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1981 Chevrolet Camaro Charcoal Gray Metallic

1981 Chevrolet Camaro Charcoal Gray Metallic

Price :
$13,800.00

4337 Edwards Street, Rocky Mount, NC 27801

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Vehicle Specification

Chevrolet
Make
Camaro
Model
1523959
Listing ID
Coupe
Body Style
Automatic
Transmission
Gasoline
Fuel Type
1981
Year
Used
Condition
Silver
Exterior Color

Vehicle Description

1981 Chevrolet Camaro Z28

Love it or loathe it, the Camaro Z/28 is one of the most popular
muscle cars ever produced. For years, these cars got more exposure
than the gang from Orange County Choppers, but today it seems
theyve fallen on hard times, suffering the cost of that 15 minutes
of fame Andy Warhol warned everyone about. Be that as it may, these
cars have reached their historical low in terms of pricing. With
the exception of the 6.6-liter Trans Am, the Z/28 represents the
best Detroit had to offer in the early 1980s, and an excellent
entry point, given todays heated muscle car market. Thx to
Hemmings!

What started as a conversation at a Bingo game night and a
realization that an elderly widow has a car that she was hiding
from her brothers, our consigner schmoozed his way to seeing the
car and eventually purchasing it. Interestingly this is a 1981 car,
and our widows husband was a BIG collector of 8 track tapes and
players. This option was not advertised as available but still
could be had for 1981. Low and behold now less than 50 were found
to be produced with this option, and it is unknown how many have
survived. This love story, plus a survivor painstaking restored
mechanically due to the fact the car had sat for 12 years.

Exterior
A love story is always a good intro, and our consigner tells the
story of his widowed bingo friend who was being hotly pursued by a
high school boy who was insistent they date. Well, they did, and he
wanted to marry, the carrot for her saying yes was he needed to
purchase a Camaro that she pointed to on the lot and said, "I want
one like that". The rest as they say is history, as he went ahead
and special ordered one with various options including the 8-track
player! Now we see a wonderful example of Charcoal gray metallic
bathing all the surfaces of this car. It has been resprayed due to
some minor repairs on the lower bumper portions but is is mostly
original car with nicely minded gaps and no rust. Also, a blemish
in the drivers door can be seen. All else is looking fine and
dandy with the usual scars and fading of time marching on. Nice
lines, a chin spoiler, hood scoop, wheel well fairings, rear
spoiler and white Z28 graphics on the rockers and Burt Reynolds may
just enter stage right. On all 4 corners are the original wheels
which were as the consigner states "a hot mess" were sandblasted,
and powder coated and sport their original hub caps.

Interior
When you purchase this survivor, you will notice a pair of white
stitched gloves with orange GM on them. As the story goes these
were the gloves the dealer prep guys used when they detailed the
car prior top delivery. These guys would leave the gloves in each
car special ordered for good luck (It worked!). Inside in contrast
to the gray exterior, black vinyl drapes the interior, and it is
all original. Wonderfully preserved curved high back buckets with
tuck and roll inserts and integrated headrests are the front
chairs, and in back nearly perfect condition dual buckets separated
by the hump are seen. All floors are flooded with original fade
free black carping, which shows a few tears, but they are minor. A
center console races forward to the dash and has a glovebox and
shifter. Typical GM square and rectangle deign dash is in front,
and is has a brushed aluminum for the dash front and surrounding
the round instruments. As noted, the 8-track factory radio is on
the center, and around the brushed aluminum is a textured black
vinyl padded covering. Above floats a nice tight black
headliner.

Drivetrain
Under this hood is all original with the EPA power sucking
regulations thwarted with this matching numbers 350 V8. It is
topped by a single 4 barrel carburetor and has the factory TH350
3-speed automatic on back. A 10-bolt 3.08 Eaton posi unit has been
totally rebuilt. Dual stainless X pipe exhaust and custom headers
sans the engine heater "stove" thanks to the EPA now removed, like
new, with Pypes Mufflers for the big exhale.

Undercarriage
All nicely preserved and solid as they come with slight surface
rust on some areas that have suffered road rash. The original
shocks were just changed, as well as new brakes for the forty and
rear with new fluid throughout. For the brakes power disc braking
is upfront, and power drums for the rear.

Drive-Ability
A quick starter, smoooooooth idle and off to the test track where
it performed lovely. All working including ice cold air, and fully
functioning accessories even that special order 8-track. I flipped
in Flock of Seagulls, and went for a cruise, with my mullet blowing
in the cold AC.

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