The 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 had a super-difficult mission. Its main purpose in the American car space was to compete for the same audience as the Pontiac Trans Am. The battle was fierce in 1979 ...

1979 was the Camaro’s most prolific year ever, and the Z28 model also reached the peak of its all-time production; this junkyard example is one of them ...

Cockpit is solid, spacious and comfortable (for front-seat passengers). Z28 instrument package brings nifty 130-mph speedo and 7000-rpm tach, only lacks oil pressure gauge. yet, is more like it.) ...

The Z28 was again missing from the '76 line-up, and the engine choice was at an all time low of three—the new 305 V8, the 250 six and the 350 V8. The big news for '77 was the midyear return of ...

Tom McLaughlin, a 55-year-old CPA who lives in Monee, Ill., on the custom “Rockstar” 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 he owns with his wife, Meri McLaughlin, a legal assistant, as told to A.J. Baime.