I have been reading up alot on the 68 Camaro RS/SS. I can not seem to find what engines the cars came with. I know they never made a SS327 Car in 68. But a 1968 RS is a Ralley Sport with SS trim. So would it be possible to have a 327 RS SS or if the car had a 327 it is only a RS?

 

SS's where 350 (base SS) & 396 (optional). RS was and appearance package it was unrelated to the motor.

 

You are actually asking more questions than you realise. Unfortunately my 'white book' is MIA, so I will do what I can from memory.
RS was an option, a body kit option, so there could be a factory 327 under the hood. The SS option was more for performance, with suspention goodies and whatnot, they had the 350 or the 396 - no 327. If the SS and RS RPO's were combined (making an RS/SS) the SS badges superceded the RS badges and the engine would be a 350 or 396.
A 68 RS is an RS, if it has RS badges it is only an RS. Z/28 even superceded the RS badges. If it says RS and has a 327 it could only be a RS (unless there was an engine transplant).
Did this answer your question?

 

Just to add to the confusion,if it was indeed a Z28/RS it would have a 302 and 4 speed as the only engine/trans combo.

 

^ true. And to make the confusion even more so.... today, if you run the numbers of that 302 (if it is one from a 1st gen Z/28) it will come back as a 1968 327 or 302.
( I have one for sale btw )

 

The Car has a 350 in it now, It also has a tach, Can you tell by the RPM Gauge what motor was in the car?

 

No, I think only Z28's had special tach. Besided how would know if the tach was original?

 

Different engines had different red lines,

The thing is its not just 1 option its a few the 12 bolt rear, 5 leaf springs, SS hood SS badges, Fold down Seat, Tac, Front disc brakes, Sport steering wheel, The car has a Speical Seat not the honstooth it has a different pattern leather seat and etc which lead me to believe it is a rs/ss, Sadly it looks like with out the original engine it doesnt matter if the car is or is not a RS/SS.

Thanks for all the help guys

 

Are you sure that all that stuff was original? I can find no information about ordering a car with SS option and not getting an SS. The was a HO 327 (L30) that came with the 12 bolt rear. They used to call the smart mans SS. When you odered that 327 the factory installed the 12 bolt due to warranty concerns. The motor was 1/2 the price of the Base SS option.

To the best of my knowledge there where 3 tachs. Z28 the SS and base. There where 12 different motors offered. The SS hade 4 different motors that is why I said only the Z28 motor could be defind by the Tach.

IF you can prove it is a RS/SS then yes the value will go up. If you can prove there are original rare option the value goes up, even if you can prove it is an orginal L30/12 bolt the value goes up. A non matching RS/SS could be worth 10K more then a non matching Clone in the same condition.