A Florida-based Broad Arrow specialist has just brought a sharp-looking second-generation Z/28 to market, and it's currently crossing the block with zero reserve. The car is listed on Hagerty Marketplace, where bidding has already climbed past $28,500 with a week still left on the clock.
Finished in Orange with bold black stripes and a black vinyl interior, this coupe wears its Z/28 badges well. The chassis tag decodes to a Norwood, Ohio-built car from the fourth week of May 1973, originally finished with the factory-correct A51 black bucket-seat trim. According to the listing, the car comes with a clean Florida title, the original owner's manual, and the factory AM radio that was removed at some point during ownership.
What really sets this Z/28 apart is what's under the hood. The engine stamping still matches the car's chassis number, meaning the 350 sitting between the fenders is the numbers-matching unit this Camaro left Norwood with in 1973. That original block was rebuilt in 2013 and bored .030 over, then reassembled with forged pistons, a Lunati Voodoo roller cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM heads and intake, a Holley 440 double pumper, and Hooker headers. A dyno sheet included with the sale shows 386 horsepower and 415 lb-ft of torque, routed through a Muncie M21 close-ratio 4-speed and a 3.73 Positraction rear end.
The second-generation Camaro arrived partway through the 1970 model year with European-inspired sheetmetal, a long hood, and a wraparound dashboard that felt more grown-up than the car it replaced. By 1973 the lineup spanned the base Sport Coupe, the luxury-leaning LT, the Rally Sport, and the Z/28, which remained the enthusiast's pick thanks to its 350ci four-barrel V8, dual exhaust, quicker steering, and firmer suspension. Options like air conditioning had finally made their way onto the Z/28 by this point, but performance was still the point of the package.
Where does that leave this car on the market? According to Hagerty Valuation Tools, a 1973 Camaro Z/28 in #3 (Good) condition currently carries a price guide value of $26,200, a figure that's actually softened about 6 percent over the past few months. Hagerty's data also shows a comparable 1973 Z/28 selling for $35,700 at auction as recently as late June, and the model has changed hands more than 500 times at public sale over the past three years, so there's plenty of recent history to lean on when sizing up a bid. A no-reserve car with a documented rebuild, a matching-numbers engine, and no rust concerns mentioned in the listing tends to track toward the upper half of that range rather than the bottom.
This isn't the only well-documented project car making headlines on Hagerty Marketplace lately; a similarly clean, low-mile 1994 Toyota Supra Turbo showed up there too, and it's a good reminder of how much upside there is in buying a well-sorted survivor over a rougher project. If you're weighing a bid on this Z/28 against a full restoration instead, it's worth reading up on how to restore a classic car before committing to a build of your own. Bidding on this no-reserve Camaro closes July 14, and interested buyers can view the full photo gallery and documentation on Hagerty Marketplace.
