and this:

The first image is the cover of a very rare and not well known 8 page brochure from Chevrolet in 1977, entitled "The Sportiest Chevy's". The second is the inside page about the new 1977 Z28 from that brochure. Enjoy!

To bad that GM didn't hire any creative minds for a 5th generation body change.

You have to admit that Ford was smarter with the Mustang change. Now they are to issue a Boss package. It may be a long run for the Mustang.
JJ

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Originally posted by COPO:
Can someone tell me if the 77 Z28 came with an AIR pump for a Canadian Car? How about a US car?

My Canadian car did not come with a smog pump, and my friends California car did not have one either. Hope this helps Dan

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Originally posted by rich m:
I don't believe so. U.S reg's pretty much set the standard for what the manufacturers did, and in 1977 there still wasn't all the crap in there that we have today. Mostly it was an EGR valve and a catalytic converter. A.I.R. injection ( a.k.a. "smog pump") was pretty much an '80s thing

Dan, as for your question, the Registry is down the road a bit, as the article needs to come first (if it hopefully does come to fruition). If a registry is to happen though, it would be nice to set it up BEFORE any article would appear, so that it could be listed in the article for maximum promotion. As for the article, the first step is to do research, and before doing that, sources need to be identified, located, and contacted. I'm doing that right now, and it's taking some time. When I finally do identify, locate, and contact someone who may have important background on this story, I have to wait to hear back from them, and that is taking some time. It IS happening, though!

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Thanks for update Rich. I am not trying to rush you or anything I just, wanted to know if it will happen. I have loved these cars since they were new and the registry and magazine article would be sweet after all these years of being alone on my love affair with the 77Z Thanks again to everyone who has contributed to this wealth of knowledge. Dan

[This message has been edited by Dan77 (edited February 27, 2004).]

Dan, the registry will definitely happen down the road, we've come too far now not to. And we all know too well how it feels to think you are the lone enthusiast out there. You're alone no more, my friend!

Memo to all: I've been having trouble uploading more photo's and documents onto cardomain.com . My file may be too full, and maybe that takes too much time on my girlfriend's dial-up and I end up getting "logged out" of the session now before the image is stored. So, bear with me. Dirt, I've got some neat stuff for you silver car owners still to come, soon as I get it uploaded!

Is Eric looking???

(whisper; don't look now Dirt, but you got post number evensay undredhay .... keep it quiet and "under the radar)

Just a second before I head out the door:

Please e-mail me today with:

Your VIN

Your cowl tag info (as it reads on the tag)
Do you have the build sheet (maybe underneath one of the lower back seat cushions)?

Does your car have:chrome bumers?chrome trim around the headlight buckets or around the taillights? chrome window trim?brushed aluminum taillight panel?

Does your car have front AND rear sway bars? What diameter? The original steering wheel? (if yes, does it have "Z28" in the center?

I have NEVER actually seen ANY Camaro with a collumn shift, let alone a Z28!

77SLUG (Shawn) is wondering whether his car is an authentic '77 Z28 or not.

Shawn's Mom bought the car two years old in Ontario, and it's been in the family since. The car is a bit long in the tooth, and has been "modified" for a little "street action" (sway bars gone). It has 14" wheels with a 406 motor, new tranny, and a 4.88 rear (are you kidding me, a 4.88???). It has chrome bumpers, chrome taillight trim, no stripes or decals. The interior was gutted upon said "modifying", so no build sheet is in hand right now. Most unusual of all, it apparently has a factory shifter on the steering collumn!!!

Shawn says the cowl tag does say Z28 on it, but is unable to verify that right now. It sounds like the car has an original equipment steering wheel that does have the Z28 logo on it, as well.

OK Shawn; since your Mom bought the car just 2 years old, and at a Chevy dealership, it's not likely to have been altered by the dealership or before they got it, as they wouldn't have taken it in trade that way. So, the way she bought it is most likely the way it was built.

Questions: Did the car EVER have the stripes or decals on it for a Z28? Are the 14" wheels factory or aftermarket mags? Did it always have chrome bumpers and chrome tailight trim? The emblem on the header panel,are the colors red, white and blue?

Let's talk about the facts for a second. All Z28's were supposed to have body colored bumpers, not chrome. They were supposed to have color keyed stripes and ID logos, and the header emblem was the same colors (regular Camaro's had the R,W, & B emblem, but a Z28 could have had that changed over the years by damage replacement). They were supposed to have blacked out taillight trim, and body colored 5 spoke steel 15" sport rims. They did NOT have a collumn shift available (I don't think ANY '77 Camaro did!!!).

Also, do you remember what type of exhaust the car had back then when she bought it (granted, you were just a kid!). The Z28 had the split exhaust behind the converter.

One thing I can say by your VIN; the car is at least a 350-4Bbl 1977 car built in Norwood OH, which was known to stamp "Z28" on the cowl tags, so it's imperative that you double check that tag, especially since the build sheet is missing.

If the car was bought 2 years old at a Chevy dealership, with chrome bumpers and a collumn shift, my inclination is to say it's NOT a factory Z28. But your car MAY be an exception, who knows?

Most importantly, if the car was originally sold new in Canada, then Chevrolet of Canada can run your VIN and provide you with a build sheet reprint and other original paperwork, if I remember some of the posts here correctly. If any of you folks can point Shawn in the right direction, it would be a big help for all of us.