Z28 Captures R&T Trophy at Indy Concours

At the Indy Celebration of Automobiles over the weekend, the authors of Road and Track magazine gave their prestigious award to David Renshaw of Fisher, Indiana and owner of a gorgeous 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z28.  On board was a 302 cid V8 and a 4-speed transmission.  It was chosen over some really fabulous cars including loads of Pebble Beach entrants like a Stutz Bearcat and other high-end vintage vehicles.

 

Even though cars like this could only do 0-60 in a reported 7.4 secs, everybody thought the F-body cars were the coolest things on wheels.  Today a Toyota Camry SE with V6 can reach 60 mph in 5.7 secs, but in the Surfin' '60s, the Z28 was really hot stuff.

  R&T said they picked the Camaro because of....(drum roll and fanfare)......their nostalgia for the cars of the Trans-Am racing series of the '60s.  What is their not to love?  Look at those great lines!  It's definitely not a Camry. This proves once again that F-body cars never die. They just end up on blocks!  Thanks to R&T for the above photos.

Did you know there was a better Camaro right here in North Salt Lake?  Also did you notice the white Camaro convertible with red stripes and interior in the background of these photos?

At our Eaglewood Festival of Speed last year, David Jacobs showed his fantastic 1968 Camaro  SS convertible. I think it had a 396 cid V8 in it.   He has since sold the car.  It occupied a place of honor in the Harrison Auto showroom in Bountiful until an infatuated buyer could no longer contain himself.  I don't know how much was forked over, but I am sure that it was a lot.  Here is a picture of David's great F-body car at the NSL car show last July.  Sorry it's a bit hidden.

Secondly, there was another beautiful red-on-white 1st Gen. Camaro SS convertible in SLC. 

The car was having some problems, but it still looked great.

  Once in a while owners really do fix up their old Camaros and drive like they were in another era.  I'm sure the guy got his SS running again.  He obviously kept it up with a gleam in his eye and a lot of TLC.