, but no cracks. It's perfect otherwise. My Rolls Royce even has shrinkage of the LEATHER top roll(dash surface). The radio is not original, but an updated cassette version, that didn't require cutting the dash was installed. It does have the desireable horseshoe shifter and console. The AC compressor is not in the car. It has a rare rear window defroster. I have a 2 1/2 inch thick file of maintenance history records on the car. Now for the better oddities. It has had an extensive engine modification performed, making it OUTRAGEOUS ! It has a complete Edelbrock aluminum top end, giving it 400 horsepower and a positraction rear end, making it light enough to lay rubber just backing out of the garage. It also has flowmaster mufflers, so it is pleasantly LOUD. The son-in-law and his father did the modifications, at a cost in excess of $4,000.00. It has the original 350 cid engine block, so technically, it's still a matching numbers car. It idles perfectly and accelerates very smoothly, but yet has that Harley grumble, but no rock and roll when it idles. You will not find a more virgin set of 2nd gen camaro bones than this. This is the MOST IMPORTANT factor with any collector car. That's the reason for the prior 25K price range. That and the PERFECT and EXPENSIVE mechanicals under the hood. It is a paintjob away from being a very nice and valuable car. It's far too nice to give it away, needing so little to be 100% perfect. Figuring I might sell it either way, done or undone, I thought let a buyer make their own color choice. I will reveal my thoughts on color to the new owner, but don't wish to prejudice anyone's decision at this point. Notice that it has flawless doorsills. Every bodyshop was amazed at that feature. There's NO rust repair to do. It is not a split bumper, but there's NO rubber nose to worry about either. You can lean on a fender and not be concerned, not that I ever do. I have owned and currently own contemporary cars, that are all aluminum bodied and it seems you can't breathe on them without risking a dent. This one is well worth serious consideration. It has been owned by one family for it's first 34 years and I have yet to alter it, in the 7 years that I have had it. I didn't want to clone it to an SS or Z28, as that can, but doesn't always help the value. I was not opposed to taking it to that modified original level, though. The engine mods made it exciting to drive and once those changes were done, I figured what's the harm in altering the wheel and tire style and paint to a more up to date version. So I liked what it offered 7 years ago. I simply never followed through with the plan. Here's your chance to buy it, before it's too nice for me to part with. It is the Musclecar Guy's Dream; a light car with awesome neck snapping POWER. Nothing against youth either, but it hasn't been beat up physically and/or molested mechanically by any drag-happy kids. It's all fresh and ready for the drag-happy adults !!! It's body is very straight. Straight enough to be painted Black if you chose to. Car guys know what I'm talking about there. Black would show every flaw, but there are none.The paint is all original, except for that small area on the lower left rear fender. No body work has ever been done otherwise. Look at the trunk photo ! That's how virgin it is. If you're shocked at my "prior" 25K price expectation, so be it. I think the car offers much more than mere garden variety potential. There are cars out there that are pitiful projects, as well as some that are real nice, but maybe you'd rather it be red than black, but given the level of finish, you're not about to change it. This is perfect bones, with the perfect engine, that you can finish in ANY color you choose and achieve total perfection, as you see it. Do the Math; Already tricked out engine and the body being ready for primer and paint. If you paid the previous asking price of $25K and put in $5K to make it show ready and worth $40K finished, you just made $10K. You couldn't make bank interest like that in 6 or 8 weeks time. NOW, you can make tons more, if you choose to. I have been trying to get the best shops around here to do just that, but they are all booked solid with other work. I can't keep her on a back burner any longer....To all the skeptics and critics; For the sake of argument, place the finished value at just a mere $35K...Don't even think for a minute that I would sell it for $5K and allow you a $30K spread to paint and tinker and subsequently profit to that extent, at my expense. I neither need the car or the money and have toyed with the notion of simply putting it away in storage and selling it to one of my critics for $50K in years to come as is, just to taunt them and prove my speculative point. I don't fault them for their aspirations, but rather their approach of treating it as junkyard scrap. My automobile passions lie in other makes and models, so that makes this simply dollars and cents to me; not having a shred of emotional attachment. Business is at it's roots, just a ready, willing and able buyer entering into an agreeable transaction with a ready, willing and able seller. That person will surface and a deal will be struck, at a price fair to both. Trust me; I see pricing scenarios of makes I follow, that make ZERO sense, but I don't waste my time writing them and attempt to beat them up about it. They will see the error of their ways and come back into reality on their own. But I'm talking makes and models within those brands that on their best day, will NEVER rise to the level they're proposing. In this case we're talking a 71' Camaro, not a urethane bumper 1979. So let's all get real and talk numbers. I'll deal with someone that isn't being as ridiculous striking at the other extreme of the price spectrum. I will negotiate, but just don't expect a miracle . You are welcome to scoff and be sarcastic, but such messages will go unanswered and you will be blocked, from ever having any shred of a chance at owning it, so you decide that one. I am a sensible guy and will listen to reasonable offers, but it is not a car with possible potential. It is a car with dead-bang winning potential. You can buy cars for a lot less, but they might nickel and dime you to death, before you get all the rust out of them. OR; they look nice on the surface, but are loaded with bondo. You should either pay BIG bucks for a museum piece, or start with a car that is this close to completion and finish it out, to create your dream car for quite a bit less overall. As Camaros are concerned; I always liked the second generation breed. They are coming on like gangbusters, market-wise. Who's to say what any car is worth? In a world of restored, updated, upgraded, retroed, cloned or tribute designations, it appears if someone wants to make a buck off a non-stock car, they just attach a new moniker to it and pump the rave. NOTE- I will sell this car reasonably with the following: 1) 4 Cragar 17" Torque Thrust polished alloys. 2) Front and rear NOS body badges. 3) New houndstooth pattern trunk mat. 4) Original Steering Wheel. 5) NOS ceiling seatbelt clips. * I did not purchase new tires for it yet, as I intended to have the paint work done, prior to mounting the new wheels with appropriate tires, to protect them from any possible overspray damage. For this reason, the car should be shipped to the Buyer's destination. The new wheels are identically sized. I intended to create the desired "stance & rake", by varing the tire size front to back. I also considered adding layers to the leaf springs, to achieve the same goal. I have done ALL the scavenging necessary to make it perfect, when it rolls out of the paint booth. If you don't open your wallet up "carte Blanche", to a paint shop, there is more than enough profitable advantage to this deal. I'm offering instant profit to a Buyer, on a silver platter. A similar car after the paintjob phase just sold for $35K and there are examples offered at FAR MORE. This is "collector car profiting 101". Nobody seems to be grasping this fact. I'm half expecting someone to now ask, what brand the silver platter is. UNLIKE many car ads; you now know as much as I know about this car, with NO surprises for the new owner. The normal disclaimers: It is sold as-is, where-is, with no warranty expressed or implied, given it's age. I will assist with any shipping agent you choose. Shipping arrangements and costs, are the sole responsibility of the Buyer. The car HAS TO BE PICKED UP HERE at my residence by your shipper, as I don't have a second driver to get me back from any drop-off location. The car should be shipped. The car will go anywhere, but the tires won't. As explained prior; I was leaving the tire replacement until after any paintwork was completed, to prevent any overspray damage. CHECK OUT MY MANY OTHER ASSORTED AND INTERESTING LISTINGS.