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[Wylie6G72]

I know. Technology is a wonderful thing. I remember back then, I worked with a guy who had a '69 Camaro and he would complain about getting spanked by Hondas.

A girl I went to high school with bought a '87 Camaro base coupe with a V8 and manual. Wasn't even a RS. She added aftermarket sill extensions later. I guess back then you could order them to taste. She thought she was unbeatable.
She was not a happy girl when I dusted her in my '90 Talon TSi AWD.

 

[Hall]

Well, relative to a Civic CVCC or similar of the same era, but yeah, I can buy what you are saying here.

It would be interesting to compare the power-to-weight, power-to-displacement, torque, etc, etc ratios between them though. I think the Civic would fare better !

 

[chainblu]

A girl I went to high school with bought a '87 Camaro base coupe with a V8 and manual. Wasn't even a RS. She added aftermarket sill extensions later. I guess back then you could order them to taste. She thought she was unbeatable.
She was not a happy girl when I dusted her in my '90 Talon TSi AWD.

LOL. Still you have to give her credit for buying a manual.

 

[mightymousetech]

It would be interesting to compare the power-to-weight, power-to-displacement, torque, etc, etc ratios between them though. I think the Civic would fare better !

Had an 89 Civic Si with a mild Jackson Racing cam in it. Would smoke these Berlinettas all day every day.

 

[simple_gifts]

Some of those came with a 4 cyl or the 2.8L v6; Seemed like bad cams were an issue with the 2.8; others can chime in.

The car talk guys (click and clack) indicated most women that owned those were named "Donna"

 

[PF52]

Imagine a Berlinetta with the 2.5.

That was my first thought while reading the thread: was the Berlinetta available with the 2.5?

The real cheap base model Camaros in those days had the same dog-dish hubcaps as my '79 Nova. A Berlinetta with its nicer wheels and trim etc wouldn't be quite as obvious if it had a 2.5 lurking under the hood.

 

[DuckRyder]

Pretty sure the top option was a 305 TBI most of them sold where I worked were V6.

They used to pull about 1 a day recovered theft IROC-Z or Z-28 in. We had a guy who did nothing but rebuild steering columns.

Top F-Body of that era was the Trans Am Indy Pace car with a grand national drivetrain as far as I am concerned…

 

[tombalas]

Some of those came with a 4 cyl or the 2.8L v6; Seemed like bad cams were an issue with the 2.8; others can chime in.

The car talk guys (click and clack) indicated most women that owned those were named "Donna"

The 1970s truly ended in around 1984 when the cute girls stopped buying Camaros and switched to Honda Preludes.

 

[mightymousetech]

The 1970s truly ended in around 1984 when the cute girls stopped buying Camaros and switched to Honda Preludes.

And all the strippers bought Eclipse convertibles.

 

[Wylie6G72]

Top F-Body of that era was the Trans Am Indy Pace car with a grand national drivetrain as far as I am concerned…

You are correct. An actual beast. The GTA guys were regularly left eating dust by these sleepers that looked like V6 Firebirds.

 

[earlyre]

I once (~'99-ish) "spanked" a guy in one of that era's camaro's in a friendly stoplight race, In my Bone stock 87 Olds 98 Recency Brougham - 4 doors of late 80's midsize "Luxury" with a 100,00 mi 3.8l V6... all 150-ish HP of it. no idea what he was running...

It was My late Grandpa's car. it replaced his EXTREMELY Rusty 77 Olds 98, with a 200k+ mi 400ci V8. that engine is the only reason they took it in on trade... the salesman wanted it for his Boat.

the only speeding tickets I've ever gotten were in that car... 88 in a 65 on US 33 outside Bellefontaine, Ohio around 1-2 am, Having just an hour earlier driven the Entire 270 beltway around Columbus with the Speedo pegged (it only went to 85)

then a few months later, 58 in a 45, Local main thoroughfare, on PROM NIGHT, listened to the idiot in the back seat when a friend pulled up along side and dummy said "Race him" looked over to the freinds car, noticed something on the dash..thought "Oh He's got a radar detector" Failing to Notice it lit up like a Christmas tree....
My Foot Went Down, and the Blue lights went up behind me.....

 

[Leo99]

The 1970s truly ended in around 1984 when the cute girls stopped buying Camaros and switched to Honda Preludes.

There are two Preludes at the apartment complex down the street from me. They still look awesome.

My 4cyl Camry dusted that old Camaro easily. Though it sounded like it wasn't running well.

 

[01rangerxl]

This video shows the interior of the Berlinetta package. Funny a car with a fully digital/electronic interior had a carb, but that was the 80s.

 

[skyactiv]

Those Camaros were new years before my driving ago. But it was incredibly cheap to mod a small block Chevy in that era.

Junkyards were full of 327's, 350's and 400's and you could even find decent Chevy cylinder heads if you looked around.