2nd Gen CAMARO 1970-81 Facts & Specs
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- The second-generation Chevrolet #Camaro was produced by #Chevrolet from 1970 through the 1981 model years. It was introduced in the spring of 1970 Build information for model 123-12487 was released to the assembly plants in February of that same year. It was longer, lower, and wider than the first generation Camaro. A convertible body-type was no longer available. GM engineers have said the second generation is much more of "A Driver's Car" than its predecessor.
Dubbed "Super Hugger",the second-generation Camaro was developed without the rush of the first generation and benefited from a greater budget justified by the success of the first generation.Although it was an all-new car, the basic mechanical layout of the new Camaro was familiar, engineered much like its predecessor with a unibody structure utilizing a front subframe, A-arm and coil spring front suspension, and rear leaf springs.
The chassis and suspension of the second generation were greatly refined in both performance and comfort; base models offered significant advances in sound-proofing, ride isolation, and road-holding. Extensive experience #Chevrolet engineers had gained racing the first-generation led directly to advances in second-generation #Camaro steering, braking, and balance.Although it began its run with a number of high-performance configurations, as the 1970s progressed, the Camaro grew less powerful, succumbing, like many production cars of the era, to the pressures of tightening emissions regulations and a fuel crisis. Major styling changes were made in 1974 and 1978; 1981 was the final model year for the second-generation Camaro. #musclecars
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I have a 79 Z28 bought it for 5800.00 in 1981 ... still have the car, all stock except for the motor and rear. Will never get rid of it. Just got offered 17k for it .... turned it down.
I've had my 1980 Z-28 for 24 years now. Still gets lots of looks when driving it. Even the younger kids these days recognize it as something special!
It was & still remains an icon only a few cars remain iconic after those years
I’m rebuilding a 1980 camaro right now! Any tips for an easier resto? @Zed 80
My first car was a 1978 Camaro Type LT I purchased in 1986. I gotta say this is one of the best vids I have EVER seen on UA-cam; the music, the explanations, and my trip down memory lane. WELL DONE! My brother had a 1978 RS….I sent him a link to this vid.
Thanks I appreciate it
1978 to 1981 for me
Most underrated Camaro body style.
2nd gen os my favourite gen also
ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDD THE DOORS WEIGHS A 1.000 LBS. A PIECE
Hahaha indeed, American muscle weights a lot...
The crash bars installed in them were HUGE AND LOOOONG !!! lol
Lololol. Very true!
IMO the 2nd gen is the best looking of all, especially in the 1978 year it's the perfect year of all Camaro.
Scotty Kilmer wants his theme song back lol
I'm a huge 2nd gen Camaro fan, they are one of my favorite cars. I think the 78s and 79s are one of the sexiest cars ever built. When they came out with the 3rd gen it broke heart. I didn't care for the 3rd gen.
2nd gen is also my own favorite gen the only year's i'm not so fun is the last year 1981 2nd gen because it was equipped with a CCC (Computer Command Control) unit for the first time.
Same here.
what did you think of the 4th gen Camaro?
@@bigken5032 I like the 4th gen around 98 because it look way better with the rounded headlights, didn't like the square recessed on the early 4th gens.
Same i love the 78 to 81 camaros they look so good!
I love the 2nd gens without wrap around windshield on the rear. I found the 70-74 camaros/firebirds so so much better than anything that came after that.
I fully agree. The wrap around rear window ruined the roofline. Hardly worth it because the visibility wasn't really improved enough to justify it.
I absolutely loved those wheels on the 80 and 81 Z28. I had a yellow 80 Z28 pictured here, and its wheels matched the striping and was three-tone brown. That hood scoop was great, as it wowed a lot of passengers to see that scoop open up as the car started getting angry. The scoop door was actually a metal of some sort, and it would make something of a metal clang sound when it would open up.
My opinion is 79 was the best year.
Why ?
@@alibertylover why not?
