Muscle Car of the Week Video #74: 1973 Camaro Z28 4-Speed
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Muscle Car of the Week Video #74: 1973 Camaro Z28 4-Speed
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www.musclecaroftheweek.com - What starts off looking like a plain-Jane 1973 Camaro is really a pretty rare Z/28 with the optional stripe and wing delete option. Why would you delete the iconic stripes and wing from a Z/28? We're not sure, but this nearly all-original 48,000 mile survivor was ordered this way. Other features include the original blue vinyl top and "natural" colored vinyl interior. The 350 / 4-speed manual combo makes this car fun to drive, even if power levels were slipping by 1973. It's an unusual car, and one of the more sedate Muscle Cars in the Brothers Collection!
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Kevin this reiterates my statement in regard to ordering a car back then (which I touched on your recent review of the Torino 429) and the myriad options you could check off. Keep bringing these "oddities" forward, like them a lot.
I had a 1973 Type LT Z/28. With the Type LT package it didn't even have Z/28 emblems. Had the Type LT ones. It had no wing or stripes. Had vinyl top and a TH 400.
An Accountant ordered this Z...... Wanted muscle but didn't want to look like a Hooligan! LOL I love it.!
Bit harsh on the styling the original owner chose. 🤣 I think it's a thing of beauty. Looks like old mate wanted a sleeper way back then.
Beautiful car! I am a child of the 70s so this takes me back to seeing these as a kid.
I miss my Swivel bucket front seats, floor shifter, black rag top '73 Monte Carlo everyday...thanx !!!
Oeste seems to be apologizing for this car. Why? It is a beauty!!!!!! The deletions make for a gorgeous car. The interior is outstanding and the rear is awesome.
"Nothing Matches" is why he seems that way, and Kevin is correct.
Excellent video! I own a 73 LT, restored to stock specs. Love this body style of the Camaro.
Beautiful. Maybe the best looking 73 Z I've seen. I've got a 73 Z that I'll begin resto-modding in the next year. Might do something like this for color. Got to have the spoiler though!
Guys crazy. Looks great. Love the full bumper with the uprights.
My great grandmother had one just like this that she drove to church on Sundays. When she passed away, she donated it to the Church to use as a shuttle vehicle. It only had 22 thousand miles on it when she passed....
Nice car , I am always amazed at how many people I talk to at car shows that like the look minus the spoilers rather than with the spoilers , or maybe they are just more vocal about it ,and I would love to hear from the original owner on why he bought it the way he did and why it has soo few miles ?
A Chevy Camaro from the Year that I was born Cool. You know whats the best thing I like of this Channel its that no matter what Car is in The Brothers Collection they always spin those wheels hard jejeje!!! Keep going with The good Job!!!👏👏👍👍😎
Lovely car- I actually prefer it without all the 'bling' of the usual Z28. In plain white the classic lines really stand out- like the wheels too.
Thunda65 agreed,
Nice n clean with just two headlights, no air dams or tail fins.
Nice looking car, without the wing ,best of all it's a 4 speed
we've seen every kind of Z's and SS chevelle with stripes and spoilers, that is why cars like this grab our attention, and why wagons are considered being cool
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... It's beautiful!!!
This week's car is PERFECT!
I quite like this car. If it didn't have the vinyl top, it'd be perfect. With the 4 speed, it's a bit of a sleeper.
my favorite early 2nd gen Z28, I prefer the 70-73 without the spoiler pack and stripes
If memory serves me correctly, the 73-74 z28 engine used the same low compression long block as the 71-72 z28 engines but used the L46/L82 hydraulic camshaft and with the mandated use of the EGR valve, the hi-rise aluminum intake and holley carburetor could no longer be used, so in there place came the standard low rise 4bbl intake with a quadrajet carburetor.
Thats the car you save factory stuff and drop in a Nelson Mirror image twin turbo 502. Shake n Bake!!!
