Really? I thought the the 1970 camaro was pretty solid. I had an 81' (super late 2nd gen) that was pretty good. Simple, easy to work on, super super cheap parts, made great power (heads + cam for $<500) and drove almost halfway decent. Shoot, I thought the z28 in 93' (had one too) was a pretty big deal. Spanked the hell out of a mustang, had good performance, got good mileage, awesome 6 speed trans, and was pretty cheap. Then they put the ls1 in it and it was even better. Sure the interior sucked, and the brakes weren't great, and the suspension was crummy, but what do you expect from a camaro?