Z28 Identification
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Z28 Identification
I hadn’t seen this posted before so I thought I’d throw it out here.
We’re all familiar of the obvious ways to tell a Z28 from any other model (Z28 specific bracing, Trim Tag, etc) but I just found out another thing that could be used to verify a car. The bumper behind the front fascia.
I don’t know if later thirdgens had this as well, but it’s on my ‘83. I took the nose off last night to get better access for some work and saw this, kinda cool!
We’re all familiar of the obvious ways to tell a Z28 from any other model (Z28 specific bracing, Trim Tag, etc) but I just found out another thing that could be used to verify a car. The bumper behind the front fascia.
I don’t know if later thirdgens had this as well, but it’s on my ‘83. I took the nose off last night to get better access for some work and saw this, kinda cool!
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Therefore - if you want to get SUPER invasive to determine the legitimacy of an early Z28, just check the impact bar!
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I doubt we're at a point yet where people are trying to pass off sport coupe's as Z28's, but if history does like it did with the 1st and second gens then it is only a matter of time before someone takes a base model and swaps the nose, "loses the trim tag", and adds some badges just to make a buck.
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I'm still curious why the markings look so unpolished though. I'm picturing someone on the assembly line burning those markings in by hand - worst job ever.
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Car: 1969 Z/28, 1983 Z/28
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Interesting. Mine is in storage so I can't look to see if mine has this. Is it even visible without the nose being pulled?
BTW, I see what appears to be the same thing on the other side.
BTW, I see what appears to be the same thing on the other side.
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Car: 1969 Z/28, 1983 Z/28
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I was thinking maybe someone grooved the mold as they both look identical. The only problem is that it's not in the same location or at maybe the raised circles are in a different location.
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Car: 1984 Z28 H.O.
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Oh, unfortunately, we are to the point of people making fakes. When we went to Pigeon Forge last fall for the classic car show, I saw one there when walking around. It was a white “Z28” with those not-quite-right looking ebay emblems all around. Older 82-87 style dash, but 91-92 ground effects and bumpers. That was my first confused moment, then I looked at the dash on the passenger side and saw the “CAMARO” emblem instead of a Z28 or IROC-Z emblem and knew what I was looking at then.
It is happening more and more often lately. Starting to see similar cars cropping up online too. Pay attention to the details when looking at them. They will usually make a mistake or be too lazy to swap out everything.
I also saw a gen 1 “Z/28” with 350 emblems, a 350 engine, and an automatic transmission there. Gen 1 Z’s were all 302’s and manuals, correct? Some of the fakes, their ambition leads them to directly call out their deception due to ignorance of the details.
It is happening more and more often lately. Starting to see similar cars cropping up online too. Pay attention to the details when looking at them. They will usually make a mistake or be too lazy to swap out everything.
I also saw a gen 1 “Z/28” with 350 emblems, a 350 engine, and an automatic transmission there. Gen 1 Z’s were all 302’s and manuals, correct? Some of the fakes, their ambition leads them to directly call out their deception due to ignorance of the details.
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Oh, unfortunately, we are to the point of people making fakes. When we went to Pigeon Forge last fall for the classic car show, I saw one there when walking around. It was a white “Z28” with those not-quite-right looking ebay emblems all around. Older 82-87 style dash, but 91-92 ground effects and bumpers. That was my first confused moment, then I looked at the dash on the passenger side and saw the “CAMARO” emblem instead of a Z28 or IROC-Z emblem and knew what I was looking at then.
It is happening more and more often lately. Starting to see similar cars cropping up online too. Pay attention to the details when looking at them. They will usually make a mistake or be too lazy to swap out everything.
I also saw a gen 1 “Z/28” with 350 emblems, a 350 engine, and an automatic transmission there. Gen 1 Z’s were all 302’s and manuals, correct? Some of the fakes, their ambition leads them to directly call out their deception due to ignorance of the details.
It is happening more and more often lately. Starting to see similar cars cropping up online too. Pay attention to the details when looking at them. They will usually make a mistake or be too lazy to swap out everything.
I also saw a gen 1 “Z/28” with 350 emblems, a 350 engine, and an automatic transmission there. Gen 1 Z’s were all 302’s and manuals, correct? Some of the fakes, their ambition leads them to directly call out their deception due to ignorance of the details.
yup, DZ302 with a 4-speed for the gen 1’s. Plus all kinds of other little things.
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I'm glad that our cars also have not-obvious things (like the fender to subframe bracing, etc.) to help identify true Z28's.
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