The L82 was a great enginr.These ran strong
I use to have a 70,s . RS with 307 engine , love it
I had a 1973 Z28 with turbo 400 Automatic, air conditioning and power steering. It has no spoilers but did have the stripes. There was a Z28 decal on the back of the car next to the gas filler,
It was some sort of maroon red color with a black vinyl top and black interior. With a 3:42 posi it moved out just fine. Had the space saver tire too
I like it because of it,s simplicty and unique look you will never see one of these roaming around, and from the looks and sound, it,s got some punch never the less it is a GEM I like it...🤠😊🤗❤️🛣️🛣️
Love this car not flashy
"As exiting as a glass of milk" hahaha
I big give away for the 1973, is those big front rubber bumper guards that came up over the top of the bumper. Compared to the 70,71,72, which only had supports under there. The reasoning for the change? Many customers complaining how just a little tap to the parked car ahead with that pointed bumper resulted in significant damage to the other parked car. "And now you know the rest of the story".....lol😁
What an oddball is right! Two things that we noticed that was not original was that 1973 Z28’s did not have a decal on the air cleaner. This decal was issued from a 1971 350 cubic inch motor! The four speed shiftball is also incorrect as they came with a lift to get into reverse shifter/ball.
I like it! Not a huge fan of the vinyl roof, but the white on white is cool and I like the stripe delete.
Wouldn't be a slow car either... high 14's / low 15's? After the Trans Am and the Corvette, it was probably the next most respectable car in 1973?
I'm a Mustang guy but the '70-73 Camaros (and all the 2nd gen cars, really) are really cool and underrated cars.
I think it looks so much better without the rear wing. Such a nice design. Can’t really say that for the vinyl top though.
Thanks nice ride
73/74 got the new L82. The LT1 was killed off after 72.
I like it!!
Super cool car
i love camaros with no stripes or spoilers....just a nice basic classic look...
Was the transmission the Saginaw 4-spd? I owned a '77 LT, which had some problems with the shifter and clutch. Honest: Without intending to do so, I was able to put the transmission in reverse and third at the same time. The mechanical interlock on the Saginaw only prevented reverse and first or second. I could only unlock the jammed transmission by banging on the arms with a rock. Being a broke student, I eventually fixed it by adding shims to the shifter stack.
looks great
The LT1 was gone for 1973. This is the first year of the L82 which was standard for the Z28 and available on Corvette.
Very cool car!
Actually the stripes and spoilers is an option even for Z28's and were not deleted they were simply not offered on this Z28 .
Best looking 2nd generation on the internet
Very stylish
He seems so excited
excellent! calm cool and collective get in it and go gets out of its own way
The 73’s Z/28 all had the A/C
can lay rubber hot dang
I love everything but the top
Oi....I love a glass of ice cold milk! 😉😆😂
These early -70's Camaro really grows on me, love those 67-69, but I wouldn't mind a '70 Z28, definitely not!
i like it
Still very cool
I love it.
Well, that is unique and then some.
A beauty
I had a 1979 z 28 camaro. I put a 450 horse power in it
These car's were consistent in the class of we suck. I remember seeing a commercial about the 74 Z28 & wondering if GM was gonna come out with a 4 dr...
Love it,camaro guy from birth,not too much a fan of the newer ones tho...
I suppose the guy was a older gent that likes a fast car without all the fluff because stripes don't make it faster neither do spoilers or bright paint but a 350 and a 4spd does ,hey to each his own i'm a fluff person myself !
I love it I'll take it right now I can fix the low horse easily
Interesting comment about the SAE net H.P. ratings...I had forgot about that changeover...Did it start in '73?
no the switch from gross hp to net started in 72.
Doctors Car i gotta get over there Fast Fast & i Gotta Look Good
still like it , I have 72 ss.
The seats should match the top.
Cooler without the flare
To each his own. The beginning of the regulatory cars and loss of performance. Hard to believe this car is original, but it sure cleaned up well.
White t-shirt and blue jeans i was thinking the same thing.
Perfect example of when ‘special order’ just simply means oddity.
Yup Different folks' Different strokes. I can see why they picked it up. You nailed it A true oddity! Looks like someone just slapped Z28 stickers and emblem on the grill. But that's the way it came. Amazing nobody got hold of it and put spoiler on the rear deck, stripped off the vinyl top. then back to black on the inside. Truly a strange order!
i own a 73 LT/RS split bumper my father special ordered new he ordered the spoiler with his but when it arrived at the dealer the spoiler was in the trunk lol and for some reason he never had it installed. i only have one of the corner pieces for it i dont know what happened to the rest.
