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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 08:21 AM
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I don't understand how there is a 67 Firebird, but yet the anniversary models are different than the Camaro. If the cars were the same age, then why didn't they have the same anniversary editions?

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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 08:41 AM
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While the Firebird came out the same model year as the Camaro ('67), the anniversary models were Trans Am anniversary models. The Trans Am didn't come out until the '69 model year.
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While the Firebird came out the same model year as the Camaro ('67), the anniversary models were Trans Am anniversary models. The Trans Am didn't come out until the '69 model year.
The CETA Trans Am was never actually referred to as an "Anniversary Edition" for that reason. Hence the "Collector's Edition" moniker.

If you count them up, the Camaro should have actually been called the 36th Anniversary Edition
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Originally Posted by dgformula2k
While the Firebird came out the same model year as the Camaro ('67), the anniversary models were Trans Am anniversary models. The Trans Am didn't come out until the '69 model year.
Oh, that would explain it. Thanks
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What's really confusing is the 50th Anniversary Edition Trans Am, the Black and Gold 1976 TA whose paint scheme was carried over to 1977... Smokey and the Bandit.

Pontiac was 50 years old in 1977, but the TA certainly wasn't!
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they simply made the T/A, the best car in pontiacs lineup the anniversary car for the company
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