As sporty as a Camaro seems to be on magazine wheels and raised-white-letter tires, generally a lower-trim instance on metal wheels and hubcaps can draw much more consideration – perhaps simply because we aren’t used to seeing them preserved that means.

The Choose of the Day is a low-mileage 1976 Chevrolet Camaro listed on the market on ClassicCars.com by a personal vendor in Stow, Massachusetts. (Click on the hyperlink to view the itemizing)

“Documented one-owner 1976 Chevrolet Camaro sport coupe powered by its numbers-matching 8-cyl 305cid 2bbl motor mated to the automated transmission,” the itemizing reads. “44,000 authentic miles with documentation!”

This muscle automobile comes from the Camaro’s second era which spanned mannequin years 1970 by way of 1981. It shared the F-body platform with the Pontiac Firebird and was longer, wider, and decrease than the prior era. In 1973, federal rules required updates to the entrance and rear bumpers for affect absorption so beauty modifications had been utilized. For 1976, the bottom engine was a 250cid six-cylinder, and V8 powerplants had been obtainable in each 305cid and 350cid displacements. Energy brakes grew to become normal for all V8 fashions that 12 months.

The outside of this well-preserved coupe is painted Fireplace Thorn Crimson, and the itemizing describes the beauty situation in better element: “Flooring, trunk, body, and rockers are 100% strong and rust-free. The one rust current is on the backside of the entrance fenders. If this is a matter, new OEM fenders could be included within the sale. Automotive is all authentic and unmolested, authentic sheet steel.”

The documentation accompanying the automobile states that it was offered to a John W. Moore on June 2, 1976, from Means Chevrolet-Olds, Inc in Ipswich, Massachusetts. An odometer mileage assertion, upkeep schedule, guarantee booklet, brochure, and proprietor’s handbook are included. I appeared up some historical past on the ability (situated at 96 County Highway) and discovered that it was final offered in 2014 after altering palms just a few occasions prior. It might be loads of enjoyable to purchase this Camaro and take it over for just a few photographs in entrance of the constructing the place it was initially delivered new 47 years in the past.

The vendor has supplied a two-minute video demonstrating a start-up, performance of among the options, an inside/exterior walkaround, and a glance contained in the engine bay.

As for these 14-inch metal wheels, if these aren’t your cup of tea, the sale features a set of 15-inch honeycomb type wheels (in addition to a rear spoiler) to decorate the automobile up just a little.

“Runs and drives glorious, wants nothing,” the itemizing concludes.

The vendor is asking $16,900 or finest supply for this largely-original Camaro.

To view this itemizing on ClassicCars.com, see Choose of the Day.