From the Factory

In 1996 a Camaro rolled off the line at the GM St. Therese Plant in Quebec Canada. This was the 66,747th Camaro to do so, while #66,866 would be the last. Even before the car became the Bright Red machine leaving the factory, it was assigned the VIN(vehicle identification number) 2G1FP22P5T2166747. This corresponds to quite a loaded machine:

From the factory, the Z28 model includes the following options:

• Exterior
• Dual sport mirrors (left-hand remote)
• Halogen headlamps
• Interior
• Air Conditioning (with CFC-free refrigerant)
• Carpeted front floor mats
• Driver and front-passenger air bags
• Intermittent wiper system
• PASS-Key II theft deterrent system
• Scotchgard Protector on cloth seats, door trim, floor carpeting and floor mats
• Cloth Seats with reclining front buckets
• Special instrumentation with tachometer
• Tilt-Wheel Adjustable Steering Column
• Tinted glass-all windows Solar Ray
• Delco Electronics ETR Sound System
• AM/FM with cassette-tape player
Power Teams/Chassis
• V8 Engine 5.7L LT1 (350 cu. in.) with Sequential Fuel Injection
• 6-speed manual transmission
• power 4-wheel disc brakes with ABS
• Limited slip rear axle
• Performance Ride and Handling Suspension
• Wheels/Tires
• 16 x 8 inch cast-aluminum wheels
• P235/55R-16 Touring Tires

In addition to being one of the last Camaros produced for the 1996 model year, the car was also equipped with additional factory options, including:

• Preferred Equipment Group Number 2
• Electronic Speed Control with Resume Speed
• Fog Lamps
• Remote Hatch/Trunk Release
• Power Door Locks
• Power Windows with Driver's Express Down Feature
• Twin Remote Electric Sport Mirrors
• Leather-Wrapped Steering Wheel, Transmission Shifter, and Parking Brake Handle
• Remote Keyless Entry System with Illuminated Entry Feature
• Theft Deterrent Alarm System
• Exterior
• Body-side moldings, color-keyed
• Monochromatic Roof Treatment and Mirrors (replaces Special Black Roof Treatment on T-Top and Z28 Coupes)
• Transparent removable roof panals with locks (Coupes only)
• Sun shades for removable roof panels (Coupes only)
• Interior
• Carpeted rear floormats
• Power door-lock system
• Power drver seat (6-way)
• Rear window defogger
• Leather seating surfaces
• Delco Electronics ETR Sound System
• Delco/Bose AM/FM with compact disc player and Delco-Loc II
• Power Teams/Chassis
• 4-speed automatic transmission
• Acceleration Slip Regulation (Traction Control)

As you can see, the original owner of this car, certainly wanted the best. In fact, the only options not included on ther car were the performace axle ratio, and the SS package which included a ram air hood scoop as well as a slightly less restrictive exhaust. However, you can see on the Modifications page that I overcompensated for the lack of these options.