V.I.S.I.T. – Hot Red: 1975 Chevrolet Camaro RS Sport Coupe

Antti Kautonen

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This is the kind of stuff you want to see parked across the street. A 1975 Camaro RS in arrest-me red. 5.7 litres of the good stuff behind that chrome-bumpered nose cone.

Fat tires, chrome wheels. And then you see the child seat in the cabin. Someone’s raisin’ their kids right. You know, it’s either this or the Espace.

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The grille looks like it’s ready to suck in unwitting little dogs.

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Around this time, a frankly ridiculous heat wave descended upon our little town. The Camaro must’ve felt right at home, since the mercury rose to almost Southern state levels.

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Off the top of my head, I’d say the Camaro has spent at least 20-25 years in this country. It’s probably done its share of donuts and peelouts by now. And not all of them in reverse, either.

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The resident Finn of Hooniverse. Owns old Peugeots and whatnot, writes long thinkpieces on unloved cars. These two facts might be related.

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16 responses to “V.I.S.I.T. – Hot Red: 1975 Chevrolet Camaro RS Sport Coupe”

  1. dukeisduke Avatar
    dukeisduke

    That's cool – someone grafted on an earlier front end, from a '70 or '71. I've always preferred the round taillight design, but the wraparound backlite (rear windshield).

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  2. dukeisduke Avatar
    dukeisduke

    The italicized RS looks weird, though. And the front bumper is strange, like they took one from something else and cut it up.

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    1. Syrax Avatar
      Syrax

      That RS is Porsche's no?
      <img src="http://smithmotorworks.com/media/ecom/prodlg/993%20559%20241%2002%2070C%20md.jpg"/&gt;

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      1. julkinen Avatar
        julkinen

        I thought so too, yeah…

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  3. dukeisduke Avatar
    dukeisduke

    The split bumper should look like this:
    <img src="http://i74.servimg.com/u/f74/14/14/38/11/1971-c10.jpg"&gt;

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    1. salguod Avatar
      salguod

      I think this one is a '73 with the larger center bar (although that's the first I've seen that's body color). The red one is custom, made to mimic the '70-'73 RS.
      The factory nose in '75 was the sugar scoop headlight buckets:
      <img src="http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm302/Modellover_1970/My%20real%201975%20Camaro/DSC04252.jpg&quot; width=600>

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  4. stigshift Avatar
    stigshift

    Those are definitely factory GM door hinges, though.

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  5. MVEilenstein Avatar
    MVEilenstein

    Nice find. I hope the driver has a mullet.

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  6. rustylink Avatar
    rustylink

    I am heading to Tallin and Helsinki next week what temps should I expect?

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    1. julkinen Avatar
      julkinen

      +22°C by the looks of it…

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      1. rustylink Avatar
        rustylink

        Wow much warmer than I thought. Thanks!

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  7. racer139 Avatar
    racer139

    That is one crazy stretched beak. I wounder why that happened. And where??

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  8. racer139 Avatar
    racer139

    It definatly has period correct panel gaps. some places you can get a fist through and some ya cant even stick a dime.

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  9. JayP2112 Avatar
    JayP2112

    Bitchin'

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    1. dukeisduke Avatar
      dukeisduke

      Yep, Bitchin' Camaro.

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      1. JayP2112 Avatar
        JayP2112

        I've been wanting to pull up to a dude in a Challenger and pronounce my appreciation by telling the driver "bitchin'".
        Just bitchin'…

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