This is what you are looking for, This is not mine just a random on I found on the net

 

Welcome to the thread gorn...

 

The restoration has begun.

When I originally brought the car home, it looked like this. My wife had no issues with the car :



The car now looks like this. My wife almost **** a brick when she saw it. She's no longer sure about this project of mine.



I've also removed the passenger door and passenger front fender because those will need to be replaced. I've already located replacements and will pick those up tomorrow.







After removing the valance, I found that it was warped and bent. I'll end up replacing that too :



I've also removed the heads from the engine and have sent those to a machinist to look at. I'm also debating if I want to replace the radiator support. The passenger side bracket has been completely rusted through, but I can probably jury rig it so that I can bolt it back onto the frame. The rest of the support looks fine. A new radiator support from NPD costs $70.

 

Gorn was right. The car did, indeed, come with a 350, not a 396. Oh well. The 396 is staying in. The question now is why does the car have an RS badge when its an RS/SS as indicated by the trim? Here's a picture of the trim :

 

It must have been when they painted it. There was a lot of bad info floating around back in the 80 about badges. COuld be someone thought it had the wrong badges and they "Fixed it". Like you had said before the hood vents are also incorrect.

I decoded it before I saw you had already done it.

04C = 3rd week in April
67-12437= 1967 (12)=Camaro (4)= Standard interior (37)= Coupe
760-Z = Black standard bucks (No head rests)
W= Tinted Windsheild
Los= Los Angeles
K-K paint=Emerald Turquoise/B
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2L= 4 speed M20 or M21
G= Console
R=Rear speakers
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3L= Rally Sport (Woot!)
S= Interior Décor Grp
4P= SS (Woot 2!)
The SS part gets a little tricky cause 4P is for the 350 but it says some of the early 396s where 4P but it says by January of 67 all 396’s where 4L or 4K. Meaning any car made in April of 67 with a 4p is a 350SS.

But hey its a true RS/SS

 

This could explain it. It explains why you had the RS badges and why it does not have the correct hood.

Usage of the 4P code with the L30/M20 is believed to have started in the late December 1966 / January 1967 timeframe

L30/M20 Camaro
327ci-275HP, 4-speed (base V8 price + $331.00 in 1968, with N10 dual exhaust & PY5 F70x14 tires)
While the L48 package got top billing, the less-publicized optional upgrade to the base 327 engine, RPO L30, boosted performance of the base 327ci V8 from 210HP to 275HP. When the L30 engine was combined with the M20 4-speed manual transmission option, and only in this case, Chevrolet considered the L30 engine to have crossed the line into high-performance territory, and added three of the seven SS high-performance components: the rear axle, rear springs (or radius rod in 67), and rear brake proportioning valve. In addition, two of the remaining four SS components could be added via inexpensive option additions, resulting in similar matches to the first five of the seven SS-350 performance component categories.

 

Nice. Thanks for the information. That makes sense. I can see someone replacing the engine, but it seems odd replacing an SS badge with an RS badge.

 

This is good info to have. If you ever decide to return the car to stock numbers correct. My understanding is the L30/M20 cars are worth as much and the 350SS and there are less of them.

 

Here's a link to an interesting write-up that I've posted before: 1967-68 L30/M20

 

I just finished reading that article. If the car is actually an L30/M20, wow, what a find! It would almost make me want to rip out the 396 and find a matching number 327...