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    BOWTIE DOUBLEHEADER

    Feb 27, 2021 4 minutes
    WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY THOMAS A. DEMAURO • IN-PROCESS PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK REED

    AN IMAGINATIVE PRESENTATION IS essential for drawing attention to a carmaker’s offerings at auto shows, special events, or dealers. Chevrolet’s Show and Display Department took the idea to the extreme when transforming a few early-produced 1969 Camaros into “Double-Header” cars.

    Several newspaper announcements from where they were scheduled to appear around the country stated, “The variety of ways a buyer can personalize Chevrolet’s popular Camaro in 1969 is dramatized in this specially built double-engined Camaro…”

    An RS/SS body; an RS/SS front-end assembly with a 350-cu.in. V-8, TH350 three-speed automatic, and a highly detailed subframe and suspension; and a standard Camaro front end with the 250-cu.in. straight-six

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