Completely cool car for what it -isn't-.
Why is the block red?
Having being a delete and w/ no wing along with the weird color scheme....did it make it a one of a kind?
No other z car had that combo?
Curious ... Many Blessings ,SMR
That exact combination. 1 0f 1 You can bank on it.
I love the simple plain sleeper look of the car. I keep hearing about the stripes being "deleted", but for the record stripes became an extra cost option on 1973 & 74 Z28s (i.e. Not Standard for the 1st time since the 1st Z28 of 1967). Technically only for 1972 could one "delete" the standard Z28 stripes via RPO DX3. Also on the 2nd gen Camaros the rear 1-pieces spoiler had been standard on the 1970-72 Z28; the famous 3-piece spoiler was actually a COPO option in '70 before taking over as the regular D80 spoiler option in 1971 (which marked a return to the front spoiler as part of the option). For 1973 (& '74) the Z28 option no longer included spoiler equipment as standard.
Ironically for 1973 the rear bumper guards were no longer included with Z28 for the 1st time, yet 1973 marked the phase-in of tougher bumper standards, culminating with the 1974 5-mph front & rear impact standards. 1973 had 5-mph front & 2½-mph rear impact standards.
The switch to the hydraulic cam for '73 ( it was actually the 1969/70 L46 Corvette cam) meant that A/C was now offered as an option.
The reintroduced 1977½ Z28 was another story...
Thanks for posting this car. It is certainly interesting and very respectable.
i would drive it twice on SUNDAY
I agree with Douglas below. This guy repeatedly talks about how unattractive the car is!! While I understand it's a matter of opinion, I totally disagree!! It's amazing and the rare color combo makes it very special. Much more so than a red car with a black interior....like there isn't already enough of those out there!! Lol. Just about guaranteed that the owner of this has a one of a kind car!! Oh, and isn't it called a rear spoiler, not a "wing"?? Also the interior color is "Neutral" not "Natural".....geez!!!
Great point, perhaps we'll address this in a Viewer Mail episode!
73 no Go= PACKAGE
My thoughts are the same as you basically at least appearance-wise but that car is about as exciting as a 1980s Chevy Chevette LOL just kidding it's more exciting than that but it is definitely the most Bland Gen 2 Camaro that was probably ever created and I'm speaking from owning three different Gen 2 Camaros but you know I do get it I mean I'm sure people have been watching these videos are aware the varnish collection isn't just to have I don't know let's say a 1970 Chevelle SS no no it needs to be LS6 and it needs to have rare options and that car is rare it being exciting or not I can't help but to think what kind of man would have special order that car and I'm thinking had to be some type of mathematician scientist or something of the sort
Is it a 2 barrel or a 4 barrel
brown carpet ? how the hell did that happen? man must have been color blind. the bros should at least put blue carpet kit in it .
Not too shabby. Dave ??? whats his name, in HS Auto-Shop class, had a similar Camaro, only not a Z-28. man, he got some hot chicks, with that car.
1973 Z28 245 hp.,1972 255 hp. , 1971 255 hp., 1970 275-280 h.p.
Who are the Brother's ?
I bet they are "AFRICAN AMERICAN'
Who are the brothers?
www.musclecaroftheweek.com/index.php/about-us
RSS MISSISSIPPI chuckle
Love the leather, "leather like" seats in my Porsche. Got it right after my Z28 was stolen & totaled.
JOKE: Want to know why they called a car totaled, after it's wreck?
Because when your gf asked "what happen why does your car looks like a
kamikaze plane", you've to tell her the totaled story. LOL :P
Spoilers..not wings, Daytona's, superbirds, gtos, etc have wings
Cool looking, but no split bumper and smog dog motor 😞
sleeper, too bad the hp was not 300 or better !!!
nah
I own a 70 Camaro with all the go fast goodies so to me this car is cool because its different but it seems to be missing the Camaro soul
pony car......not a muscle car,& in 73 they were low comp smog motors with no horsepower
Looks GAY !
Ugly then. Ugly now.