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ONES THAT GOT AWAY

DECEMBER 1999

CHEVROLET CAMARO

ack when the Camaro was new and freshly-converted cars appeared on the floors of big-city Holden dealerships, people showed up just to see the exotic new Chevrolet. Early Camaros during the 1970s-80s fell from favour before rules governing ‘classic’ imports were relaxed and a lot more arrived on our roads. This base model was most likely a 1990s arrival and with shiny red paint and a 350 under

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