@@godisgood1638 / for many reasons, the 1970 was the best year/ including hp
@@alibertylover my opinion the 77 was the coolest a lot of it’s cool factor from bumblebee but also looked sick just a little less aggressive than the 78 and 79 I don’t really like the split bumper look on the 70 I think at that point just get a 69 with that style number instead
Best info Vid ever!😆😎
Always been a fan of the fbody platform especially the late 70's Trans am
Bought my first car in '81, '75 Camaro that I drove for five years. Still regret selling it.
Still miss my '81 Z28...CCC or not. Love my '01 and am in love with my '15 2SS. Now for my dream '70-'72 Z28. Then I'll be complete.
The newer gens feel so cramped to me, blast to drive but that blindspot and my head thumping the roof over potholes threw me off
My first car.A 78 Camaro type LT.Loved it.Best first car imo.
350 cubic-inch V8 pushing 185 hp (175 hp CA emissions). Wow!
383 ci pushing 500 hp. What’s the problem?
@@hoppes9658 = small weiner energy
@@hoppes9658 = Small wee-wee energy
@@doubledown8229 Don’t blame the world because you’re poor.
@@hoppes9658 You mad?! Settle down Nancy.
Cool little documentary info on my car! Thanks guys
Thank you 2 dear
Thanks for sharing this. I bought my wife a 1979 Berlinetta back in 1990. The thing had been parked under a pine tree for about 5 years when I found it, and the guy just wanted it off his property. I gave him $500 and had it towed to my house where I spent the next year getting it running. I didn't spend a whole lot of money (We didn't have money to spend). But I rounded up a good running 305 to replace the worn out original. Cleaned all the pine needles, there must have been a million pine needles in every nook and cranny of the car. Traded the owner of Magnacolor some work on his car in exchange for repainting our Camaro. Then spent months searching wrecking yards for interior parts to replace those that cracked after years of setting in the heat.
When finished, it was a nice little car. I kept it all original except for the rims and tires. I was never able to find the original replacements, so we bought a nice set of Centerline rims. The car certainly wasn't a show car. We didn't have that kind of money. But my wife sure loved HER Camaro. It was hers after all. Our daughter learned to drive in that car too.
Finally in 2002, after owning it for 12 years, we sold it. It was hard to say good bye to the only car I ever put that much work into. My wife insisted we sell it to someone out of town because she couldn't bear to see another person driving HER Camaro. We would have never sold it, but we had grandchildren and needed a bigger car. We will never forget the ol' Berlinetta
What a fascinating story.. perhaps when your grandchildren grow up you will have an another one....
I have a 1981 z28 with a 383 stroker. I'll never get rid of it... such a fun car!
Miss my 77..
350,4 speed
Black on black. Crager set allaround
Airships. And a top of the line pioneer stereo.. Those were the days my friend
I love all the camaro,s great video in yellow and in racing stripes that,s bumblebee 👍👍👍💛💛💛💛
My dad's custom 71 split bumper with a 454 big block be sitting in the backyard rotting away☹
Liked your 70-81 facts and specs...had not seen it before.
Thank you so much.. God bless you
I always adore the 2nd generation Camaro model including the Z28 it’s a Road racing option and they look great
I was too young to own one of these but in 1992 i finally got me one the last year of the 3rd generation. Didn't like the looks of the 4th gen but i loved the LT1 engine.
You couldn’t get a factory LT1 in a 1992 Camaro
@@scott4172 Didn't say i did i said i didn't like the looks of the 4 gen but i loved the LT1 engine that came in the Z28. IN 1993.
Am i the only one who likes the 74 to 77 models more than the others ?
The early models were more pure ,as the time passed the regulations and restrictions lead to the destruction of the early image as for all cars of that era with the silly front big bumbers
@@Rosso8 I still like the big bumper more 🤷♂️
The disco bumper era, I have one myself. Definitely not many of those around sadly
I owned a second hand brand new 1975 V8 engine it purred while living in SA Texas in 1985. Easy to speed without noticing, got pulled over a couple of times by the cops but was let of by having a dodgy English accent and plenty of hubris. I had it four months and sold it on to a hillbilly who paid $450 and he promised to return with the other half the following week, eventually he returns with the money and apologises, adding that his son had already written it off! Loved that car
Great story... but why you sold it so early?
