Getting a loaner for the weekend

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44) 09/21/2016 at 11:59 • Filed to: None

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I’m going on the 2016 Hagerty Maple Mille rally this weekend. I had planned to take the Cletus-Vette but I can’t find anyone who can, ahem, pass it for a safety inspection meaning it technically has no registration. Luckily, the kind folks at Hagerty have taken pity on my stupid ass and hooked me up with a loaner car for the event.

It’s not the actual car pictured and all I know is it’s a 1967 Camaro convertible with an automatic. And unlike my Corvette, this one even has windshield wipers! I’ve always passed off first-gen Camaros as the obvious choice in muscle cars but I’ll get a chance to really drive one of these for 700 miles this weekend. What do you want to know about the car? I’ll have plenty of time to drive it and answer all your questions.

crowmolly > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 12:04

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I really hope it’s an SS vert and not a 250/glide

Party-vi > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 12:05

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Who did you blackmail for that?

S65 > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 12:06

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What so you mean? The Cletus-Vette is safer than a Corolla with a driver texting and driving! Camry with a dent!!!!

lOOK AT ALL THE SAFETY

NOW LOOK AT THAT! Camry drivers are a menace to humanity and the Cletus-Vette is our savior! All hail Cletus-Vette!!!! All hail Cletus-Vette!!!!

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > crowmolly 09/21/2016 at 12:17

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I would totally rather have a straight six for the strangeness factor

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > S65 09/21/2016 at 12:17

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haha it’s totally safe! Even has a hood now.

crowmolly > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 12:22

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0-60 in ~14 seconds man. I don’t know if you really want that.

GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 12:24

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The steering could still use some “safety”

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 12:26

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Are you going to treat it as a normal rental?

Because you should....

not..

maybe.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > crowmolly 09/21/2016 at 12:28

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I’ve done stuff like that before. It’s pretty fun!

S65 > GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus 09/21/2016 at 12:31

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NO IT DOESN’T

CLETUS-VETTE DOESN’T CAMRY CLETUS-VETTE DOESN’T CAMRY

camaroboy68ss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 14:37

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I can tell you from experience you do not want this combo.

camaroboy68ss > crowmolly 09/21/2016 at 14:38

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Ugh hopefully not a 230 car, the 250 was the upgrade. What a piece of crap. The damn thing drank as much gas as my 327 in my 68.

crowmolly > camaroboy68ss 09/21/2016 at 14:39

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Dammit I knew that you would see it and nail me on the misstep. Edit window closed and I couldn’t change it!

camaroboy68ss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 14:43

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Take a picture of the trim tag on the firewall. Can then decode and see how original the car is. 67 Camaro’s had the most useful trim tags.

If you have any question on first gen Camaro’s let me or crowmolly (also a super good GM expert) know. I own a 68 and have been part owners on 3 other 67's and currently the first gen originality expert for the Columbia River Camaro Club and a few Facebook groups

camaroboy68ss > crowmolly 09/21/2016 at 14:46

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LOL, hey honest mistake since how many 6 cyl first gens are left out there? Most I have come across are 250 cars. I've only seen one or two 230 cars. My grandpa and I owned a 67 250/glide drop top for about a year.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > camaroboy68ss 09/21/2016 at 14:46

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Very cool! I wont see the car until Friday but I will let you know. It’s from the Hagerty collection and they really like original cars.

camaroboy68ss > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 09/21/2016 at 14:50

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Nice, I like mostly original Camaro's as well. I’d make the guess it’s a non SS car but a 327ci/210hp V8 car

crowmolly > camaroboy68ss 09/21/2016 at 14:50

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No shit, first I saw you give me a star and then thought

“Oh man, here it comes...”

You did not disappoint. LOL.

Crazy when you think that there were what, 14 engine options for 1969?

camaroboy68ss > crowmolly 09/21/2016 at 14:54

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About that in 69, the only real changes for 69 in the motor department was the 307 replacing the 327, the short lived LM1 350 motor and then replaced with the L65 350. The 427s technically don’t count.

crowmolly > camaroboy68ss 09/21/2016 at 14:59

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Yeah, it is a stretch, but they were in the system I guess.

I forget, is yours a L30/M20 car?

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > camaroboy68ss 09/21/2016 at 15:08

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That would be my guess as well.

camaroboy68ss > crowmolly 09/21/2016 at 15:08

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Yeah my 68 is a L30/M20 car, only thing not originally to my car is the transmission, had a 66 Muncie in it when I got the car. I have replaced it with a 68 M20 Muncie, instead of the crappy Saginaw