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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Muscle_car != Sport_car
Message-ID: <648@ihuxk.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-Jun-84 14:43:54 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun  6 14:43:54 1984
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What do we call the first Camaro Z-28, with the 302 engine.  This
car was very little removed (during its first year or two only) from
the versions used in the Trans-Am race series, except for the
engine being de-tuned, and having a full body, with interior, etc.
The suspension was not very much different, and the car handled
tremendously.  A similar situation exists for the first ('65 and '66)
Shelby GT-350s.  Hertz used to rent out these, in a special Hertz
gold and black paint job.  It was common practice to rent one,
take it to the weekend SCCA race, run it as is (just pump up the tires)
and return it on Monday.  (How did it get all those little dents, you ask?)
Although these two are muscle cars, and from Detroit, they both handled
better than many sports cars.  They were about as close to race cars as you
can get, and still be legal.

Bob Schleicher
ihuxk!rs55611
AT&T Bell Laboratories

PS:  Speaking of street-legal race cars, anyone remember the Pegaso?
(Or, remember reading about it, as they were very rare.)  This Spanish
car was made in the late 50's, early 60's, and was exactly the same as
Pegaso's Formula 1 car of the same era, but with a full body.  The engine
and chassis were unchanged.