@@Rosso8 I returned back to the Uk after 18 months in the US... I owned a motorbike prior to the Camero, so it was only the last four months that i lived the American dream :)
The early ones are the nicest indeed
Love the 2nd gens, got two projects going on right now, a 72 and 81.
Thank you i'm glad you like it and good work be aware that the '81 model is a little bit "tricky" due to the fact that the engine was equipped with a CCC (Computer Command Control) unit for the first time and generally more complicated electronics. Have a nice work again
I have an 81 , 4spd , 305 .
83kmi , runs good .
The 2nd gen Camaro or Firebird we're the cars to have in the 70s. Ford just died with it's Mustang II, Thunderbird. Chrysler had some cool sports models in the 1970s.
70 1/2 camaro means built after april of 1970 ,the copo style rear spoiler was available,they were raced in the trans am series,the copo spoiler generated 600 pounds of force, 1970 Z28 - Stripes Delete & COPO 9796 Spoiler Package*3 piece tall rear spoiler and front spoiler available under option code (copo 9796) begining in April of 1970. Aprox. 500 made, claimed by GM, to satisfy SCCA racing regulation
I have a 78 z28 camaro a 79 berlinetta t top, and a basic 81. I daily my 79 and I love it so much. My 78 was made to look like bumblebee from transformers and my 81 is basic, it was my dad's before he passed so I am doing a restoration that looks stock on the inside and outside but under the car is a very different story. If anyone has any fun gen 2 camaro stories I'd love to hear em!
Exquisite collection
@@Rosso8 thanks
That is such a cool story. I have an 81 I hope it's ok that I subscribe to you
@@musclecarmama8363 thanks for the sub!
@@musclecarmama8363 I love your 81 bumblebee!! My interrior on my 78 is pretty close to yours too. Mine is made in more of a restomod rat rod kind of way though atleast paint wise. I'm actually in the process of trying to get custom autobot badging for the fenders and the emblem between the tail lights
Lookin at a ‘77, thinking about running a stock look on it, hopefully I can get it and drive it before I graduate
Just got my '77 last week. I love it.
Just got my 78 running and driving 3 days ago.
@@imabichover9000 well, I didn’t end up getting it, but my search for a 78-81 continues, that’s always been my favorite model
Very detailed video this is everything i wanted to know
@@Rosso8 keep on
Had a 78 Z28. Nice car, but painfully slow by today’s standards. 185 hp doesn’t cut it. Plus I never could get the engine to stop knocking. Very annoying.
Hey, that's Scotty Kilmer's outro song. REV UP YOUR ENGINES 😜
It's super cool ♪
Nice
2nd gen rocks
If you can only slow the words down😔
Yes . they did go by a little fast .
I don't why. but the 1976 Camaro I had that I was the second owner of, sure seemed like it was a lot more powerful than the 100-ish horsepower 305 V8 that it had in it. I don't what the first owner did to it--I only found out I was the second owner when I bought it new in 1987. But one look under the hood, didn't look like it had any modifications to me. It just seemed like a fast car for its HP rating
By the late seventies daddys bought Camaros and Mustang IIs for their daughters. Moms liked them to. No guy wanted one unless he was a hot roder.
I didn't know that to be honest , very interesting fact
@@Rosso8 Yup. Except as race cars where they shined Camaros where pretty much nothing until 86 iirc when the Z28 got a 350 and a 5 speed iirc instead of a 305 auto. The Fox body stang had em covered until 86. Then Ford just amped the 5 liter, and kept out selling Camaro because of price. The Camaro was always a little better car, but a lot more money. And the 5 liter hot rods a lot better than the 305 chevy did. So by the 90s the stang had won the war. Camaro hung on until 02 or so, and a few were bad to the bone. But it died because no one wanted one.
Very true,,
My Dad bought a 1980 Z28,
For my mom,,
White Gold strips T-Top
Went to Dealer to By new
Trans Am Bandit.with
Bandit Jacket 1981 ,,
Instead ,
Got a Good deal on the left over
Z28..
