*NEW* 1996 SS convertible!!!
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Yup very clean car. I checked it out today since I was in the area and its really a nice car. Im still iffy on the mileage but the vin checks out and so does the carfax to what they claim.
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Gotta remember SLP got the Z28 from GM and "modified" them into the SS. The vin will come back as a Z28. I don't believe it was until later that that they noted that it was sent to SLP for the transformation....
All SS's came off the line as Z28's...SLP only did the first 3 years then GM made the changes at the plant.
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[edit] The only reason they could be considered "rare" because there aren't that many convertibles. The vast majority of convertibles f-bodies are automatics.
There are more automatics than manuals. Lets just say if my car was a 96 instead of a 94 black SS manual convertible there would be less than 100 of them ever made.
You are correct Mystic Teal metallic is the most rare (only 637 cars)....this is not that color however....this is a BRIGHT Teal metallic (yes, for some reason GM had two teal color options back then)....they made a hell of a lot more of that bright teal color (3,912 unfortunatley
) the other Mystic teal is cooler looking. That color screams late 80's early 90's; kinda dated....not a fan myself.A breakdown of 96 camaro production numbers by date code:
05 Dark Purple metallic (available on std and Z/28 models only) 2,291
10 Arctic White (available on std, Rally Sport and Z/28 models) 11,219
13 Sebring Silver metallic (available on std, Rally Sport and Z/28 models) 3,871
37 Bright Teal metallic (available on std, Rally Sport and Z/28 models) 3,912
41 Black (available on std, Rally Sport and Z/28 models) 12,623
48 Polo Green metallic (available on std, Rally Sport and Z/28 models) 9,464
79 Mystic Teal metallic (available on std and Z/28 models only) 637
80 Quasar Blue metallic (available on std and Z/28 models only) 2,684
81 Bright Red (available on std, Rally Sport and Z/28 models) 13,317
96 Cayenne Red metallic (available on std and Z/28 models only) 1,294
Going back to SS models only, Bright Teal Metallic was the most rare, as according to the information that I read, they did not build a single SS model with Mystic Teal Metallic in 1996.