<VV> monza

[Bill Elliott]

<http://www.f-bodyhideout.com/history_cam.htm>

As the launch date neared, the car still had no name. It had been called various names by GM, including Nova, Panther, 
Chaparral, and Wildcat. Chevy also considered using the letters "GM" in the name, and came up with G-Mini, which 
evolved into GeMini, and finally Gemini. General Motors Headquarters killed that name, because they didn't want the 
letters "GM" used in case the car was a failure.


Finally, the car was introduced to the press as the Camaro, considered to be a good name because nobody knew what it 
meant. Chevrolet produced an old French dictionary showing that the word meant "friend" or "companion", but Ford 
found an alternate meaning in an old Spanish dictionary-"a small, shrimp-like creature."The automotive press had a good 
laugh over that, and an even bigger one when one journalist found yet another meaning-"loose bowels." It didn't take long 
for the laughter to stop after the introduction of the stunning 1967 Camaro! 

Bill




On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:19:52 -0500, J R Read_HML wrote:

>How about Camero?

>First Camero rolled off the line this date, 1966.

>Attachments (if any) are scanned with anti-virus software.

>Later, JR

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Bill Elliott" <Corvair at fnader.com>
>To: <Daves69vair at aol.com>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:36 PM
>Subject: Re: <VV> monza


>> That's actually an easier one:
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>> http://www.monzanet.it/
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>> Bill Elliott
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