How come Chevrolet never made a factory 3rd gen ss camaro. I know the name was not retired because they made ss monte carlos in the 80's. was a ss third gen camaro ever a thought?

 

cuz camaro got the licensed the iroc name for a while. thats my guess?

 

well that didn't happen till 85, so those 3 other years i dunno

 

yea i know they got the IROC but thats still not Super Sport status. not saying the IROC is whimpy its just not a Super Sport. it would be cool to find out if they had any plans for an SS third gen!

 

Chevrolet wasn't into whoring their classic nameplates back in the 80's like today. Now that the bean counter desk jockeys are in control nothing is sacred. Anything for a buck.

 

Yeah i wondered why GM didnt make SS 3rd gen Camaros. But also correct me if im wrong , they didnt make SS Camaros in 2nd gens either. So they prob didnt bother, Plus Like someone mention IROC was the name. Or correction, Iroc-Z

 

There were 1970-1972 Super Sports, and as in the 1st Gen, it was available with either the 350 or the 396 (actually 402) engines, and could be combined with the Rally Sport package as before.....

In 1973, the SS was replaced with the Type LT.

Man, did the mid-70's SUCK.

 

Thanks for the info man, THats pretty cool how they made Super SPorts in the early 70s. AND YES, THE MID 70s Did suck! Im not even a big 2nd gen fan (puke)

 

Here's a real Camaro SS from the old days.

 

There was a 2ndgen Camaro SS... from 1970-72. You could get one with a 350, 396, or a 454 in 1970.

** Yes, the LS6 (454 - 450hp) was an option, but only one was actually built. Its since been restored. **

The '72 SS is actually probably the most sought after of the 3 years, because it was a short production run (plant strike I think) and it was the last year for both the SS and for big block power.

 

who wouldn't want a 69 camaro ss pace car with the 396 in it?

 

My opinion on why there was no thirdgen SS? well i think like this thirdgens where not really muscle cars..... what i mean by this is it was a uni-body built to take corners. My Monte on the other hand is a full frame 3500 pound beast that can go really fast in a really strait line while your camaros can take a corner as well as they make a 1/4 mile passes. so i think gm thought it didnt fit the true SS scheme... but long behold in the mid 90's they would do anything for a buck and the SS name came back in a slew of cars that lacked muscle car looks. please dont flame me i loved my thirdgen but its really not ment to be an SS car thats why they where dubed "Rally Sport" And "International Race Of Champions" names id expect to see on a car that loves the road corse. *** im gona get ****in flamed for this.. But ask any full frame owner in stock form we are slugs around a road corse but really man thirdgens didnt need an "ss hood" or some facncy package that makes colectors *** in there pants and buy every last car. so be thankful look at monte's 5000 minium for a SS in good shape. got mine as a deal cuase its interior is shot and the paint sucks....

 

well i think like this thirdgens where not really muscle cars

Teal i totally disagree with you. Yes the 4th gens didnt look like muscle cars (more of a sport car) but they still are, the name "Camaro and Firebird" have history. THere both Muscle cars from any generation (1st 2nd 3rd 4th) Look at the early 80s and mid 70s f bodys. They were rated horrible performance #s due to Emissions and the Oil Crisis. Imo there still Muscle Cars. Same with 3rd gens. 3rd gens are Still F bodys and have a name. The Corvette was always GMs "SPORT CAR" so it compete agianst Porsches, Ferraris, Lambos all of the Euros top stuff. Imho i dont see "sport" in 3rd gens. I see more Muscle Car in it (jmo tho) Just my 2 cents

 

I actually had one of those 69 Pace cars. I drove it for over a year while I was a senior in college. I really didn't know what I had at the time. Got it from a doctor who fell hard on his luck. Car was stolen and stripped to the bone. If I had that car right now....$30,000 easy. That's why my current thirdgen have great anti-theft systems even tho they will never be worth what the 69 SS was. Damn that car was real fast. I can't even describe it except to say I can still see the cowl hood rise up as I would take off from a stop light. And the girls loved it and me too.

 

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...05#post1436305

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...ht=super+sport

 

Can I get an AMEN?

 

AMEN brother:hail:

 

 

The Camaro was never supposed to be a Muscle car. Chevrolet already had that with the Chevelle. It is a "pony" car along with the Mustang and Challenger. Of course, this is just my opinion. Also, here's a list of the vehicles that have wore an SS badge...

Impala SS ~ 1961 - 1969/1994 - 1996/2004 - 2005
Chevy II / Nova SS ~ 1963 - 1976
Chevelle / Malibu SS ~ 1964 - 1973
Camaro SS ~ 1967 - 1972/1996 - 2002
El Camino SS ~ 1968 - 1987
Monte Carlo SS ~ 1970 - 1971/1983 - 1988/2000 - 2005
C1500 454SS ~ 1990 - 1993
S10 SS ~ 1994 - 1998
Silverado SS ~ 2003 - 2005
SSR ~ 2003 - 2005
Cobalt SS ~ 2005

I always thought it'd be cool to throw some ZR1s and a SS hood on a 91/92 Z28 and call it a SS.

 

Yes i know what your comin from. But when i read alot of Muscle Car Reviews, it seems liek they always Mention Camaro, Firebird and Mustang. Anyone can call it wat they want. Lol one time a guy called my 91 Z a 2 door family coupe cuz it has 2 seats in the back jeez


Also theres a guy On the Boards that has a wicked cool SS 3rd gen he made

 

I think we should all just be thankful or cars didn't end up like the Nova or Malibu. Remember they turned into four door econo boxes in the 80's and 90's. At least we still have a platform to build our own version of an SS.

I AM FREAKIN HAPPY AS HELL THEY DIDN'T AXE OUR CARS STATUS. Think about that one everyone!

 

Yeah but just as bad, They stopped making F bodys

 

So they brought the SS back in the fourth generation, anyone think they'll bring back the IROC-Z in the 5th generation?What kinda cars are they using in the IROC series these days.