Second-generation Camaros don't get much more purposeful than this. A 1973 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 finished in Orange with black stripes has surfaced on Hagerty Marketplace, currently bidding without reserve. The numbers-matching coupe pairs a warmed-over 350 with a close-ratio four-speed, and it's already drawn more than twenty bids on its way toward auction close on July 14.
Chevrolet introduced the second-generation Camaro partway through the 1970 model year with sleeker, European-flavored proportions: a long hood, a squared-off grille, and headlights tucked neatly into the nose. The Z28 sat at the top of the range, and once SCCA Trans-Am rules opened the door to larger displacement in 1970, Chevrolet answered with a 350-cubic-inch V8 wearing a four-barrel carburetor and dual exhaust. Contemporary reviewers took notice, too, with Road & Track later naming the design among the best-looking cars in the world.
This particular 1973 example wears its Orange paint with black stripes well, and the listing notes the 350 under the hood is the original, numbers-matching engine. It was freshened up in 2013, when the block was bored .030 over and reassembled with forged pistons, a Lunati Voodoo roller camshaft, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and matching intake, a Holley 440 double-pumper carburetor, and Hooker headers. A dyno sheet included with the sale backs up the build, showing 386 horsepower and 415 lb-ft of torque reaching the rear wheels through a Muncie M21 close-ratio four-speed and a 3.73 Positraction rear end.
Elsewhere, this Z28 rides on 15-inch wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich rubber, and it's equipped with power front disc brakes, black vinyl bucket seats, and the factory Z28 sport stripes. The seller's listing is candid about its flaws, too: there are some paint chips scattered around the body, and the windshield wipers currently don't work. It comes with its owner's manual and the original AM radio, which has been removed for safekeeping, along with a clean Florida title.
The chassis number decodes to a Norwood, Ohio-built Z28 from the fourth week of May 1973, and the Broad Arrow team handling the sale notes the engine stamping matches the car's numbers. As of this writing, the auction has climbed past $26,500 across more than twenty bids, with no reserve standing between the car and its next owner. Bidding closes on Hagerty Marketplace on July 14 at 2:00 p.m. EDT, and the car is located in Stuart, Florida, where the seller says it's available for in-person inspection.
For a Z28 that combines documented, numbers-matching provenance with a well-executed period-correct power upgrade, this no-reserve auction is worth a look before the gavel falls. Interested bidders can view the full listing, photo gallery, and dyno documentation on Hagerty Marketplace.