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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 04:23 PM
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pre-prototype camaro

what do you think this pre-prototype camaro started off as?
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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Re: pre-prototype camaro

My guess would be a Monte Carlo or Cutlass or similar.
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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Re: pre-prototype camaro

Wow, awesome pic! I've never seen that before!
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 06:19 PM
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Re: pre-prototype camaro

Originally Posted by 92GTA
Wow, awesome pic! I've never seen that before!
Yes, awesome, but thank god they didn't end up LOOKING Like that!
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 06:50 PM
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It was a skylark! The picture came from a book on the third gen called, Camaro the third generation by Michael Lamm.
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 06:52 PM
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Re: pre-prototype camaro

looks similar to the monte carlos that people put camaro noses on
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Old Jun 12, 2009 | 07:04 PM
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Re: pre-prototype camaro

Originally Posted by mr396
It was a skylark! The picture came from a book on the third gen called, Camaro the third generation by Michael Lamm.
I was going to say Citation, so I would have been close. Definitely X-car. The stock X-car door and windshield frame gives it away.

Here's a 4-door Skylark:

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