*I have a 1976 Camaro Rally Sport with a 350 HO!* @camaronado
Awesome video i dont know if i have a 79 80 or 81 but the fuse panel does have a spot for ECM idk if the 79 or 80 has this i did a vin search and it said it was likely a 80 model
Thank you very much , it's from my early video, i have done better though. If you have the '81 you will confirm it from the fact that the engine was equipped with a CCC (Computer Command Control) unit for the first time due to higher emission standards at that time, the 80's model was more "analog" no mater what version you have thought it's a master piece
I can’t read fast enough and look at the pics!
Dear friend thank you for expressing your opinion to me it was from my earliest video, i tried not be boring & include also real images i think you can pause it and take your time
@@Rosso8 I know gives us time to get da 500 Powervreding glasses to read nda micro tiny words please Slow down .
eventually....Camaro ratings dropped to 0.0 horsepower.
Im restoring an 80 berlinetta, every one seems to be all about the 28's thought about cloning it, but apparently every one is doing that, maybe it is better to keep it as a berlinetta. sure wish I could get a 70-74, havent looked but I bet those are going closer to the price of a 1st gen. thanks for a great vid, I'll take one of each lol
My mom had an ‘80 Berlinetta in a copper/burnt orange metallic color. With the white walls and the wire wheel covers, it was a pretty car. Got many compliments over the years. But yeah, nobody seems to talk about the Berlinetta model much. 🤷🏻♂️
✌🏻🙂✌🏻
My mom is a original owner of a 1980 350 4 speed T tops rs what is it worth?
depending on condition 3-12k or more if extremely rare condition
Tell her to keep it .
maybe she will hand it down to you one day .
Sounds like it has everything a collector would want , so if she DID decide to sell it , check Napa values and research what they are selling for throughout the country .
And DONT sell to a dealer , because they ll usually low ball you big time.
These 78-81 Camaro's have been increasing in value big-time lately. The average selling price on a 78-81 (in good condition) has crept up to around $15-$20K and they'll go nowhere but up as good examples become more and more rare. I'd hold onto it for another few years for a bigger payday if you haven't already sold it.
I had an ‘80 ... white with blue stripe. White rims ... hurst shifter
Had a 77 camaro 79 89 87 z28 the 79 and 77 look good just no power the 87 was the faster one now days have 99 z28 it is quicker of all u have owned but camaro always should be with v8 period
Yes absolutely.. I'm a V8 Petrolhead
The 4th gen camaro is almost the same size
Looking into the 77 trying to figure out more of the goods anf bad qualities so ik what to look for if anything bad is to happen with the car anything i should maybe know?
i always found it interesting how the trans am looked so good but the z28 looked so terrible even though they are basically the same car. its amazing how small details can make such a big difference.
Wow
All Muscle Cars look better with white letter tires.
Looking at a 76 firebird today
The 1970-72 Big Block 396 From 1970 Was No Longer A "396"! It Was The 402!!
71 was tge best
Modern cars are so incredibly boring looking. Some of the newer muscle cars are getting back to that look, but ain't nothing like the originals.
There is a percentage of the modern cars that they're over designed & don't have the harmonic shapes of older cars..
@@Rosso8 Notice that the older cars have a lot more convex shapes being used, whereas the modern designs have all but gotten rid of that look.
Indeed
anyone put a diesel in a 2nd gen?
They're already front heavy. Adding ~400 pounds to the front wouldn't be the greatest thing for them
Funny But My Stolen And Never To Be Recovered To This Day Red 1973 Base Pontiac Firebird's Pontiac 350 2Bbl Had 175 Horsepower.
Music?
You mean the name of the music i used on the video?
Rosso8 yes
@@derekr9209 its a rock music called 1973 from UA-cam music gallery
Forgot the berlinetta
lt 1 was a real good engine not quit as good as the l.s. engines but that is y the ls is the 3rd gen small block
I just picked up a 79 berlinetta and im putting the z28 body kit on it, I dont care about the purists the car is butt ugly if it doesnt look like a Z lmao
Fact is they sucked.